Lipscomb Lime Light and Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 20, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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AND FOLLETT TIMES
Herald—Vol. 4. No. 42
FOLLETT, LIPSCOMB COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1919.
Vol. 8j No. 1
Official Paper of Lipscomb County, Texas—Devoted to the Interest of Follett and Lipscomb County.
LIPSCOMB
DOINGS
About the People at the
County Seat and Vicinity.
NEWSY BRIEFLETS
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Sent in Over the Megaphone
Line by Our Correspon-
dent for You to See.
LIPSCOMB,fEX.,NOV. 17-
Miss Florence Cornelius who has
been visiting with her mother in
Amarillo for the past three weeks
returned Sunday evening to take
up her' duty in the bank.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelo Mugg, of
Higgins, who have been keeping
little Vera Shutterly since hei
father's illness spent Sunday
afternoon at her home in Lips-
comb.
Mr. H. H. Hurlhey and son
Carl left Sunday -morning for
Memphis, Texas, driving a herd
of horses which they hope to dis-
pose Of while there.
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Mr. Ira Spangle returned
Friday afternoon from St. Joe,
Mo., where he t,as been for the
past week on business.
Judge B. E. Shutterly, who has
been confined to his bed for the
past four weeks with typhoid is
improving.
Dr. and Mrs. Dawson and two
s >ns were very pleasant callers at
the Lynch home east of town
Sunday.
Mrs. Ida Dillon, of Santiago,
California, is v|sitiqg with her
sister, Mrs. J. P. Heekin of this
place.
Mrs. F. C. Gex left the first of
last week for Arkansas City to
visit with friends and relatives
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Boone
left Tuesday for an extended
visit with friends in Wichita Falls,
Texas.
Mr. F. C. G?x left Thursday
afternoon for Wichita; Kan., to
be gone several days on business.
Mr. Herb Jones, of Grande,
Okla., visited Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. A. D. Gossitt.
Russgll Boyd entertained the
high 'school boys and girls at bis
home Saturday evening.
Miss Billie Easley was the
week end guest of Miss Ellison
of Darrouzett, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Burran, of
Darrouzett were in Lipscomb
Sunday afternoon.
Mazy Hurlhey is repoated on
the sick list this week.
calls the best of the season, and
the facts in the case are true. It
happened in one of the leading
churches of the city that the
pastor took for h is text of his ser-
mon, "Better Church Atten-
dance." . N
"The paster held that the
automobile has taken more peo-
ple away from church than any
other thing. He concluded with
the exclamation: "The For<i car
has taken more people to hell
than any other thing that I ca n
mention. Where upon an old
lady in the congregat ion began
to clap her hands and mean
"Praise the Lord! Praise tho
Lord!
"What's the matter sisi'jr?"
asked' the pastor.
"The Ford never w.nt any
place that it couldn't make the
round trip, and I am sure that
all of those people in hell will
be back, she answered. So
praise the Lord."
Booker Breezes
Turned in For You
BONDS
CARRIED
Busy Town Folk Show They
/ Are "'Right There1
VOTE GOES STRONG
43 For to 12 Against at Elec-
Last Saturday and
All is Doing Fine.
tion
A Brief Bunch of News
Notes That Will Please
Many Reaners.
i Ford Goes Some.
The following appeared a
few days ago in the State
Register of Springfield, 111:
."Many are the stories of Henry
Ford a id his popular automobile,
but Hillsboro is relating what it
BOOKER, TEXAS,NOV. 17-
During the wind Tuesday night
the entire' north wall of Mr.
Whicaker's new brick Garage was
blown down. This was hard luck
for him and we hope he will soon
have the wall up again. This
will be a fine building when it is
completed.
Mrs. Grace returned from
Wichita Monday where she has
been the past three weeks having
her eyes treated. She reports
much improvement and will
return to Witcliita soon to con-
tinue treatment and will put her
boys in school there.
Mr. and Mrs. Patridge had
the sad misfortune of death
claming their little girl on Satur-
day, November 8. "We have not
learned what the sickness was
but Mr. and Mrs. Patridge have
our sympathy in their time of
sorrow..
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Weather conditions took a very
sudden change in this neighbor-
hood Tuesday night from warm
and pleasant to a very cold wind
from north and slowly growing
colder until the next morning
when the weather wasten below.
Mrs. Ferguson gave a box sup-
per Friday night at the school
house. There was a good attend-
ance and the proceeds will be us-
ed to buy supplies for the school.
Mr. Warlick autoed to Beaver
City in Mr. Whitakers truck last
week and had some bad luck
during the trip, also his old hen
and chicken coop blew away.
Merlin Howard and Orla Clark-
son autoed to Beaver City Tues-
day to attend the grand barbecue
given in honor of the soldier boys.
They report a fine time.
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f.
Work is progressing fine on the
Edwards Bank of Booker, also
fixtures are being placed in the
First National.
Really, the good people of the
Follett School District have more
than showed that they are right
when it comes to their unanimous
support and good will- toward
better schools such as was demon-
strated at Saturday's election
which went strong for the
$25,000 bond issue, 43 for to 12
against. The election day was
quiet, everyone having interest
in the importance of the question
simply going to the polls and
voting their sentiment. Since
the election everyone you meet
is highly elated over the event,
it so seems and but for the 12
votes showing against the propo-
sition the average person stand-
ing upon the street corners would
take it that everyone was for in
thet place of a slight opposition.
This move alone, carrying the
school .bonds, will mean much to-
ward the future advancement of
t ie Bssy Town. People who
have had their eyes upon
the Busy Town for
some time will now feel assured
that Follett will have as good
schools as there are ia the county
and possibly better than some
places.* They will feel more like
investing in property and making
their future home in our midst, in
fact already some have dropped a
word in our ear "that settles
it with us we are going to stick
right here the school matter is
settled." And so it is with many
others who have waited for this
very thing to occur. The bonds
carried and that has been com-
forting to the many whg have
been waiting.
The school trustees Nare an
eager aggregation for this same
proposition and will strive to get
the most for the money when the
right time comes.
The Busy Town will be a busy
one proper in a very short time.
Keep your eye on her, there is
nothing cheep about her but air.
Just a Little Fix in.'
During the past week tfie
Mongomery Hardware Co., has
idone a little fixin' around the
| interior of its store and one of the
I nobby things added for the dis-
play of its smaller furniture sets
; is a six foot shelf extended along
1 the north side for about 20 feet
which makes a convenient place
i for the display of chairs and all
such articles.
The S. F. Cross mercantile
establishment and the Wilson
Drug Store. The free use of
printers ink have made many
small business establishments
larger and many bigger ones
greater. Lime Light covers the
country more thoroughly tribu-
tary to the Busy Town and the
County seat than any other paper
coming Jinto it, consequently the
move on the part of these firms
is good and money well spent.
A Masquerade.
Of course now comes a bunch
of the younger folk who are going
to make faces in public on
Thanksgiving at the Follett Hall.
It is perhaps the last that will
be given in the old hall, but any
old how, it is a Masquerade and
to be sure those attending will
have some unique costumes on
this occasion. The management
is going to push some good music
in on this occasion and wants
everyone coming to simply have
one grand time at the Masquer-
ade Ball given on Thursday
evening, November 27. ^
Enjoys
Good Time
on 75 th Birthday
Near Relatives Participate in
Feast of Good Things
I -
Spread for Occassion.
A BIG
WINNER
Box Supper at School House
Last Friday Brings $275.
PEOPLE BID HIGH
Fine Program Rendered in
. Connection—-Everyone
Greatly Pleased.
Saturday. Ncv. 8, was some
day for W. C. Reid on account of
it being his 75th birthday—the
occasion led up to a nice dinner
and his sons and daughters
gathered and many of the other \
relatives. A pleasant time was
indulged in by them during the
day and W. C. was just as young
as the youngest although 75 great
suns had passed by since the
first time he commenced to take
gTance at things on this littb
old ball they call the earth.
The many near relatives pres-
ent departed for their respective
homes at a reasonable hour in the
evening bubbling over with the
goodness of this special occasion
and to be sure on departure it was
the unanimous wish of all that
yet 25 more big snows may go
by before the fi ial act in his
journsy through life is complete.
The Box Supper given at the
school house Friday evening by
the school for the purpose of pro-
curing money to buy a piano
for the school proved to . be
success royal.
An elegant program was rend-
ered. Dialogues, farces, miniture
playes and songs jammed to the
brim with wit and humor which
kept the audience feeling prime
for the event that was to follow.
Everyone of the participants
were "there ane over" in doing
their part ont his occasion.
But say, good people the way
the box supper went wasn't a bit,
slow anywhere the entire evening.
Many of the dear boys were forc-
ed to bid and bid high to get the
very box they wanted and after
the quantity of boxes were sold
it was discovered that the receipts,
run up to $275.00 in genuine U.
S. coin of the realm. Many a
boy had to come across the line
with $10.00 or more before he felt
contented with his lot for the
evening.
All present seemed to enjoy
the evening which proved very
entertaining and interesting from
the beginning. '
P
Mr. " Harvey
LaKemp, was in
week.
Something doing
the time.
Miller,
Booker
of
last
New Advertisers.
i A couple of Follett's promi-
in Booker all nent business houses start adver-
tising in Lime Light this week.
Gospel of Sunshine
Herein Elucidated.
The devil wanted to be an
angel, but his foot slipped.
Booze and calico is sure a fierce
combination.
An ounce of smile- is worth a
pound of grouch.
No dentistry is painless, be-
cause of the bill.
There is always room at the
top—also at the bottom.
The innocent bystander does
too much bystanding.
Most yellow journals cater to
yellow minds.
Why call it common sense
when it is so uncommon?
They say fish is a biain food.
Wanted, a whale.
Eve is dead, but the snake is
around.
Ijord help the rich—the poor
can rustle,
Paris to Have
Commercial-Airplane
Exposition.
The fact that America is lag-
ging far behind European coun-
tries in the development of com-
mercial airtraffic is indicated by
the Paris annoucement that from
Dec. 19 to Jan. 4, at the Grand
Palac£ on the Champs Elyees
there is to be held an exposition
of aerial locomotion which will be
devoted to the sale and rental of
machines to touring compaines
and to regular transportation or-
ganizations such as are now
carrying passengers regularly be-
tween London and Paris.
School Notes
Short This Week.
This week the school notes
which have been so ably edited*-
we are prone to relate they
are shy for unavoidable reasons,
presumably on account of too
much pie at the box supper last
Friday night or else possibly too
much chicken and maybe some-
thing else, but anyway they are
not in. It is to be hoped that
the quill pusher of this pedagogic
institution will recover from the
enormous feed to be able to hand
in their usual budget next week.
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Lipscomb Lime Light and Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 20, 1919, newspaper, November 20, 1919; Follett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth390409/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Higgins Public Library.