The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 4, 1920 Page: 2 of 6
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.lews.
The profiteer
sugar as sweet as
adelphia Ledger.
doesn’t
it was.-
rtrii “MONEY HATH WINGS’
people poor.-Savan- WHEN BANKER OWNS PLANE
trad
-Phil-
Fall is, indeed., a charming
season—especially wvheu it in-
cludes prices.—Chicago News.
Owning farms in different lo-
calities and haying occasion to
make frequent business trips fo
various points in the state, Jay
M. Wiggins, president of the
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
of Jefferson, Iowa, finds it prac-
ticable as well as pleasureahlb tp
possess an aeroplane.
adding materialstcoiM Lj’fo inlet the* plane and keep it
will go swiet- taunijing order Mr. Wig-
___lilamgs
tviile-' Piedmont.
reflE ...
There is no' disposition
disarmament begin whej*%J
ty doee.
Sole leather is high, but
doe# not have to back it up
filling station every few miles.
Marion Star.
one
to a
ehSldoys an ex-service avia
tor and together many times they
tfatched the town of Jeffcr-
dle to -a speck as they
into the clouds to ply
the skyway^ toward some distant
county seat. %
On July 21 the calm, surface
of prosperous business in Jeffer-
son suddenly was rocked into
riffles by the closing of the city
bank, a private concern, and,as
otir readers well know, under
____ _ such conditions no one can tell
weakness.-r-Cantony what m*y happen.
% e * - There was' no ■expectation orp
indication oT a run bn the Farm-
ena & Mercliants State Bank, yet
the president deemed it prudent
to*'be prepared for the unexpeet-
ed emergency and he wished to
reach reserves in Des Moines.
It is seventy miles from Jef-
ferson to Des Moines and to make
the trip by automobile over mud-
dy roads would consume the
greater part of a day. It would
take fully as long by train and
many a bank in need of cash has
The time seen**, to faMorning
when a dollar mayMOot % man
in the face without being asham
ed of its
News.
To judge from the amount of
Whiskey released for medicinal
purposes, Uncle Sam is the 'kick
man of the world.
Men are endowed by their Cre-
ator with certain inaliable rights,
all of which they must fight for.
Tacoma Ledger.
might
be wvse.
California
The situation
haven’t appealedoo the League had to suspend payments in less
Jor independence
Xr«ier Cit/, *-*«■ »
Maxell 5, 1879. .
Subscription $-.Ocently
-Nashville Bail-
out, however,, the. bank did not
need the extra reserve for there
was pot a single withdrawal.
We believe this was the first
tunc in the aistory of hanking
when the possibility of a bank
run was forestalled by aero ex-
press.—Bank Notes.
Mrs. Itoy Hart, of Burkburnett,
spent a few days here this week
visiting relatives.
Mrs. W. H. Griffin, of Texar-
kana, accompanied by her daugh-
ters, Misses June, Josephine and
Marguerite, arrived Friday on
a visit to her "husband, our ef-
ficient telephone man. Their
visit also was to size up the fit-
ness of Archer City for a home,
as Mr. Griffin intends Building
and moving his family here in the
near future.
Immigration is the sipcerest
form of flattery.—Life. '
I have 800 bushels ef Bed Bust
Proof opts for sak.-w.r-. * r '
27-tfc CHESTEB SEALS.
According to Bank Notes the
customer whose credit is strain-
ed, and whose bank balance ii
almost as invisible as the equator
is the very fellow who says:
“Just see how those banks males
money out of us!”
not Mlled.—Phil
,.e paP4,1!
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- York
he h'wj
en«|e#
eek^g jg here,
^n. did not
!e^».—Phila-
, ik ;
.mC broad, way that leads to
jjttruetion is still open to , traf-
.e, "but' there are fewer wrecks
>ccaskraed by skidding on the
wet spots.—Cleveland News.
The price of cabbage has dropt
tiy one per cent, but as usual jallayed by a
time than that.
Early next morning Mr. Wig-
gins and Mr. Schoppe, the avia-
tor, were out in their flying
clothes going over, the machine.
Automobfiee for Sale
Cash or credit, one Essex near-
ly new, one Ford Coupe, good
condition.
DB. C. D. UNDIdBY.
found
of whiskey,
• dUoY "«i i8 xhe iirstAt H o’clock they took to the air
and residents watched the plane
fade away in’the distance to the
southeast. At 9:30 o’clock,
just a few minutes before the
bank opened, the returning plane
dipped gently to its landing
place in Jefferson once more.
». One hundred and forty miles
in an hour and a half with a bus-
iness 6aH satulwitched in—how is
that for speed?
If any depositor of the Farm-
ers & Merchants Bank had been
in the * least uneasy about his
money that morning his appre-
hension would have been quickly
Paint Up
Come to our Shop and
look over our
—Wall Pape*—
The stock Is small, hut
very good.
Also let us show you
how we can make your
old Furniture look as
good as new.
—Phone 109
Geo. F. Clancy
Contracto
that stage _
Will pay 5
cents a
news
pound.
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Mr. Phillip Atkins, who id wel
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jubjic that our repair
1 r^e supervision of
idwn to this section
and is conceded to be one of tbf very best mechanics
obtainable anywhere. He'will nd pleased to meet his
many friends in his new location.
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Martin, Charles. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 4, 1920, newspaper, November 4, 1920; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth708490/m1/2/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.