The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1922 Page: 1 of 10
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he Jacksboro Gazette
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JACKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 11,1922
DAY DEMONSTRA-
>N AT BRYSON. GOOD
WORK IN OTHER PLACES
I. 0. 0. F. CELEBRATE
j ANNIVERSARY, ASSISTED
BY REBEKAH SISTERS
THE MINSTRELS’ BANJO QUARTET
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OIL CONDITIONS AROUND
NEWPORT. PLAY GIVEN
BY HOME TALENT
Agents? succeeded in doing On Sunday, May 7,1922 at three
fid work this week despite o’elock p. m., Manchester Lodge
On Wednesday they No. 604, I. 0. O. F. held anniver-
ler to Bryson. The Worn- sary service, in honor of the 103
Vb which was organized years of Oddfellowship in Araer-
|had planned an all day’s ica, assisted by visiting brothers
kith a dinner. The pur- from Graham and Perrin, Texas,
le meeting was to have a The Sisters of the Rebekahs of
Assure cooking demon- Valentine Lodge No. 198, kindly
The ladies brought assisted with the program and
things prepared for assembled with us at the hall,
[e chickens were dressed with their visiting sisters of the
joking so Miss Mulli- Rebekahs, where we donned our
L steam pressure cook- regalia and marched in form to
Itration by cooking the the Methodist church, where the
ror dinner."' Most of the congregation was waiting for our
were old. They were arrival and the service,
is fried ehicken and were The service was opened with
jfould hardly be ta- prayer by Bro. E. H. Coburn, pas-
joker as the meat tor of the M. E. Church of Jaeks-
khe bones. Miss horo.
a canning dem- Bro. W. W. Robbins, pastor of
kning one of the the Baptist Church of this place
preached the Anniversary Ser-
>re people were mon, which was on the parable of
new members the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:.
he club will 25-37), and he held the undivided
7th ~ Besides attention of the entire eongrega-
rk a “dress tion from beginning to the end of
^j]| ^ giv- his discourse. 4 it;
__ ^ 1 Bro. J. W. Chancellor, Past
terracing Grand Master of I. 0. 0. F. of
Jermyn on Texas, delivered a splendid ad-
^eting the dress on the duties of Odd Fel-
He has j^ery enthu- b>ws, one to -another, and of the
which promises to do fraternity and what its aims are
work. Miss Mullican to the sidk and afflicted, to wid-
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j Newport, May 8.—Work on the
oil derrick has been delayed on ac-
count of material being caught in
the flood at Fort Worth, but has
now arrived and the work will
start at once.
| A four room house has been
erected at the well and the four,
have already moved in and are do-
ing some little jobs preparatory
to building the derrick.
| A representative of the Texas
.Company w-as around trying to
buy some leases, but it seems the
company had not given a high
enough buying limit,
j A picnic is being planned for
.the spudding in of the oil well on
J. N. Craig's place, the date and
( further information of which will
, be announced later.
Mr. Chester Walker took his
highly praised bunch of players to
• ^ ; j Newport last Tuesday night, in
" ■*' * response to an invitation from
The White and Black kfTh Trels, Walt Wood, banjo soloist and bass Newport citizens, to play “The
the closing day’s musical attraction singer, and a v’ho.s show in himself, Daughter of the Desert. ” The play
at our Chautauqua have a popular
orchestra which features a banjo
V.
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quartet and a raxaphone quartet.
NUMBER 50
PERRIN OIL WELLS
ATTRACT VISITORS.
POLITICAL SPEAKING
Perrin, May 10.—The Smith No.
1 oil well has reached a depth of
about 1400 feet, and work is still
going.
The well on the Mabry farm was
spudded in Friday afternoon, May
5, a number being gathered to see
the work. Several cars of people
from Decatur, Weatherford and
Mineral Wells were there.
Saturday was the day for polit-
ical speaking here. In the morn-
ing Miss Annie Webb Blanton
spoke in regard to her candidacy.
In the afternon Mr. Fitzgerald
spoke in behalf of S. A. L. Mor-
gan of Wichita Falls, and Rev. L.
D. Shawver spoke for Guinn Will-
iams of Decatur.
School closed here last Friday,
with three good programs,—
Wednesday evening a general pro-
gram for the school which was
very fine; Thursday evening com-
mencement exercises for the high
.school, Lewis Johnson of Jaeks-
i boro giving the class address; Fri-
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men in the company. players were: Chester W alker, good.
-------Chester McManus, Orville Baker,
'Ford Seott, A. H. MeRoberts, Alfie
Opposes Sewer Bonds and Gives Perrin School Closes With Inter- _ mhe, ’^Irs!
Our
Objections.
friends of The Gazette
esting Exercises.
White,
Mr. and Mrs. Tipps and baby of
Fort Worth are 'visiting reatives
and friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Sehrim-
Cuba Powers, Miss Wealthy Bra-Jsher andiittle daughter, Sybil
The Perrin school closed last
zeal, Ruby Brazeal, Bei-nice Bra-
week, the following programs be- , ^ heavy rain, accompanied bv
mg well rendered to appreciative high wi'ndj struek here Monday
here we audiences. morning. Farmers are getting be-
! The general program was g - hind wTith crops on account of con-
Jacksboro has existed en W ednesday night and was as timied wet weather. A good
£ I, iannedthe flow- 365 orphans of deceased Odd Fel- “DOU' seventy-five years and follows: , 1 many farmers have not pjanted
Vstration for their lows being educated; also, where been over ™? *>‘h *?' -.f’0"®’,® r°WH’ M “ cotton yet.
th7Jtern2n 'here are 23 old people being ear- Ph°,.d, oar jittle town .8 ^gradee. o____^ „ #| Wheat and oats are looting
fhe^tdies of
rls’ Club They are tak-1 >ws and orphans of deceased Odd have kindly given us who are op
iterest in the cloth- Fellows, portraying the splendid so° ““
A very enthusiastic institution belonging to the I. 0. tel1 our 0,)Jeai0ns> so
and arrange- G. F. and Rebekah’s of Texas, at co™e’
ade for some future Corsicana, where there are now | ab^
are visiting Perrin f-ela-
a demonstration
j,- A meat canning
was arranged for
at Mrsl Jones’ of
doing
d Newport
Friday.
met with some of
ies at Miss Eng-
ine flower work,
unty Fair was
ed for by the membership of T. O. the^ealthlest town in «»« “><» Pr»mise * *“=
There was rendered by Mr. I The sewer will run the taxes up Duke; Wllie’s Hearing, J. B.
Lewis Johnson, appropriate for runynS up the value of our trank.
O. F. and Rebekahs’ Assembly. , ... ^ ,
— 1 The sewer will run the taxes up Duke;
for by running up the value of our Frank.
arsftaS vssx:s”' sursaris “
homes,"and people are taxed to I’se Bad and I’se Good,
death already, especially wl
some Miss Eva Adame, “The Land of .lhey ha're.n° th*’ an Sam s Party’ 6th and ?th
and |egjuning Again”; music by Mre. ^Vimes are
appropriate time to pass such, grades
Mr. and Mrs. Law and Mr. Bar-
ker went to Wichita Falls Friday,
on business.
Mr. .Jim Coyle has his house al-
most finished.
We were very sorry to hear of
the death of Dr. Barton of Belle-
Miss Sophia Simpson, “One Fleet- !hnPossible t(> liye, and many lit- Reading, Georgie Odell.
mtr »» oil „ru-____tic home owflers can’t make a Reading, Eunice Johr
mg H<?br, ” all of which were
splendidly rendered.
I do not believe I ever attend-
ed a service of that kind that held ... ... , ... /T .. w ,
the attention of the congregation enough, it will run them higher, (I nestine Wooda
fros^ieginning to end as this ser-!mea? youf. °Je!; over 5er« “
vice dm. The song, “God Be With .have kicked for years about
You Till We Meet Again,” was havm« ®lty taxes toPay and®°
___i • i i - 7 - _ wflfpr nnt ahmit ail Wp tnr
o. jomed in by all who wished, and
rls congregation was dismissed by
Rev. Walter Cook of Mineral
efVpRract-
tatting and membership of Manchester
a flqfcr sack Eodge 604, L 0. 0. F. extends its
djTO^ith very grateful thanks to all the
was very members of the program, and all
simple w^° helped to make the service a
Sewing
cup tow-1
wfere the For the benefit of our Odd Fel-
success.
M. G. Nelms, Secretary.
water but about all we get for
kieking is just the kick.
We hardly know if our city
wells will supply the water for the
sewer, and if it does not there I pila.
will be an expense to dig, Teckon Pantomine,
the tax payers will have to footigiris.
th« hill »1fiA : Pc'
Dallas
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Trotter,
Mr. W. E. Trotter and Gurnie and
Rill Trotter of Roanoke are visit-
ing relatives and friends here.
Mrs. Fred Williams of Graham
is here to spend a few days. .
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Jermyn News.
Jermyn, May 9.—Our school is
fast drawing to a close and we are
proud to say this year’s school has
been more successful than some of
preceding years.
On the 19th of this month the
commencement exercises will be
held at the high school auditori-
um ; and next Sunday night, the
14th, the baccalaureate sermon
will be preached by Rev. Davis,
pastor of the M. E. Church here.
t£ftve a goewk pro-
ReadW^When Will Turned to ry Engineer no animal can live too 'gram arranged for both occasions^
c Boy Ethel England close to his body waste. “By re- 'and everyone is cordially invited*.
Rumage Sale 8th and -9th ferring to Deuteronomy, Chapter | Despite the bad weather our
grades. ’ XXIII, verses 10-14, you will (school base b&ll team is playing-
Reading Mumford’s Pavement there see where the ancients were good baP. We played Loving last
■w- ^ . ~~ ' ■ -" ■ ' ' 1 a4a/1 rtM 4Lia ct-i Vv-7 a/j+ • "W ac/1 o ir AVtrl Aomn l^AVIWk
Irene Browning,
Tomahawk drill,
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so hard it’s almost Song, Churning sixteen pupils. yue Dr Barton practiced at New-
Johnson.
port several years ago.
Reading, — ,
living without added burden of | Rose drill, twelve primary pu-1 * m * *“
taxation. ' pils. j Cleanliness Necessary to Health.
Our water bills are high Reading, Never Say Can’t, Er- . 0,^.0 -a.
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primary pu-
'instructed on this subject. Civ-:Wednesday and came home with a
dlization has risen and fallen in ac- score of 8-3 in our favors
Holy
cord with her sanitary laws. The , Last Saturday our famous
' ‘ first
” went over to Jacksboro ta
the second of § series of
City, nine prosperity of a community is de-|Uine
____ (pendent upon the well being of its , play
this bill also. j Reading, A Mortifying Mistake, 1 citizenship and health is the out- j games with them. This waf^ft hftfd
Claim we don’t have to connect, Kathlyn Brown. come and result of the observa-,fought and very _
maybe not under the present offi-1 Reading, The Miracle of an Egg, tion ofi well established sanitary ^but at last ^ *
eers, but time will force us. S. J. Milam. laws. Referring to statistics we ,WaS Pbunted we found that
Claim people of .Jacksboro will, The Curse of Selfishness, Ger- bnd various death rates from dif- ,te&m was one behind the score*
x>i uui F^t the work, methinks not, for laid Vanlandingham. ferent communities and upon ef- (being 5-4 in favor of Jacksboro
n Springs low’VeaderTTb^ GTzeTte publishes ^ know little about such, an I Duet Beautiful River, Annebel | amination of the reason thereof Ed Sampley was in Jacksboro
— - - ^ engineer and men who know will Hill and Iva Schrimseher. ^—*— v-----•— ^
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be forced to take the work.
Who is benefited by rt only on
jelaim of healthl
he re- herewith a synopsis of the history
aking tbe organization:
1 The first Lodge of Odd Fellows
bera, the IS I An-V""^ «» that would
bar ’t” Saven »!£'* ?" *° ^ ^
Stars Tavum v riT ui benefit our town, our business
aewer.
Short work would it he for any
the Grand Lodge of England. It
i°W l" of me". «ood roada or a sard-
2 L3 ), f t>ddfoTlowRhip ,tarian, one for plenty work one
...tin .v. r ’ . U'. '* 18 f.^t ®v*r' jfor plenty of immigration would
• .J, , ? s»y that the I,e ten thousand times more bene-
pnnelptes of Oddfellowship have i8t Jacksboro than ten sewers,
been practiced and been a boon to j rra oppoaed to anythmg that
from the time 1 0
Reading, Lois Milam.
Flag drill, 9th grade girls.
The commencement exercises
took plaee Thursday night with
the following program:
Welcome, Clyde Bentley.
Class History, Alma Duke.
Class Prophecy, Hattie Ram-
sey.
Class Poem, Devie Cross.
Musician, Iva Schrimseher.
Address, Lewis Johnson.
Male quartette.
we find that epidemics have re-1 on business Thursday *
suited from negligence in pro- Mr. Phillips, one of our teach-
tectmg the population from sew-^rs, was in Jacksboro Friday and
^;hZta™“fh0oierar,fland '22252.!^ h°'d ""S^
other intestinal diseases are pre-
ventable if proper disposal is
made of the feees of patients.
Contamination of a water supply
by the excreta of one typhoid pa-
| tient has many times caused a se-
;vere epidemic in a community,
jresnlting in many deaths arid
much suffering,
i other intestinal
humanity almost
that God said:
1 The first lodge organized in Bal-! growing harder to bear every
timore consisted of five members, {yearA Sewer will add to the ai-
<iT , makes the poor harder to live
Let there be j without being benefited, in the
llong run, and taxes are a burden
and from this small beginning the j
I. 0. 0. F. has grown by far the
largest fraternal organization in
America. Government statistics
for the year 1920 showed that the
0. 0. F. in the U. S. and Canada
d half a million more members
an any similar organization. It
also the only fraternal organiza-
>n that has never been divided.
are
Presentation of diplomas.
Valedictory, Flora Mask. passed from one individual to an
The class play, “The Gypsy:other when proper disposal of fe-
Trail,” was given Friday night, !ces is not maintained. Typhoid
with the following cast of charac-jmay be carried both before and
ter8: ’ after the patient is confined to his
examinations.
Mr. Brewer and Miss Mulleian
our county and home demonstra-
tion agents, were with their clubs
here last Thursday.
Charlie Wilton and family
spent Sunday in Bryson with rel-
atives and friends.
Miss Christine Stubblefield spent
Hookworm and Che weekend at Antelope
parasites — 1
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Los Creek to Observe Decoration
Day.
all
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Frank
ready burden, of ourselves and ness, Paul Montgomery.
Decoration day will be observ-
£1 ^ tbc Los Creek cemetery,
will come when negligent dispos- i^un«ay, May 14. Dinner will be
Raymond, full ofbusi- bed. Wp believe that the time’ed
our children. Hoad work would Miss Janet Raymond Elfie , . „. , - ■ «— S(1-voj . - ----- "•»
benefit by giving work to men for>Campbell. ' ’ ” ial.of fnfrht Rf>il wil be made a i edthe pounds. Everyone
a long time, mayhaps they could j John Raymond, Truett Wilson. icr'rn’nal offense and that when fa- jls to attend,
pay the necessary taxos without .Stiles, a butler, Clyde Bentley. • tal results oceur from this act the
A government artesian well at
rer Brule agency, n South Da-
ft cruel sacrifice. Roads would
b^entffv and benefit tbe whole of
Jack County, sewer a very few
and the taxes and expense all
around would be a lot harder,
and it’s hard enough now.
1 appeal to all to think deeply jer. ,T. E. Terry,
ere they vote this another burden i Mrs. Widdirnore,
on our little home town of Jacks- ^
Jr,r na>%rJ: rast !Contrect ^for Mew Pre,byuri-
hava a sewfr syatam. After all “ °h'nrch-
Schrim-
sher.
Edward Andrews, in love witJ
Frances, Otto Miller.
Michael Rudder, the adventur
fm
sag
items of expense have been con- LiAurA as we to I)ress le.
idered we are safe in saying
“ “ ♦■•act for the erection of a ....
building on North Main street.
earn
a chaperone,
Mask.
TT " ’h' "mM —">• Itrart for tl,,. ;.,
run.
While the plans of the church
town j have not been made public it is
will
jical, the most practical, and the
safest method in the long
.The first improvement in -
after a public water supply has j understood that the
established should be a sew- |be of brick and
er system.” I stone
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The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1922, newspaper, May 11, 1922; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth729916/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.