The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1919 Page: 1 of 6
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DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUQUST 1, 1919
NUMBER 31
Bond Election Carries
E do not KEEP Groceries
E SELL them! -
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That is the Reason
Our Stock is FRESH
Glover Bevill
Prices Always In Line
There wu net a great deal of
interest manifested in the elec-
tion Saturday to determine if ad-
ditional bonds to the amount of
$10,000 should be issued for the
purpose of erecting an annex to
the present building and provide
fire escapes for the main build-
ing. The vote was 50 for to 19
against, and Deport will take
another step forward in educa-
tional work.
These bonds will not increase
the present tax rate of 50 cents
on the $100 valuation, but will
prolong the payment of the debt,
and add interest to it. The
increase in scholastics made it
necessary to provide larger quar-
ters. This will give Deport a
school second to none in the
state, in a town and school dis-
trict of equal size.
Revival Begins August 17th
Pastor W. H. Horton of the
Cooper Baptist Church will come
to Deport for a meeting on the
above date, and we take pleasure
in making the annoucernent that
the Presbyterian and Methodist
CJhurches have decided to make
this the one meeting of the sum-
mer.
Pastor Horton comes to i
highly recommended, and we
feel sure that all the people will
be pleased with his'' services.
We earnestly request that every
child of God give himself unceas
ingly to prayer.
Yours for a great meeting.
J. E Peaden.
Community Betterment League
Monday evening at nine o’clock
every man and woman and every
child over twelve yeara of age is
urged to attend the initial meet*
ing, at the Methodiat church,
of the Community Betterment
League.
This League was .oiganized
last Monday afternoon by Mrs.
Cross, who is with the Chautau-
qua, lecturing on Home Econo-
mics, and the purpose of the
league is to make our town clean,
sanitary and beantiful. It has
under consideration, among
other things, a play park.
League membership dues are
ten cents annually.
Officers elected are: President,
Rev. C. P. Combs; 1st vice-pres-
ident, Mrs. R. M. Bishop- 2nd
vice-president, I. L. Read; ’3rd
vice-president, Mrs. J. W. Cun-
ningham; secretary. Miss Mag-
gie Fraser; treasurer, Dr. S. H,
Grant.
Chairman of committees: Civic
Improvement, J. C. Bratcher;
Sanitation, Dr. J. H. Moore;
Park, Mrs. W. M. Larrimore;
Enrollment and Finance, Mrs.
R. C. Kimball; Constitution and
By-laws, Mrs. J. H. Moore.
Lm4 Sells for $300
Road Work to Start Soon
County Attorney Eubank has
received from the Secretary of
State a copy of the resolution re
quiring that in case of tiie pool
hall law being upheld suits
against and prosecutions for op'
erating pool halls be dated from
the time the law went into effect
after enactment, and each day
that they have operated to con-
stitute a separate offense.
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We Guarantee™^
40c lb.
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For First Bale, 1919 crop, grade midding or
better, sold on the streets of Deport
the coming season.
It’s too hot to talk Cool Suits, but we have
them and can fit you.
Priced under the market.
Please remember that we are always the same,
and want you to come to our store often.
We Undersell All alike
Cunningham-Westbrook Co.
• * < . “The Store of Service and Satisfaction’
Advertisements were placed
in The Clarksville Times and the
Dallas News lust week asking
fur bids on work and materials
to be used In the construction
of the Bogatagood road system.
The Bogata district has $100,000,
the proceeds of the recent bond
issue, together with $25,000
awarded by the State Highway
Department. Application has
also been made for an additonal
$8,000 pf state aid, and this assist-
ance is expected.
P. Y. Creager, who will have
supervision of the construction
of the roads in this district, states
that work will begin as soon
after the contract is awarded as
arrangements can be effected.
The Bogata people will begin
road construction in the town of
Deport, at tiie Red River Lamar
County line and will extend this
highway through the towns of
Rugby, Bogata and Johntown.
—Clarksville Times.
Petty Thievery Last Week
A great deal of petty thievery
was committed in the country
southwest of Deport last week.
A revival meeting was in prog-
ress at Bethel, and while the
people were at church the cul-
prits made raids on canned fruit,
and other articles. J. B. Payne
lost twenty jars of peaches and
two gallons of lard; Roy Weaver,
the merchant at Clardy, lost
half a dozen jars; Willard Bal-
lard had seven quilts stolen.
There were other losses, but we
were unable to learn the names
ol the unfortunates.
The first real estate deal in
which land has sold for $800 per
acre in the Deport country was
consumated Monday when Char-
lie Davidson purchased from I.
L. Read 55# acres of land a mile
north of Deport. Some of this
land is black, and the other mix-
ed, and it is highly improved.
Mr. Read has owned the proper-
ty only two months, he purchas-
ing it from J. A. Davidson at
$235 per acre.
Some of the older inhabitants,
who have watched the price of
land riae from $3 per acre, will
whistle and shake their heads
when they read this item, but
as The Times has heretofore
stated, lano in more thickly set
tied counties, such as Dallas and
Ellis, is selling at that price, and
the dirt in many instances it not
as good,and the rain fall ten inches
less per annum than in Red River
and Lamar Counties. Our land
produces cotton of longer staple
which sells for from 1 to 2 cents
per pound above the Dallas mar
ket. A comparison of the Da)
las market published in the pa
pers from that place with the
price paid on the streets of De
port will prove this true. That
being the case, why should not
land sell for as much in the De
port country as in those counties
named. They have good roads,
’tis irue, but it will be only a
matter of a year or two when we
will have them too.
Our Boys^
Used Some of These to
Whip the Hun
These - *
Weapons of War /
have been •
transformed into
Weapons of Peace.
Any Man or Woman,
Boy ©r Girl,
May Earn and Own
one of these
Grenades
By Saving,
and Buying
War Saving Stamps
Red Cross Class for Deport
„ Beginning August 24th, Miss
Allshire, representing the Red
Cross Society, will conduct class-
es, or series of lectures, on pre
vention of illness and home
nursing. These lectures will be
given at Deport and Minter on
alternating days, and cover a
period of about five weeks. There
will be several classes during
each day for girls and ladies.
To those desiring, at the expir
ation of the lectures, there will
be a written examination and
certificates prtfdented. Every
woman and child should be en-
rolled in one of these classes, as
they cost nothing, except the
prise of a book, 45 cents, which
will be used for reference. To
those interested in the health of
their families and the commun-
ity, the price of the book isn’t a
consideration.
Married Monday Evening V
For Information,
Call at the
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A GUARANTY FUND BANK
It is the Best! It Stands the Test!
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Ice Cream
Has NO Equal
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City Drug: Store
Complete Line
of Pure Drugs.
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Prescriptions
Carefully Filled.
Married
The Bogata News of last week
carried a story of the marriage
of Mr. Philip Wright of Deport,
and Miss Dixie Martin of Ful-
bright, the ceremony being per-
formed by Rev. G. B. Ferguson
at Bogata. The week before The
Times stated a marriage license
had been issued to them, and
that Philip had furnished a house
oh his father’s farm, north of
Deport. The Times joins their
many friends in extending con-
gratulations and good wishes for
the happiness they so richly de-
serve.
Mr. Holloman, agent for Col
lins A Moore, distributors of the
Delco electric power plant, re-
ports the sale of seven machines
Tuesday to the following: 8. W.
Monk, Hudson Davis Co., Mayor
J. W. Cunningham, Carl Ladd.
Mrs. 6. R. Jeffus, T. T. Jeffus
and the Deport High School. It
appears that we are determined
to have electricity, even though
it is in the form of the individ-
ual plants rather than a oentral
ized one.
Mr. John Thompson and Miss
Merle Anderson took their
friends by surprise last Monday
evening when they repaired to
the Methodist parsonage and
were united in marriage by Rev.
C. P. Combs. They‘were ac-
companied by Mr. F. D. Webb
!r., and Miss Lata Gray.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Anderson.
She has grown to womanhood in
our little city, is quite popular
and an accomplished musician.
The groom has resided at De
port for several years, and is
bookkeeper for Cunningham-
Westbrook Co. He is industri-
ous and of good character, and
has many friends with whom ■
The Times joins in wishing the
couple much happiness.
Fulbright Installs Officers
At a recent meeting of theFul-
bright Masonic Lodge, the fol-
lowing officers were installed
for the ensuing Masonic year:
Tom W. Turner, W. M.; John
Henry, 8. W.; Will Martin, J.
W.; Joe Ford, 8. D.; Blake Rey-
nolds, J. D.; R. H. Canterbury,
Treasurer; Will Wilson, secre-
tary; D. B. Scott, Tiler.
Grant Family Reunion
The Grant family and .kinsfolk
raonlon, picnic and Vmrbecue,
will be feeld in Mrs. 8caff's pas-
ture yi mile east of Fulbright on
Wednesday, 18th of August 1919.
G. W. Grant.
$300,000.00
'HE above figures represent the
amount of land we have sold within
the last two months. If you do not
want to sell your farm, do not list it
with us.
A Few Bargains
We have a few pieces of land listed,
and if you want to buy, let us show you
what we have.
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Cox & Peaden
Deport, Texas.
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The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1919, newspaper, August 1, 1919; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth911660/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Lamar+County%22: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.