The West Weekly News. (West, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 3
Ukst tPeehlji $em
west, Mclennan* county, texas, Friday, January 20,1012.
PLATFORM REMOVAL
NUMBER 16
RATY CHANGES AAROHRCESFOR MaVOF A. L. Wllfe
TIMETABLE COMMISSIONER J 0S A CIC3I1 Up
Cuts OH Locals Train-Gives West Fred Willenborg Again Shies His
Only One Mail Each Way
In 24 Hours
Castor. P. W. Clampitt Wants
To Be City Clerk
The first candidate to place an
announcement in the News, ex-
cept for City Offices, is Commis-
sioner Fred L. Willenborg for re-
election to the office of County
Commissioner. Two years ago
he was chosen to this responsible
position by the voters of this
precinct, and he now comes back
and asks for an endorsement of
his official career.
The office of Commissioner is
one of extreme importance to the
tax payers of this County re-
quiring a man of splendid busi-
------ to gii with satis-
We thought that the old sched-
ule which has been in force for
several months on the M. K. &
T. was a bad one and could not
be made worse, but we were
mistaken.
This new one is entitled to the
ribbon.
If you want to go north in the
morning, you get down to the
spot by 4:52. You may have to
ait an hour or two—but be
there, if not wait till 6:38 p. m.
Going south Local No. 15 gets
here at 6:30 in the morning,
which gives you all day at the j ness ability
7ZZTS. M, WB.**-. term
The worst feature of the he has paid special attention
•hanire is that it gives West only to the public roads of this pre-
me mail each way per day. Thejcinct, and it is said that road
imited going south arrives at jcoudittons are better than for
12:22 carries mail and going years. He has many ideas of
north at 4:40 brings us mail from road improvements that he is
the south. The 12 22 limited j now attempting to put into prac-
stops while the 4:40 slows up for tiee, which will still further mi-
throwing the mail bags off. j prove our public roads.
Another change and we take He has paid strict attention to
up rural route service. the county’s affairs and is now
—--- I better prepared than ever to
Death of Mrs. S. A. Jones j serve the people in this capacity
The citizens of West were j M r. Willenborg does not «p£
shocked Friday last when the opposition nor does his friends
hews of the death of Mrs. S. A.' expect him to have opposition
Jones wife of CoL J. Lem Jones as lie is asking for a second term,
of this City spread over town, j Nevertheless he wants the peo-
Mr,..loLL W„ co„«,„d>,..okn„,v,ta. Im[
to her room only three or four; their support m the past, and
days and her nearest neighbors [solicits same m the future,
had no knowledge of her serious Announces for City Clerk
until Thnrndw j
when it was given out by the at . . appearing in The
tending physicians that she was ^ ^ ^ w„ek is tl)at of P. W.
in a critical ^ \ cUmpitt as a candidate for City
Jones was bom in Aikansas , Mr. Clampitt needs no
srp: srr? z i—*.... -•«-
Day For West
Tuesday Beginning At Nine O’clock
Work of Cleaning and Removing
Trash and Other Debris. Ad-
vises Generous Use of Lime
and Other Disenf^Ctants
A PROCLAMATION TO THE CITIZENS
AGAIR SUGGESTED
Mayor Wilie and Other Citizens
Working To That End—Cotton
Yard Location Suggested
MOVE MADE
FOR REST ROOM
Wednesday Clnb To Urge Its Build-
ing—Will Ask Co-Operation
ot Business League
lock and wife who settled near
El Mott, where the family re-
mained for more than a quarter
of a century, Col. Matlock being
one of the pioneer citizens of
that community. She was mar-
ried to J. Lem Jones, who sur-
hands of The News, for the great-
er portion of his life has b$en
spent among tiie people of West,
and no young man stands higher
here than he.
He is thoroughly identified with
West in every way and is a young
t I two man that takes front rank in
vives her, In 1884, dnd the two _ that has for
iuau M'w* ----
every undertaking that has for
the advancement of West as its
aim. The people may rest as-
sured that in the selection of Mr.
Clampitt as City Clerk that no
mistake will be made.
I hereby set apart Tuesday January 30th., as
a general clean up day for the City of West. On
this day beginning promptly at nine o'clock at
the blowing of the whistle, I urgently ask that
every citizen get busy around his own premises,
with rakes, hoes and other means, collecting the
trashanddebris,thathasaccumulated and deposit it
in barrels, boxes or in piles so it can^ be carted
aWay.
I will have plenty of wagons which will call and
get this stuff and haul it to the dumping grounds.
Now as soon as this cleaning lias been done, use
plenty of lime around your house, the steps, out-
buildings, barns and chicken-houses. Lime is
cheap and will serve it’s purpose.
You owe this to yourselves and your town aud .
I ask each and every one to take a iiersonal inter-
est in the matter. We are now in the midst of an
epidemic and there is no telling how soon we, may-
be in another. .
The merchant should see that portion of the
street and alley abutting his property is in as good
sanitary condition as nis home.
This clean-up day would have been ordered
sooner but the conditions were not favorable, and
now as Spring is approaching, it behooves us to use
every means possible to make our sanitary con-
ditions better.
Join me in making West a cleaner, healthier
A. L. Wilie, Mayor.
Had you noticed the changed
appearance of that part of town
which was formerly occupied by
the Cotton Belt Lumber Co?
Since the lumber company sold
their business, they have re-
moved the old sheds and office
buildings and it looks better.
Now the next step is to move
that old eye-sore, the cottonjplat
form.
Mayor Wilie in conversation
with a News reported called our
attention to this changed ap-
pearance, and suggested that a
united effort be made to secure a
more suitable location for the old
platform. The Mayor like all
good energetic citizens wants to
better the appearance of the
town as well as its condition, and
in these matters he should have
a united support.
The cotton platform is m S the
center of the town—an unsightly ,
unsanitary and dangerous struc-
ture, dangerous from the fact
j that a string of box cars are al-
ways standing there and in cross-
ing the tracks at Pine Street, ap-
proaching trains cannot, be
seen.
Various suggestions have been
made and proposed locations
ndmed. One which meets with
! some favor, is to move the plat-
form to a location near the cotton
yards, and then extend the mill
track to it. Lets do something
The Wednesday Club held an
most interesting session Wed-
nesday at the home of Miss Mag-
gie O’Connell. All member*
were present, also Mrs. W. D.
Lovell and Miss Eddie Snod-
grass, guests.
The Club discussed many im-
portant questions and papers
were read by Mrs. Joe Cuff,
Mrs. Method Pazdral and Miss
Florence West. The Clnb also
discussed ways and means of
getting a rest room for West and
their entire membership are
very much interested and will
make a strong effort to get one.
The Young Men’s Business
League will be asked to co-operate
The News has a copy of the
paper read by Mrs. Pazdral and
will publish it in full in our next
isse.
Jockey Moss Dead
Jockey Moss, a familiar figure
around West for the past ten
years, died at his room early
Thursday morning after a few
hours illness. Little is known
of his early life, he coining to
this State from Tennessee when
mere boy*, most of his life
being spent near Grandview.
If lie has any relatives any
where, The News has been un-
able to locate them. Jockey
was a good honest law abiding
citizen and his associates all
speak well of him as a man. He
was buried at Bold Springs
Gave A Shower iwas buneu at »oiu orn..s.
One of the fading social events | Cemetery Tliursday afternoon.
of the season was the shower Rev. Kinslow of the Methodist
given by Mrs. C C. McAden in J church officiating
honor of Miss Martha Wills, 1*1 *■
day from 3 to t o’clock.
have lived happily together in
West or near here since that
time.
Mrs. Jones had devoted much
of her life to church work being
a member of the Methodist
church here, and her influence Installation At Elm Mott
■r, for good was felt throughout this ^ elecUve 0ftict,rs of Elm
'community. No family needed! ^ No 702 1.0.0. F.
assistance long >r Mrs; Jon?s were installed Tuesday night by
knew of their condition, lor she ^ w Stewart assisted
has been know to remain in the ^ ^ ^jark) j p. Kennedy
sick room administering to ^ £ R>Bre.ler
others when in justice to her-
self she should have been at
home.
It was such traits as these
that made her so jiopular with
all and will cause her to be mis-
sed so badly. Funeral services
were held at the Methodist
Church Saturday last, Rev. Kins-
slow officiating, after which the
procession wended it s way to
White Rock Cemetery where her
remains were tenderly laid
away.
To the bereaved husband and
friends The News tenders sin-
cere sympathy.
A Fine Cotton Crop
Charley Landingham of Aquilla
is a new addition to the list of
News readers this week. In
conversation with a News report-
er he stated that he had gathered
70 bales of Cotton and would get
several more.
Their officers are as fallows:
J. W. Hill, Noble Grand,
J. D. Long, Vice Grand,
August Hattmnnn, Secretary,
Mack Christian, Treas.
H. B. Mansfield, liepresentive,
A. B. Barnes. Alternate.
Died At Tours
News reached W est Tuesday
of the death of Mrs. John Lich-
novsky which occured at her
home near Tours Monday night
of meningitis. She was buried
at Tours Tuesday. This is the
third death in that neighbor-
hood out of a total of four cases,
so we are informed by Frank
Uptmore who lives in that com-
munity. _____
Ocn up >. U,e I
^“^3.Xa. will be
clean up (lay provided at the city’s expense
Mayor Wilie lias set the ma ‘iIu, e one should take a per-
chine ry in motion and designated in seeing that the j
Tuesday, January 30, as a gen ^ is wclldone.
erol renovating daj. 1I< asK. ■ premises, outbuild-
tion of every citizen of West in ^ thJ
Hus movement. generous use of lime. Sprinkle |
()n Tuesday inorning the whi^ * ^ the dwelling or store
ties will blow, which is - 8 (n ,,iace8 that disease
for every 011c to stiirt the clean* j
ing crusade. All trash, tin cans. ’ germs are likely to be.
paper refuse and other debris Make West a more sanitary
should be gathered up and de 1 city. Get busy._______
We Sure Heed It
In conversation with Post
master Griffin this week he in-
formed us that he was trying to
secure better mail service for
West, stating that two mail trains
a day was not giving satisfaction
to any one. He holies to get the
North bound that arrives at 4:52
a. m. to bring mail. and the
South bound at 11:05 p. m. to
carry south mail. This will
give us much better service an4
his efforts will be-duly appreciat-
ed. _ -
Killed «t Fort Worth
Mr. Ed Parker, a brother of
Mrs. John Baker of West, was
accidently killed by a falling wall
at Fort Worth last week.
At Baptist Church
Rev. R. E. Cornelius of Law-
ton, Okla. is expected to preach at
the Baptist Church Sunday
morning and night. He conies
liigly recommended all are invit-
ed and members urged to be pre
sent.
Seriously Injured
T. B. Perry, reports that Jim
Cobb who was thrown from a
mule Monday last is consider-
ably better though lie was in a
serious condition for some time.
It seems he was thrown from a
mule early Monday morning re
mainingin the woods till late
Monday afternoon before
discovered.
In Hew Quarters
E. B. Johnson has moved his
photo gallery to the room form-
erly occupied by Kramr the
■ harness man on North Front.
The home was beautifully,dec-
orated with red and white hearts
and presented a pleasing effect.
Delicious refreshments of jela-
tine and cake were served. ,
In the flower contest Miss Wil-
ma Anderson won the prize
which she presented to the
bride-to-be.
Misses Grace Stowers and
Edith Coleman brought in the
baskets containing the numerous
presents.
Those present were:
Mrs. D. Blurae
“ Henry Keith
“ Tlios. Coleman
“ J. T. Wills
“ C. P. Davis
“ Russell Westmoreland
*' Calfee Edwards
Miss Ethel Keith
“ Wilma Anderson
“ Maggie Clampitt
“ Willie Baron
“ Vivian Lee
" Nora Wills
“ Robbie Kirk
“ Martha Wills.
Death ei A Baby
News reached West yesterday
of the death of Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Marks’ baby which occurred
Tuesday night last at their nome
near Men low. The little fellow
was only a few months old and
had never been healthy. The
parents have the sympathy of
the News and many other friends
here in their sad bereavement.
Picture Show* Open
West’s moving picture show
has been reopened, as the author-
ites think there is no danger
from that source. Those at *.«.«•
Waco were also opened Thurs- cases of
an. y lhors“'
/
Death of J. S'. Lee
J. S. Lee who died at his home
here Monday last was born in
Smith County Texas, August the
6th 1865, and there grew to
manhood. He had Lived near
West for the past 5 years and
had the confidence and esteem
of all who knew him, for he was
an honest upright hard working
citizen. A kind father and true
husband. He had only been
sick a few days, being consider-
ed dangerously sick from the
start, the physicians having pro-
nounced it a case of meningitis.
Besides a wife and six children
he also leaves 3 brothers and one
sister, as follows: W. O. l^ee of
this place, G. A. Lee • of Kosse,
T. Y. Lee of Oklahoma and Mrs.
Fuller of Erath County. G. A.
Lee of Kosse was the only one
able to reach here in time for the
funeral though all were notified.
Rev- Kinslow conducted the fun-
eral services which were held
at Bold Springs Cemetery Tues-
day where his remains were laid
to rest. Symimthy is tendered
to his wife and loved ones.
Schools to Take Half Holiday
In order to more fully help in
the general clean up day next
Tuesday, the public schools will
have no morning session.
School will convene promptly at
1 o’clock. T his will add stimulous
to the worh whick Mayor Wilie ,
lias undertaken and which he
hopes will result in much good.
Horses Hare MonwfHio
Dr. J. E. Marlar the veterin-
ary surgeon, informs us that lie
has been busy night and day
treating stock, that he had 3
meningitis
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Terrell, H. B. The West Weekly News. (West, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1912, newspaper, January 26, 1912; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth588784/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting West Public Library.