The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1934 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME LV.
JACKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1934
NUMBER 11.
Cox*Family Have Reunion.
On Sunday, August 12th, 1934,
occurred the annual reunion of
the descendants of Samuel and
Mary Cox, pioneer settlers of
Jack County. The reunion was
held at the home of Laura A. Cox
in Gibtown, and this aged lady is
also one of Jack County s -early
pioneers. She opened her home
to all of these relations, some of
whom came many miles to spend
the day amid old scenes, in visit-
ing and fond reminiscence of the
days long gone by. For some it
was the first time back in 33
years. At noon a bountiful din-
ner was spread and enjoyed by
all, pictures were taken and a
time long to be remembered was
had by all.
The following persons were
present to the number of fifty-
seven: Laura A. Cox, hostess,
Gibtown; Mrs. Donna Cox Stute-
ville, Rock Island, 111.; J. A., Liz-
zie, Gerald, Pauline, Donald Ray
Cox. Perrin; Ilenry, Hattie, Rich- j
ard, Vera, Virgil, Florence, Mar-
gurett, K. S., Irene Cox, Gibtown ;
J. F. and Mabel Willingham and
children, John Estel, Lena Ruth.
Nonna Arlene, Noami Caroline
Willingham, Levellnnd; Mrs. Eli-j
Will Speak in Jacksboro Friday W. L. (Lloyd) McOloud Expresses
Night August 17th.
Appreciation.
“Aunt Lucindy”
reeklesN fer he kilt our ole Tom
eat before he’d had that flivver
a month,” declared Safronia.
“To he shore. An finally, to
keep from runnin over a cow, jist
bey ant Bridgeport, thar he went
right squar-smack-dab into a
ditch an whnr we mouglit a-been
till yit, if it wornt for a ole Coon
Skin Crossin boy. Bill Smith a-
I am very grateful to the'vot “Well, after a right smart of
ers of Jack County and of thft i«win back an forth twixt me an
district for the splendid support »">' ole we finally sot out but
you gave me for state represent*- 0,1 a-count of him lergittin to
tjVe . drain that ole bootleg gasoline
At the time of the first primal- «ut-u the tank an git it filled up
ry election I had campaigned mi- u'*th that thar powful New Sin-
ly six weeks, and was able to lead <’lair 11. C. troni some Sinclair fill-
in v nearest opponent by 49 voter *n station an git Ihem insides all
in Jack County. I am'Within »tf trreased up with Sinclair Opaline
votes of the leading candidate in like w<> done after we landed coinin along with a load of fod-
the district. I earnestly solicit i-i Jacksboro at Dick Smith’s tine tier an corn an grain an suden
your support and vote in the eom#’!1' tin station, our ole lizzie flivver grass he wuz a-huulin into Gus
iivr primary (deetion. Aug. 25. • ^-dnimied along plum turrible.” .Joneses fine grindin mill in
Respect fully submitted, | “To be shore it did, if you-unsJJacksboro to git ground up into
W 1. (Llovd) McCloud. had sense enough to git!stock feed (accordin to Mirandy
th« ole bootleg lieker drained I Smith's own formuly, beins as
j out, ich as ole Lige Hopkins totes (Jus .Jones, he said, wuz plum wil-
Pcmn. ] in stock at his blacksmith shop
,, . . ,, mi 1 an filii : station, for you mought
1 erria. Aug. 14.- I lit' residency ;l.|;noW(„i jj would gom
Jack County Musicians Win Chico
Prizes.
A musical is held each second
Saturday night at Chico, and at
the last meeting the Stephens
Brothers String Band of ComLitT
won first prize; the Acorn Thrash-
ers String Band from Rocky
Point, Jack County, won second
prize; and Erwin Tipton’s Band
of Jacksboro won third prize.
The musical was held Saturday
night, Aug. 11th, at which time
the prizes were won.
W. D. McFARLANE
. .......______ ____ up yer
nl Mrs. Josie lloldmun was detjjujjne wouldn’t skeercely
s1 roved b\ fire cue night last vvork,“ remonstrated Mrs. Twee-
week. * | kins.
The gins are now read\ tor. “Well, it shore worked after
running. 'we hotter filled up with New
...un Pepjwr and laiiuiy oi By*igjncjajr jj 0, an the injine
Post Oak, Aug. 13.—Mrs. Ma- 1M’S sP?n^ *asl vvltb ^r’ greased up with Sinclair Opaline
a",l Mrs. b red Whitaker. oil which <nm in them
Mrs. (arl Rogers of I.evellanil 'Tamper Proof cans an which ile,
spent several days this week with |, m.Uin ye have heerd teU ha8
u'r niotlicp, -M**8- ^Iab.ry. _ been mellered fer 80,000,OCX) yer*
Milton Johnson and family of ;m js keerfully de-waxed an
Dallas spent lost week here with fpped frura all petrolium jelly
Post Oak
die Davis thas returned to her
home after visiting in Byers and
Noami Caroline | Wichita Falls.
Mrs. M. E. Roper of Jacksboro
za Cox7 Clarendon; J V., L. E., j visited in the home of her daugh-
pha, Robert Ben Boley, Conroe;! Ocic Williams of Fort Sill, Ok.,
Mrs. Lois Cox Davis, Lake and Buniie Williams of Joy vis-
Charles, La.; Mrs. Mattie Cox Red in Post Oak Saturday.
Blankenship, Joy L., L. E., Blan-; 0lan Cleveland was in Bowie
kenship, Hedley; Mrs. Ethel Cox week
Miller, Christine and Maxine Mr &nd Mr? otis Henderson
of Roberts Prairie visited the lat-
ter's parents, Mr, and Mrs*. T. E.
Kirk, last week.
Mr. ;and Mrs. J. N. Fulcher and
daughter, Elizabeth, attended the
Lamkin, Clarendon; J. F. Cox,
Mineral Wells; Mrs. Grace An-
drews, Fort Worth; Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Cox, Brawley, Calif.;
Franklin, Auda and Mrs. Dora
Cox Bugg, Gainesville; J. S., Eva
Helen Johnson and Rojean
Richerson have returned from
Pampa. Mrs. John Prescott of
Pampa spent the week-end here
with her mother. Mrs. Earl John-
son.
and Erie Ewing, Stillwater, Ok ; homecoming at the Lowrance
W. E. Fitzgerald, Wichita Falls;
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fitzgerald,
Keller; J. B. Turnbow, Claren-
horae at Pleasant Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Coker visit-
ed in the home of J. A. Coker of
don. The following friends were Eleotra -during the week,
also present: W T. Shadle, Mr. Mrs. Welch of Newport was a
and Mrs. J. C. Armes, Boonville; recent visitor with her sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Lee R. Sartain, Mrs. Coker. '
Jacksboro; Mr. and Mrs. A. P. • _, -m T '_
Gilliland, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gil-; „ „ *
liland. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson Singing Convention To Be Held
Let a Humphries of Graford vis-
ited Maude Smith during the
week.
Mrs. Jack Liles of Fort Worth
is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. U. L. Counts.
James Murray has
ha me from Floydada.
Maurine Harman of Dallas is
visiting her grandparents.
an filtered till it is garanteed not
to gom up no injine if it is greas-
ed up right an it shore puts new
pep an pullin power in a body’s
automobile an—”
“Lucindy Rainwater, do shet
yer mouth! Now, whorely, that
thar Sinclair Opaline Motor Oil
ain’t been mellered for 80,(XX),-
000 years, has it?” asked Safro-
nia Higgins, in great astonish-
ment.
and Mrs. J. T .Harman.
Faye and Billy Moore of Jer-
myn are visiting in the J. R.
Moore home.
•i “Shore, it has, Safrony, whilst
returned, j),0,„ critters, sich as them Flour and feed stuff and he also
.. Pyrannosaurs wuz a-fightin in had on the back end of his wugin
Oklyhomy that ile wuz in the
ground a-mellern until Mr. Sin-
clair come along an diskivered it
dug it out an begun manufactur-
in it into the finest lubricatm ile
in the worl, they do say, an that’s
Malachi A Nickelson.
Malachi A. Nickelson died Au-
gust 11th, 1934. Ile ivas born
September 23, 1855; married Oct.
8, 1885, to Miss Abbie E. Wim-
berly. They were the parents of
three daughters and one son, two
of the children having preceded
the father in death. Two sisters,
Mrs. Hart of Monday, Mrs. Watt
of Alabama;. and a brother. Geo.
Nickelson of Alabama, a grand-
daughter. Mrs. King of Benja-
min are among those who survive.
He joined the church in 1888.
in Alabama.
co Feed? 1 asks. Well, sez he, ye ' -* — -----
know Mirandy she’s trot povvf..! Intermediate chn,^ Endeavor.
strong ulears of her own an thar-
jist aint no use in buckin agin! The Christian Endeavor met
her when she gits her head sot.” Aug. 12. with Mary Boone lead-
“Yes, an if she’d a-took some-ling. The topic was “What Is
body’s advice when she married J Beautiful in the World Around
that trifiin galoot. Bill Smith,. Us.” and roll call was answered
she mought a-been better off,” with the most beautiful place
remarked Mrs. Tweekins. that each of the members had
“She mought, but as 1 wuz a-! seen. The story of the Old Stone
sayin, Bill wuz on his way tolFhee was told by Martha Brown.
Jacksboro with a big bunch of i Katherine Evans will lead next
chicking* an iggs to swap off to;Sunday.
Gus Jones Grocery for a batch of
groceries and Bewley’a Best
iin to grind up feed fer his cus-
tomers to suit em, pervidin they
don’t want none of them fine Fus-
co Stock and Poultry Feeds made
cordin to his own formuly which
he’s got all them Jack County
farmers to usin now since they’re
powful fine fe?> feedin stock to
give em pep—an chicking* to
make em lay). Now, what does
Mirandy want to have a formuly
of her own for when that sets
(Jus Jones a-makin that fine Fus-
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and little daughter, and B. V.
Armstrong, Hedley..
Vineyard.
At Cundiff.
Jack County Singing Conven-
tion meets Sunday, Aug. 19th, at
2 o’clock at the Baptist Church
Vineyard, Auk. 13.—The Meth- ot " i,h the W1™in*
odist revival meeting will start • Pr®^raIfL: 141 • , .
here Sunday at eleven o’clock, Operanp song, by the prudent,
with Rev. O. 1). Gone of Decatur Andeha Eanusy,
and Rev. N. W. Oliver of Jneke- 'denn ^T-R^ker, Andie Weir.
boro conducting the same. Gibtown quartette
Class songs, Carl Ramzy, Oscar
Mrs. J. E. Ross, son, George E.,
and daughter, Margaret, visited
Palo Pinto thia week, Margaret
remaining for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Lanning vis-
ited in Mineral Wells, their chil-
dren, Connie and Royston. re-
turning home with them.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Betts of
Chico, Mr. and Mrs. Love of Bry-
son were week-end visitors in the
C. H. Bruce home. Billie Ruth
Betts and Jackie Deii Doss are
spending the week wilh Mrs.
Bruce.
Walter Laird and family of
Jermyn visited the J. L. Shawn
family during the week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Franklin,
Miss Lorraine Franklin, accom-
panied by I. L. Martin and family
of Jacksboro, attended a reunion j (jloge por Emergency Crop Loans
of the Martin family at Poolville
this week September 15th.
Charles Anderson was a recent jn connection with Emergency
visitor in Bridgeport. , peeji Loans, regulations have
A. J. Myers, Jr., was here from 1 been amended making September
Underwood, Le'Wis Evans.
Special, Walter Mowery.
Class songs, W. W. Jones. Ho-
mer Ward, Mrs. Lowery.
Special, Allen Sims.
Class songs, Ernest Rhoades,
Buck Davis, Jess Raper.
Reading, Mildred Maddux.
Special, Ernest Rhoades.
Class songs, Gene Myers, Char-
ley Geer, f. L. Dodson. Walter
Mowery.
We have promise of a quartette
of Olney, and also one of Bowie,
and plenty of ice water on the
ground.
Everybody invited.
T. B. Maddux, Pres.
Mbs. Lawton Faires,
Sec.-Treas,
Will Gregston and family of how C0ITle us to c0,n(> sa,1,n UP t0
California were recent visitors 0f 1 Coon Skin Crossin (other day 111
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cranford. our ole worked over flivver. It
<vuz plum filled up with New Sin-
clair II. C. Gasoline an greased
Maurice Tedlie has returned
from a visit to Fort Worth and
Wichita Falls.
Mrs. Zale Griffith and children
of Collinsville are visiting the for-
mer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Booze.
George and Jim Bond of Gra-
ford are visiting their brother,
Rip Bond. R. O. Bond has re-
turned from a visit at Graford.
Miss Blossom Reynolds is
spending the week with her sis-
ter, Mrs. Geo. Shawver, at Bar-
ton Chapel.
up with Sinclair Opaline Motor
Oil, an runnin like a top—but if
he’d a-had foresight enough to
git the tank filled with that New
Sinclair H. C. before we sot out
instid of gittin that ole bootleg
gasoline because it wuz cheap we
mought not a-run into no ditch,
fer it shore does behoove a body
to git the best gasoline they can
buy when they set out on a long
travlin tower.”
“To be shore it, does, an it's a
plum wonder you warnt fetched
home as dead corpses by Hollo-
way, the leadin undertaker of
Jacksboro an funeralized out
yander at Coon Skin Crossin
graveyard with all of us a-mourn-
in ®round ye,. instid of the live
kickin critters you is now, a-fixin
to move out to Jack Countv on n
At The Methodist Church.
Services conducted by Cayman
one of them. Star (Jas cylinders— at the Methodist Church at the
helongin to Belindy Perkins who’! eleven o’clock hour.
( olored singers from Mineral
Wells at 5 p. in. '
Party For Baptist Girls. ‘
The Baptist. Sunshine Scatter-
lectricity lit farm,” remarked
Mrs. Tweekins as she drew her
chair nearer to Mrs. Rainwater.
Arkansas, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Hamby are
in Fort Worth for some days.
Albert Wilson and family of
Oklahoma have been visiting Mrs.
Wilson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Brumbelow.
wiifc
At First Ohristi&n Church.
A ten day meeting will begin
at the First. Christian Church,
Sunday, Sept. 2, according to Ol-
iver Harrison, pastor, whose fath-
er, Rev. C. W. Harrison, pastor of
the* Gainesville Christian Church,
will conduct the services.
Services next
school at 9:45, and
and evening services
at 11 and 8 o’clock
will be designed
est in the
signed to
meeting.
15 the closing date for accept-
ance of applications for loans for
planting forage crops under Act
approved June 19, 1934. There
is no closing date for loans for
purchasing feed.
Closing date for receiving ap-
plications for Emergency Crop
Loans made under Amendatory
Regulations No. 30, covering
loans for general purposes, and
No. 12-C, covering loans for the
combined purpose of summer fal-
lowing and the purchasing of
seed for winter wheat, winter
rye, and/or winter barley, has
been extended to September 15.
.
1 limit 1
date ..
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Beans Prairie.
Beaus Prairie, Aug. 6.—Bib
Bowen and family of Collinsworth
were recent visitors here. During
their stay thei^r friendls gave them
a dinner on the banks of the West
Fork.
oO fai uo learned, all iuiiks arc
dry and people are drawing wa-
ter for their stock. Animals are
looking good considering the dry
weather.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Riggs of
Waxahachie, Jack Nichols and
family of Cundiff, Mrs. Nevie
Riggs and family of Carroll
Creek community, Mrs. J. C.
Riggs, Mack Riggs and family,
and Miss Grace Riggs of this
community were recent dinner
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Rogers.
Mrs. Elliott and two daughters
and son with their families of
Oklahoma were recent visitors
with relatives in this neighbor-
hood.
Messrs, and Mines. S;im and
Kekarcm Oilmor-:. Mrs Jones mid
children of Shawnee. Okln
and Mrs. Ve’gi Gilmore _
children of Ja ksoo.M wu*c rc- n«mor, for you know
aint got no Texas Power an Light
high lines—but who uses that ar
IStar Gas stiddy goin fer cookin,
washin an ironin an also fer light-
in, an she also makes her own ice
in one of the Electrolux Refrig-
SbK £ if* thaT Electrohix'<>rs Friday night
r‘om<iu>irzx,';iL^c,ir1'1u ?> "»■ vr t*1™- porti*w°o1-
yerlin calf bn) what she’d pit an-l
other one. fer she scr. them is the!?1"-'"1 ,’'n<l served.
most leg savinist artiekles of for 1 Thost Pre8ellt were He,en *«t-
moM leg savimst aincKJes oi Iur*|WOod ,)orjf. pranklin, Nancy
inter a pore downtrod country MaMeBlrlU,.. ,.;,sie 0 , ’ 0rethft
woman ever had sot up m her lb,rt le 0$, Margaret
house an also a big food ™v*r.|ul tl„*^ amfX‘
ter Belindy comes into Jacksbo-
ro oncet a week an gits a passel l hostess.
ot meat an othei \ittlos an fresh .........................................................nmni
fruit frum Gus Jones an his Gro-:| *
eery (that’s when she sees Guses |
ad in the Jacksboro Gazette a- I
tellin about them fine bargains'!
he's got) so she gits a plenty I
while she’s a-gittin an brings cm '**
home an puts em in that ar Elec- The Gazette is authorized to
trolux (\vhich runs so quiet a, publish the following political
body never knows the critter’s on announcements, subject to the
^ Democratic
A nnouncement8
the place) an thar she sets all
week a-sewin an a-knittin an a-
readin under her Star Gas floor
lamp (which she bought herself
fer a Christinas present) an she
dmi’t keer whnther school keeps
cr not fer she’s got that Electro-
action of the Democratic Primary
to he li**l(l Saturday, August 25,
1934:
For Congress 13th District
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W . If. Sier AtWjAiNB
XT r • . r „ . - P SAM B. SPENCE
Now, Lucindy, shorely Mr. lux full of vittles which she aim For State Senator
Rainwater warnt full of corn lick-, afeard of sourin on her, an byj H. GRADY WOODRUFF
er, wuz ae?” asked Safronia Hig- golly, her freezin don’t cost her|For Representative
but 25 cents a week, Bili sez.” R. C. LANNIN
gins.
“Lawzy massy, no, he warnt
full of nuthin but severl cups of
Admiration Coffee, which you-uns
knows he’s now* a-drinkin to
wean hisself away from -drinkin
of corn lieker—an jis a-fore we
left I had made a big pot of Ad-
miration Coffee an filled one of
them thermast bottles plum full
of that bilin hot coffee an had put
a loaf of my own saltrisin bread
made out of Bewley’s Beat Flour
which neyer fails, an had smear-
ed severl slices of that fine bread
plum thick with that fine yaller
butter from my own Jersey heifer
and had sot him out a lunch sev-
Mr' times twixt Coon 8kin Crossin
t.iud an Decatur sos to keep him in a
cent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Stephens of Bezus Prairie.
Mrs Stephens is a sister of the
Gilmores.
Harry Franklin of Abilene,
Mrs. Cooper and Mrs Austin, nf
Jacksboro, Mrs. Smith and Mrs
White of Tet
the
mi were visitors
thar aint no artickle of vittles
which has sich a soothin camify-
in effect on my ole man’s nerves
as a steamin hot enp of Admira-
tion Coffee severl times a day.
No, it warnt because he wui un-
derfed that made him git in that
ditch, hit wuz his turrible kecr-
^mw-dnriag the >«• ‘W™, him bavin kilt sever!
1^,7.low travlin an
|Yes, I’ve heerd a right smart
bout that ar Star Gas, Lucindy.
an I jest told Ebenezer Tweekins
tother day that if he aint never
goin to have enough git up an git
about him to fix our house up
more * convenient er like many
farm homes is now a-bein fixed
fer Star Gas I purpua to sell of a
yearlin calf next month an march
myself right down yander to that
Lone Star Gas Compny an Dallas
an git em to send oat a feller to
plum up our house for Star Gas,
beins they say it don’t cost much
an is about the convenientest ar-
tickle ever invented by them util-
ity fellers to save the backs of
us pore downtrod country wom-
en, sos we won’t have to sweat
erselves to death cookin over a
ole wood stove,’ declared Mrs.
Tweekins at this juncture of the
conversation.
“Well, as l wuz a-sayin, Bill
Smith he wuz on his way to
Jacksboro whar he had orders
from his ole woman to do several
things amonest which wuz to
«'«p . .
shin-
LANNING
W. L. McCLOUD
for County Judge
H. C. McCLURE
J. B. MARTIN
For County Attorney
C. n. HENLEY
For District Clerk
H. M. BUNNELL
For County Clerk
f. V. BOLEY
For Sheriff, Tax Assessor u
Collector
GUY S. MORGAN
E. E. TURNER
For County Treasurer
MRS. STELLA HENSLEY
For County Superintendeat of
Public Instruction
J. N. FULCHER
ERNEST B. WHITAKER
For County Commissioner
Precinct No. 1
W. E. LANHAM
Precinct No. 2
J. C. (Doc) ARMES
L. EARL JOHNSON
Precinct No. 3
T. M. BRUCE
R. T. IfcABtflN
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