The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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THE FLATONIA ARCUS
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Flatonia and Its Adjacent Territory
VOL. XLIV, NO. 34
FLATONIA. TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 26. 1919
$1.50 per year, in adraaca
Miss Ragsdale Showered
Ofle of the prettiest events
of the -season Was a shower
given on- Monday afternoon
Dy "Misses Lottie and Clara
Fern a u honoring Miss Mara
Fomi Itrags lale, bride-elect of
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the week.
_A~ disappointing downpour
. f of rain made it necessary to
transfer the scene of the af-
ternoon's pleasure from the
vine'clad veranda to the spac-
ious parlor of the Fernau
home.
As each guest entered she
was invited to write'her fav-
orite Tec'pe -in the Jbride’s
cook book which earned on
the cover ah' appropriate quo-
tation from Burns, All lin-
gered to admire the beautiful
decorations which consisted' of
a profusion of-swaying daisies
and beautiful*'ferns artistically
arranged in reception hall
and pa.lor.‘ •
art-the guests had ar-
■ * rived they were given score
cards ornamented with a sin-
‘ gle daisy drawn thru*one cor-
ner a id tied with a, tiny bow,
of yellow ribbon. When the
* final count was taken it was
found that Mrs. S. L. Sullivan
had led the others in the game
of “bride”, and as a fitting re-
ward she was presented a lit-
tie booklet of favorite quota-
, ..lions. - • ■
The most interesting feature
^ of the evening was the shower
^ which took place- in the east
■ ■> rnr»th. - Just, before the shower
Miss Clara Fernau paid a
* beautiful tribute to the bride
and then gently lowered from
lilijtJE jfti
______ y ?b veeerF-wrftT rtnlides?.'
Then, came the opening of
packages wtyich contained.- ev-
conceivable ndft » in the'
___Iaval* ok., Btieq
%V- ."'Many-- yverr/the: expressions {*”*
-of admiration, beai'd .frojm all.
Refreshments were Served
in the dining room kn^l. con-
sisted- of an ice ..and . heart-
... shaped cakes carrying out the
—color scheme ol'-fcW occasion.
..hi,.the center of the large tar
ble was the traditional brid<p
cake, embanked around with
daisies. -Miss Meyer cut the
ring,, and Miss Fernau the
dime. Just before cutting the
cake, Miss Anita Johnson gave
that beautiful -little poem of
Judd 'Mortimer Lewis, com-
mencing, “Love’s a bunch of
swaying daisies, bound round
‘ with” ribbons Blue": “
InvitalionsTiad. been extend-
ed . only to the girl friends-
and young matron friends of
Miss Ragsdale. Out of town
guests were Miss Elsie Jaeggli
of Moulton and Mrs. Miito/i
Ragsdale and Mrs. Friedman
of Wichita FaWa. • - ■
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Prominent Yourm People WeST
Decherd - Lee
A,.very pretty wedding oc-
curred at the home of Mr.
and,-Mrs......(L...L.....Lge. at ten
o’clock last Tuesday morning,
whea Rev. A. S. J. Haygood
spoke, the words which made
Mr. D. J. Decherd and Miss
Carrie Mae Lee husband and
wife. . ■ . ‘
-Only tne immediate rela-
tives of the contracting par-
ties were present.
The happy young couple
left Tuesday for a short trip
to Houston'and Galveston, af-
4-ttt—which—they—will—be—at
hoftie in the cottage north bf
the J._M. Harrison residence.
The “bride, is the eldest dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. O. L.
Lee, and one of our _ most
charming and accomplished
present, 'including Mrs. H. V.
Friedman—and Mr. anti Mrs.
Milton Ragsdale of Wichita
Falls,----—-—
Shower for Miss Hinton
Miss Willier Morgan and
Mrs, F. ‘A. Nesrsta compli-
mented Miss Adelaide Hinton
last Thursday afternoon * at
the Nesrsta home, with—a.
The happy young couple
.left on the morning train for.
a pleasure trip to San An-
ttpjiio and Austin. ,
The bride is a daughter aff.
Mrs. E. M,. Ragsdale of'lhis
city! ‘a pretty and popular
young lady oi our town. She
is a product of the '•Flatonia
School and one of our most
able instructors. She has been
teaching school several .years,
and ’ tmight—in—the Fhti-oma-
T
School the past term.
The groom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs.. Bud. Jaeggli of
Moulton and is a young man
of exemplary habits-and very
promising future. -He has
young ladies. For the. past bw^sattending Tularte -Medi-(
two years she has served t'h€
Flatonia public in the local
telephone exchange, and by
her pleasant cheery manner
has endeared-herself to every
patron of that company.
. Mr. Decherd^is the. genial
manager of the big Arnirn &
Lane store, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Decherd, was rear-
ed and. educated in this city,
and is a general favorite with
all who know;him. * During
the great World - Ware he
served, his country- in the
Spruce Forest. Service, render-
ing valuable and efficient ser-
vice He is one of our prom-
inent, promising young busi-
ness men of -the n6w genera1
pata.CoJIega.-At. New Orleans,
and has one more year to fin-
ish.
--The young couple expects
to continue their studies, and
teaching next year before lo-
cating permanently.
The Argus extends congrat-
ulations and best wishes.
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Sprang a Surprise
Only last Friday it became
known here that Miss Eliza
Ragsdale had'rriarried Mr. H.
•V. Friedman at-Wichita.Falls
on the Kith, of April. /The
marriage- had been kept se-
cret until Mrs. Friedman came
here to yisif her mother and.
sister, when the news was,told
a^C augmenting“ttv^ neW^/ife * nouncement- at the marriage
The. Argu, “ “
prorfperouSr.: :. -wS
shower in hoijor of her ap-
proachiny marriage to Mr. II,
The spacious double par-
lors were decorated with
beautiful Zinias in variegated
shades and colors. . ,
Progressive Golden Ten .en-
tertained the guests in an ani-
mated race for the head table
the .winner being Miss Lottie
Fernau, who was presented a
beautiful—bouquet: of -golden-
zinias ami ferns
■ At the conclusion, of the
games, little Audrey Bailey
and Bobbie Nesrsta, ‘ ‘ both
dressed in white, entered the
parlor pulling a ljttle express
SR
ery variety tor the honoree.
When the .packages had been
opened and all had been giv-
en an opportunity of admiring
them, the bride-elect, in a
few well chosen words, thank-
ed her friends and the host-
esses for their-kindness.
Refreshments consisting of
salad, wafers, olives, mints
and tea. were served.
During the afternoon Miss
Catherine ' Bagwell and Mrs,
Seth Brown of Beaumont, who
is .. guest at the A, M.’Gosi'h
home, favored* the guests with
beautifuT vocal solos.
The personnel of the guests
consisted • chiefly> of the girl
f-riondw
her fujends and admirers, And
the school girls avKo, took
Build %>hat Cement Sidewalk
Build That Cement Walk Now and. Benefit by. Ihe
Arrangement that the Flatonia Commercial Club of-
fers .You ■ •■ - * ■'•' .. .
During the past two months | M. Harrison & Son store, who
over two thousand lineal;feet wilt aecept contracts for the
of cement.-sidewalk has been | Club.
.ijyd in this city. - This action ha^been taken
rhe movement was the re- because Mr. Wheeler was un-
sult of considerable discussion willing to continue this work
in the Flatonia' Commercial s alone; and it was-deemed only
Club, after which Mr. R. A. j fair that the responsibility be
Wheeler announced that he! pbujiyl upon more than one
wouId make a test on the eost ycitizen. Tiny Commercial" Club
dT wilk ‘building,
financial
and, with i agrees to stand Any ________
financial backing . from Mr. I loss from the budding of the
Ed. M: ’Mikulik and Mr. J.4walks at this price, charging
J. Sedlmpyfcr against loss fur- any such loss to the town im-
ther than his own time, dem-1 provement - acoovnt.
onstrated that walks can. be Our people a re - urged to
laid, at a cost of twelve, cents f take tip the matter of cem«
per square foot. y----" ""'TS'li'lJWiVfk '(•(>nstniclTon aT^Snct
i Quite, a number, of citizens! ami avail themselves of thia
made eager application for!opportunity* tb save from five
the services of Mr, Wheeler, to eight cents per foot in the
and his force, with, the result cost .of same,
above stated. , . The work being done ia
At a meeting of t{ie Com-
mercial Club held at the City
Hall last ' Thursday * night il
first class, and the price ia
niade possible by the arrange- “
[ me,n't that has been ,made to
was decided to handle, the j get the cement from the Du-
walk construction business as sek & Bittner arid Arnim &
an organization, and, in order
to encourage the building of
cement walks in the city, the
Club off 091 to accept con-
tracts, for any person at a
•price -of twelve cents per foot
for A.itmitcd time only, and
the Commercial Clubt l with
about a hundred members will
stand behinji this offer to our
'Those* desiring to itave 'ce-
ment sidewalks laid will see
Mr. 0. P,. Harrison at the J. expense.
Lane stores at cost, and the
gravel and sand from Con-
tractor Moore at actual cost
to him. and by tho closest
margin of figuring on the la-
bor involved.
The Flatonia Commercial
Club is - working for the inT-
prnvement and building, up of.
Flatonia, and Offers you this
opportunity to ^ seture ffrstt-
elass wal-ks-at a minimum of
Smt 'tfh„^mTJ,U^yr,WaV ArKU8 extend* a rather
(ontinut tor many years., , I^ated cohgi'atulation: •
Lamb - Hinton
Mr.(Hugh L. Lamb and Miss
Adelaide Hinton were married
at the Baptist Church in this
'cit-y yesterday (Wennesday)
morning at ten, • Rey. W. H.
Petty- performing the ceremo-
ny. . The church was. beauti-
fully decorated wjth cut flow-
ers and ferns.
Mi>ss .Catherine , Bagwetl
•sweetly -sang *-t ;»Love -You
Truly’’,, and a chorus compos-
ed of Misses Lottie Chalk,
Fulkerson - Fullcfcrson ,
Miss‘Fannie Fulkerson, dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. A\ H.
Fylkerson of South of town,
was married to Mr. Finas
Fulkerson at Moulton on the
16th. of this .month, Squire
A. W. Janszen performing the
ceremony. . * • ■’
Mr. Finas Fulkerson has r%-
.centljl reUiimed ♦from army
service in the training camp.
. .The happy couple will visit
i
'Subject-
-black.
Leader-r- Dorothy Hudspn
Song
Prayer s < - ‘i'i
Responsive reading-
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Would Use Did Method
The following letter from
one who has not only risen to
an enviable position in the
legal profession,of our portion
of the state but is also known
as a successful practical farm-
ed, domes at a time when the
weevil is the greatest mimice
this section is suffering.
m LaGrange, J*iine 21.
Flatonia Argus; ”
The continual wet weather
prevailing, over the cotton-
belt, and tho presence of the
boB weevil iij.such large num-
bers, suggests a benefit from
an article urging the old orig
inal fight on the bojl weevil.
The- recurrence of showers, ... . . , . ,
rains, and heavy dews mafa of Expression, ana has taught
it im|)racticable to adopt the Expression in the public school
Willie Morgan, Stella Meyert freiatives- th Basque Gounty,
Margaret Havgoo'd. Lugenia and later spend about three
Hudson and Kathrvn P.i unne-1 months in. Washington state,
mann and Mrs. H. V.‘ Fried- before- returning here to farm
man sang a beautiful select- wear Old Moulton.
ion> ' j The Argus extends congrat-
The wedding march was j ulations.
played by Mrs. R..A. Wheeler. ' '—*-----w-■—-
organ, and Mrs. J. H. Durham
violin. *•' ^
Ushers were Vastine Gosch,
Richard Wheeler, Estill Blud-
worth and Edward Arnim.
The happy young couple
left on the ten forty for Gal-
veston for a few days visit
before goinfe to Buffalo Spgs
for a visit at the home of the
groom’s parents. They will
make their future home in
Texarkana,—Texas
Lamb is at present employed
The bride is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hinton
and is one of our popular
young ladies. She si a-grad-,
uate of the Valparaiso School
Bank Increases Capital
At a meeting of the stock-
holders of the Flatonia .State
Bank, held in the Bank Bldg
last Monday afternoon the
action of the. ban k increasing
the capital stock from forty
dollars was ratified,
thpusami to fifty thousand
The business of this bank-
ing institution had’ grown to
such proportions since its or-
izatlon that it became m*c-
riedman of Wich
Irs. H. C. Treese _. -
Ohio. - ' . .
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Epworth League j-J ’
Program for .lime 29..
"■ ‘ Our brother in
-..-.T^iLS,__,__
Scripture teaching, Lead
Race relations, Joe BludW1,
Some practical questions, *
W. Thuiemeyer.
A bit .of history, -Uichafd
. Wheeler , ~
Some interesting facts, Lvbha
Cockrill li'
A real program, Mrs. Mky-
_gyoxl_ " W.
•good
supper last. Monday, most of
them, taking slipper at home.
. - It had been announced- that
the obening.".splash” at The ___
Lake would be held Mjonday-1‘ ’ SL'. '.u
evelning, arid \0X}19^ w.h,t*
mens had made some pidni-,,n l’arl or m
ises of good weather which !eleventh Federal
it seems he was unable to
make goon. • 4;
Mr. Simmons watched the
j^kies and ‘‘shooed.” the cl&uds I respective states t
Roll call. ' * tRat several times during the' observance of
’ Scripture lesson-*Gal, IV. :datv W*»h»»m»/1 >» ii.rhr •>
6 : 8; Eph. it; 13 - 22. ' ri
lovely until he became bver-
c on fide hi arid * neglected Kis
pe< >^le w ait; u n,fjl
to find out whY t‘
ringitig and the w
ing.
Dallas
District , have i
Message Week P
calling on the peo
ay gathered in light fieec-y | Week, ‘June 29th. to-July 6tl
its, and everything, looked During! Thrift Me§sa^e Week
er.y day.
Included in th
tions are reqtif
Quartette— Loyt^ie. .0
'Margaret Haygood,
Chalk and Wilfred B
mann. \ “ * ' '
League benediction.
-W—8—8- B| ;j
For Czcichs Slovak!
. Saturday, June 28th.’
been designated as a
collecting funds for ttho!________
of suffering -Czechs Slovak.
Mr. F.-Svasta is the commit
it.p for tthifl ttown. And all
did-y;- White he was packing j Stamp. or a Thn
a. case of eggs iTt about four
o’clock, his mind * flirt'd-w ith
the business of a bank direct-
ors’ meeting which was to be ! belts be rUng an
held ‘ that evening, a dark 1 by blow n at l
mountain of cloua stole noise-! eath morning art;
lcssly up from the south, and ] dock each afte;
the first thing anybody knew the week, so th
it was raining. .For a. half {may have cofiS!
Experiment Station’s method
of fighting the boll weevil
with poison.
here for the past two years.
Mr. Lamb comes to us with
the highest recommendations
Hr’-.
V
Some general good might ;a»d.is at present holding, the
come from your carrying .art- responsible position of pan-
icles, and following them up, in the Texarkana,* Texas
urging the farmers to fight ..
the bott weevil by gathering *The Argus extends congrat-
and burning the punctured u*ati°n8*
squares that are now so num- *' * “• ".
erous, and in this way kill off Jaeggli - Ragsdale
the generation that will mult- A pretty'hoifie wedding ocv
rply so numerbuSly from now^cupre(j at Ragsdale .home
on jthruout the fruiting sea-|in thi8 city at ei^ht thirty last
essary to increase its capacity
for -business. ! • • .
The increased capital per-
mits of a larger range of fi-
nancial activity for Flatonia’s
big institution, and announce-
ment of the move will be
greeted with pleasure by all
Flatonia- boosters,
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Public Installation
The. local lodge A. F. & A.
M. held a public installation
Tuesday night.
those desiring lo contribute
money or other useful articles
are requested to take them to
Mr. Svasta at hi*' place of
business.
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Fourth of July ^alebratioi*
roclama-
| that all
rl whistles
o’clock
t 4:00 o’
n during
e people
rendndets
studying
citizens
and in-
ind War
■first time
the arm-
bells and
body enjoying a splash that buTTheir^raffon “notes at the
oould Jbe called a splash at all.- same time. It will be the first
1 Of course Manager1 Simmons jHnie Tn yekrs slnCe the ‘ belts
blamed the Argus, but we and whistles all have jangled
most vociferously deny- any f„rth their noisy warnings at
part of the blame for. the the sjame .time. twice a day.
of July celebration w’hich will
be held at the Fair Park are
goifrg along nicely.
’ The committee on dinner re-
ports subscriptions to the rpeat
fund coming ip nicely, a few
,, - , v ; more citizens yet to hear from
Masons families and guests before the list is closed. -
were invited, and the ceremo- .„An interesting 'day’s pro-,-------- - _ t
ny was witnessed by quit« a gram is being arranged, and* ery or moisture producing pr<fc
number of interested witness- the affair will be worthy of Ifram. .
es Qn account of bad roads 1 the presence of every citizen: . .Wa absolutely^ never done
and threatenifig weather 'the ' * —w-s-s—- it * '*
hour the torrents obeyed the] that the distric^..
law of gravitation, and when s Thrift and thatllfi
the rain god had completed4-are .rentr/ing .thP!
his labors here , he tightened4 importaiu e of
up" his belt; another notch and j vesting in Thri#
began work at ITaha and the Savings Stamps.
Lake vicinity so as to make This will be
the" job'doubly sure. It was since the sjgnin
*—«uod- iub and completely istice that all o‘
pul to row ay^r^w^ujitleaas
every one is
purebase -a
rain. We have done several
things in ouT ttfe that we
wished afterwards we had
left undone, we have dope our
share” toward making that old
proverb “To err is human”
trup, but we can say with' a
clear conscience and a solemn
homely expression on our u-
sually handsome face, that
we hgva never in any manner
whatsoever * interfered with
nature’s rain making machin-
uii am uuut uit; ir
• •’ *f "soVlof the plants.
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Yours very truly,
L. D. Brown.
-1* ’ —w-s -s ■ ,
jjt JCuntz of Hous-
ton vTsTeT
Si Eidgibxch and family here
recent'y.
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night when .the “hands and
hearts of Mr. Sam Jaeggli and
Miss Mara Edna Ragsdale
were joined in the holy bonds
of jnatrimom
The immediate "families of
the contracting parties were
speakers for'the occasion were j v - Ignac Walla -> . *
unable to be present. ’ /f* We'r’egret^U) report the sad
Ice cream and cake were death of- Mr. Ignac Walla,
semd. - brother of Mr. Robt. Walla
The officers are Dr. Donald and Mrs. Chas. Juries of. thi«
McKay, W. M; E. S. Lambert, j place." which occurred at
B; Harvey, J. W; I Wichita-Falls on Sunday June
V®ft: ww?f*
A. Beckham, Secretary and
N. B. Miller, Tiler.
Jit: . .a.A..... _______ mud” -
11 ifinyunniitmwii mmmmmmmm
ie was drowned wmie
swimming in the river there.
, Our people are. still solidly
in favor of hiving ah opening
splash and a day will be set
in the coming week and tho
phone will be used to edvise
Of the occasion. - *
^’'^^■ssg-w-n a
Herman OMa^Jeattepding
the Dratlghon busirT^
ait San Antonio.
The governors of Texas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma and New
Mexico ai I realize that thrift-
lcssncss is the arch ene.,r,
the Southwest. Each* time
bells and whistles burst forth
into their angry clamor it will
be a notice that the fight to
make Thrift a household hab-
it in the Southwest Is on and
that.it will jie fought to a
victorious -'finish, The beet
weapons available for eayh
man, woman and child to use
in helping win this battle are
Thrift and War Savings..
Stamps, ’They can be pur-
chased at. ndkt offices, !banks
and of authorized’sales agents
everywhere. ^ War Savings
Stamps bear, gobd intereel and
can he redeemed at the post
office with accrued interest at
any time on ten days written
notice.
29 - July 6, 1919.
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