Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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;ormer Wood Co. Citizens
Honor W. A. Nabors
WINNSBORO, WOOD COUN1Y, TEXAS, JULY 3, 1924.
TO DEMOCRATIC VOTERS 1 WINNSBORO^JIRLWEDS
STAL EMPLOYEES
MEET AT I SULPHUR
from Sulphur Springs Echo
The HopkimT County Service
Loin Council of Postal Em-
* met in regular session
pay night, with W. P.
Lrris presiding.
fThe minutes of previous
■tings were read and ap-
bved. Short talks were made
severnl members. I ne dis-
gjyn of road improvement
bath interesting and in-
active to all present.
| It being the regular time for
i election of officers, the fol-
kvrinj! were elected for the
jrt fiscal year: W. P. Harris,
Springs, president; R.
Cross, Cumb.v, vict-presi-
$1.25 PER YEAR.
When a farmer boy trying to
Oak Lawn Park, in Dallas ! f'""8'.1 ^solved then to do my
best in life to better school
get an education by attending! The marriage of Miss Annie ! [
sch )ol a few months in winter M*® Andrews, of this city, to ;;
Mr. Charels 0. Marsh of IIous- '
ton, was solemnized at the
home of the bride's parents
HOUSTON LAWYER ''
Hon. MORRIS SHEPPARD
and a few months in the sum-
The W(km1 County picnic at ri?er l,nder very ha.d condl
Sunday morning at ten o'clo; k,
Wednesdav pvpninw limn ociu I 1 1(- 10 setter school uckkk, ;;
u ■ i'«r a . June -oth | conditions for country l)oys t,ie Presence of a few rt" •
honoring W. A. Nabors, Railroad and girls. I kept the faith by Hil(' friends ''
Commissioner, candidate for re-' spending my life working in
election and a former Wood!1"® country schools of Wood
County citizen was a huge sue
cess. Mayor Tom Perkins of
McKinney, fomier Senator
from that district who was
reared in Wood County and
who has spent a lile of service
in the newspaper business came
over especially for the occasion
and intitidueed his good friend
Mayor Blaylock of Dallas who
gave the welcome address. At-
torney Will Pierson, (also an
old Wood county boy, respond-
ed to the Mayor and introduced
the principal speaker of the ev-
ening, W. A. Nab;rs, who said:
"The importance of the Rail
County. My efforts have been
limited only by ability to do
more for them. I have not
The home was beautifully d •-
oorated with fern and cut flosv-
-r and an improved altai .t
; ne end 1 the living room was !
formed by an arch entwined
lost a single day from school vV^'1 80"thern smilax and white
work during the term. I havei*u"<!-
Candidate for Re-election to the
United .itates Senate
Will Speak in Winnsboro
Saturday Afternoon, July 12th
road Commission as conceived
it; J. E. Jennings, Sulphur ^,y its great founder. Gov
. secretary. Hogg, was such that
The president then appoint- Senator Reagan to
three committees, as fol- seat in the United
ate to take the chairmanship of
the commission and such has
been its history all down the
not taken a vacation but every1,, e wedding march from
day I havE either been in the JJendelsshon was played by:
office or out on school business. E"win James as the bride
I have visited the schools as far an'' -roorn entered the living
as possible even paying for r001r! together and proceeded
help out of my salary while do
BREENE-GIBSON
DEATH OF J. E. CRABBE
mg so. All counties the size of
Wood, like Upshur, Smith, Van
Zandt and Hopkins, have help
in the office paid out of the
county fund as provided f :r by
law. f have saved this expen-
se to the school fund of the
county and 1 also paid carfare
of the inspectors and distribut.
Mr. Leo Breene of Mineola' J. E. Crabbe, aged 52 years,
and Miss Ann:e Gibson of 10 months and 6 days, died at
to the altar where they were Winnsboro were married in Shrevepjrt, La., June 26, 1924,
met by the Rev. W. S. Dabney,' Longview Sunday, June 29, at1 of acute indigestion. Mr.
pastor of the Methodist church,' 12:30 o'clock. Mr. Breene is! Crabbe was born in Hogansville
who read the impressive ring located in Winnsboro tempor-J (;a. September 20, 1872. He
ceremony, during which Mrs. arily, being employed by the1(;anie 'j'exas at an early date
played softly, "The East Texas Public Service C°-jand was married to Miss Min-
James
us: Executive committee:
|[yle Cross, Cumby; W. B. Al-
ien, Pickton; Clarence Hick-
l'kyer Song, by Lang. [Mrs. Breen is the daughter of nie 1<aw at Mt Vernon on De-
The bride wore a traveling Mr. R. F. Gibson of this city., 23, 1900. He lived in
suit of beige charmeen with Raymond Breene, a brother toi this section until 1901 when he
hat and accessories to match the groom, and Catherine an(j wjfe went UpShur coun-
ty to reside. About a year ago
they moved back to Winnsboro
and his family has been living
have done everything possible' *ue3ls were invited into thejStoKeiv or winnsooro accom- here since, while he was at
to save funds bv working fltlain'n«' roflm where deliciou?v; panied the couple to Ixmgviewi xwrk at the carpenter's trade
the job all the'time No one and C0,)llnK Punch was served where they were married by jn Shreveport.
A " "Father M.ver, a priest of thet Mr. Crabbe was considered
Catholic Church. Mr. and Mrs.!a good man anfj citizen and his
Breene are at home in Winns-| sudden death is deplored by all
bor>. who knew him, and who deeply
can possibly do more unless bet- Misses Agnes Herron and
in, Brashear; Jonathan Atta- line as to o.mimand the bestiter qualified and the records ,, ^'breath. Irn .dining
|r y, Pickb>n; E. R. Best, Sul-j thinkers of our age and not- show that 1 am the best quali- , ? was with a hand made
liur Springs; M. R. Turner,; withstanding the loss of some fed, l>oth in education and ex- H.n(,> streamers
iphur Springs; G. W. Melton, jurisdiction to the l.,C. C. that perience. You are hearing a white tulle were
s . • *■ i • • I .... . * _ ~ r\ v. 111 ,/ifwI f > • ivi m .... .i..i;...
lolphur Springs. Entertain-1 ought to be restored to the
«nt committee: John DodsonJ states, there is yet left to the
ilphur Springs; Carl Wilder,1 Railroad Commission of Texas,
pike; G. S. Barker, Sulphur; sufficient jurisdiction to make
f. Educational committee: it-the most impoitant branch
R. Kiikpatrick, Sulphur oi our State Government at
Springs; J. R. Mays,./Cumby; Austin. It touches every phase
" J. Allison. Pickton; II. Y.: of business in the rate making
ate, Saltillo; A. E. VanWey feature of its activities as no in school work.
part of my record second hand
extended tr in
the chandelier
but I will give you some of my t0, tf1<J C(,rners the table
record taken from the records ^e they were caught by
right soon. In the meantime| iV.'\..',0iSes..
remernbsr that other folks have
.sympathize with the surviving
SANDERS SPEAKING DATES, wife and two girls and one boy
in their time of sorrow.
Hon. Morgan Sanders will
- the center of i sprak jn interest of his candi-
K ' " res e ,e , weddingi dacy for re-election to Congress
ovn iin/i r/iwo. •
made records too. Investigate faK' il fern a°d l'ose-, oaturfjav ^ af
the records of us all and decide I ^ "jg1,10:80 a' mf^uiSn, 2:30
who has made the best record^fn)rn th& center of which jn the afternoon and in Mine-
It is very easy
to criticise other people and
tell what we wvmld do but we
shpuld also be able to show
what we have done.
J. U. Searcy,
Candidate for Supt.
Iphur Springs. | other department of Govern
ne following resolutions ment does and business is af-
unaniniously adopted: ! fected for better, for worse, as
hereas, the congress *>f the commissioners are clear in
| United States has passed a judgment and practical in their
ihich grants an "equip- understanding lof the matters
■ allowance" for rural car-j and things that come before
and an increase in the them. Texas Midland Railroad
iries of /learly all other pos- "For this reason and other | Improvement Program
employes; and [reasons it behooves the citizens!
Whereas, our President has of Texas to look well in the' The Texas Midland Railroad
pt it his duty to veto said preparation of the candidates is just closing a general im-
P, be it (offering for this great officeIprovement program calling for
Resoslved by the Hopkins and select such as oy nature| an expenditure of over one
guilty Service Relations Coun-'and practical experience and million dollars. The roadwa
suspended a tiny white wedding j , m' 0 same
bell. The cake was cut by Mrs. v'
Frej Steed of Mineola. 1
MU Ef/ie Jackson presided WH,T DAVIDSON COMING
over the guest book which was
a very unique affair, being a T- W. (Whit) Davidson of
"Him" book presented to the Marshall, candidate for govern-
I ride upon hev graduation from or, will speak in Winnsboro on
high school and containing a; Saturday, July 12th, at II a.
iecord of all the important ov- n1ii jn interest of his candidacy.
' "■li '51 • V, culminating. jyjr Davidso n is a good speaker
with this, the crowning mom- o1Kj promises to tell us somc-
ent of her happiness. 'thing about the things that
-I, rl „°in roust be met in the
hp o.20 train for Dallas, (ral- Piection. Hear him
T. F. DODGEN HONORED
tl, now assembled in regular other qualifications can qualify has been completely reball
ion, that we thank our for this office. In other de-jed and a new section of main
Bgresamen and senators for partments of our Government line track constructed between
Fir expression of willingness that are highly clerical in their Greenville and Commerce re
I more adequately compensate nature by reason of good clerks
M employes of this very ne- such offices can be filled with-
*ry branch of our govern-'out much preparation for same
"t, and further, that we hold with fair success, but not so
1 malice in our hearts against with the Railroad Commission! ment have also been thorough
"President, granting that Work. The Commissioners ly overhauled and new depots
placing a former joint track-
ago arrangement with the Cot-
ton Belt. The locomotives and
passenger and freight equip-
coming
win i . . ., ,■ ccvw.w... ....... everyone.
ast- ^ othor points bel re [<a(|jPS especiallv invited.
' going to Hrtuston, where they, Committee.
will be at home after July 10.'
Miss Annie Mae is the only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Andrews of this city and hav-
ing been reared here, is knonwj
and loved by a host of friends
In celebration of Mi'. Dodg-
en's filth birthday, also .that
of his youngest son, J. D., the
children and grandchildren met
at the old home Friday evening
and enjoyed an old fashioned
spread on the lawn, all the
children with their families be-
ing present, seven boys and two
girls, also sixteen grandchild-
ren.
After thanks had been offer-
ed by YV. C. Dodgen, eldest son,
thanking Cod for the privilege
.f being able to gather togeth-
er once more in a family reun-
ion, and for the many blessings
that had been ours, d'nner was
served cafeteria style.
After dinner the father with
his boys grouped together to
discuss the events of the dav.
MEMORIAI DAY
The merry voices of the child-
AT HARMONY ren being heard throughout the
evening, while the girls enjoyed
The annual memorial picnic talking over the many happy
icrause of her amiable disposi-J will be held at Harmony Wed- [j^me 'n *'1(
tion and charming personality.'msday, July 16th. Memorial
The groom is from a pronii- talk at 11 o'clock. Business
Mr. Dodgen received several
nice gifts as a token of love
1 I, , J uai viii^i vli M v - - - | • - j . ^ 1 w/i ii io ***#•# ii p' I «11 IS cii> I I I > V v. 1 1.1111 v ir
5?d'd what he conceived to be themselves must do the work., built and planned at several nont Houston family and has session at 1 o'clock. Remaind- hi)ft -hildwn «nH o-.-mH
duty after considering the They cannot substitute skilled stations including a new union |11afje Rnfj a p|aco hjjfh ev afternoon will be spent in -hilHvpn'
condit'ons relating to employers to make up their,depot with the Cotton Belt at fSteem jn the hearts of his singirg. At night a good pro- T. (v,r.lv.inn i^ nll„ unir tn |w
j findings, however, as I have Commerce on which work 1S home citizens. He is a sue- gram will be rendered by home
u j.t_- - ^ t now under way. The convers-l (.esgful young lawyer and the talent.
ion of locomotives from coal ^ppy pair have every promise
>f a bright future before them.
Jtonaininjr steadfast in our' said the importance of select-
I .that "the aborer is wor-'ing men for this office who can
his hirel," and that the' discliarge the duties of same—
'"'"I perfomiance of an 'me a of broad vis' >n, clear judg-
orable task will, in due ment and practical exp rience
IN K 'ts r(,ward, we here'to handle the great business
now, resolve to conduct problems that come before
llves in such manner, and them lor adjustment and solu-
, J our duties so efficient- tion." .
110 rolm)ach can be of-! A telegram to Dr. Louis H.
\' on °ur account against I^ogan, Chairman of the Wood
tend j',mu'nt that we sei*ve County picnic from Geo. C.
U ,ar'y '0Ve- Reeves, president of the Old
N t'tl R n.° further busi- Home County and Old Settlers
J nt c. c.0Unc'l adjourned to Reunion, Mineola, Texas, was
ttn) ^u'phur Springs the received and read during the
ttU, 8aturday night in Sep- evening, which follows:
' "Wood County sends greet-
ings and our entire citizenship
extends invitation to each of
remembered.
-One Present.
burners to oil burners is now
under way and completion of
improvements ti the gas-elec-
tric motor equ pment fastei
schedules will be announceri
for all trains and motor cars.
HEAR THE SPEAKERS
DR. HARGR WES DEAD
'• Harris, President,
• ^Jennings, Seci-etary.
ZION PICNIC
% Ith July picnic at
'"nsWo mi'n"
'2 miles
There
lifi
■ speakers
Mt.
west of
will be a
will be
All
you to visit the old home coun-
ty and 'old settlers reunion Au-
gust 13, 14 and 15.
STKED-MARRS
Mr. Lynn Steed of Smackoy-
are sing-;er, Ark., brother to David
exUtiP'-y invited- Wp! steed of Winnshoro. was mar-
tie
>
..',a'r of Country Mrs. David Steed. The Rev.
r(>e*iw^f y '"viiea. we steed or vvinnsooru, ■■■ •
""over fv,lnp k'K singers from ried Sunday, June 29th, to Miss
A 2 , 9 , Qr)Untry. Sallie Wilson Marrs of Sulphur
... w ... Sprinffg Texfla a sister of
*1 "AhDU. p,ay an ni«ht-
.Kids." n i. of Country
Pjttierit frt? ^a'' to come. En-, Hamilton, pastor of the _ first
1. ."/^.vhody. !Methodist chOrch of Sulphur
free. 1 ^he stew and play Springs, conducted the cere-
M^ere win i mony with a few close frirmds
[Resent t Jr° J1 shaker to and relatives present. Mr. and
pUte f0r ' Davidson, can- Mrs. Steed will be at home in
1 Pernor. Smackover after a tour of the
—Committee. I Gulf country.
MOONSHINE IN TOWN
Moonshine whiskey
ITH OF july at i The presidential campaign is r. h. Baber, Dr. Geo. Baber,
pleasant grove here for you. You can bring Mrs. J. B. Patrick and Mrs. W.
the voice of the candidate to Lt Baber were called to Point
You have a cordial invitation vour home at a very low cost Friday on account of the
'one and all t.> come to Pleasant; by radio. This'is the first death of Dr. J. \V. Hargraves,
(irove and enjoy the annual! time in polit'cal history that it which occurred at that place
'celebration of the 1th of July.! has been possible for every per- at 1 o'clock. Funeral service
. ( .... .J* liring your dinner, stay all day,son in the Nation to hear the and burial took place at Birth-
here in the heart or v\ inns > >>■ ,U)^ j)e prepare,i to talk half of speeches of the aspirants for right Saturday afternoon.
Yes, tis true, and investigat . ^ anfj |j8ten the other high National offices. I —
may satisfy their curiosity half; spend a dav at leasure.J Hear them speak before you WILL SPEAK AT TYLER
going to the Amuau lheatre|There wi)I be plenty of stew vote. I
Friday, where Mary Miles jon the grounds for all. You get every other enjoy-! As we go to press, a letter
ter's new I aramoun . s anu county and precinct ain- ment and happening of the day was received from Hon. W. M.
vehcle, '"ihe trail or the -om ,|jdates will be given an oppor- over radO^ Any model recelv-l Pierson <1f Dallas stating he
some Pine, will be the ('a ', j tunity tii make a public an- ing set can be had at a very would speak in Tyler on July
and see for themselves. j 'j noUncement. T. N. Jones is small cost. See Berney Weir.14th. He invites his Winnsboro
story is an excellent pictui i/a ; expected to be the speaker of —— friends to hear him.
tion of the novel by John Fox.i(he dfty , KILLING NEAR GRIT j
Jr. ^ base ball game between HIERS SENTENCED TO BE
. ~ a a Pickton and Pleasant Grove Alba, June 29.—John Grant SHOT
Popular Novel Screene will amuse you in the after- King was killed nrar Grit,
The late John ^ x, Jr.'s nov-
noon.
Home talent will present one three others arrested.
Rains county this morning and Sentenced to die l>efl. re a fir-
el, "The Trail of the T^^ 0f the b^t p,ays at night, a Sheriff 0*b,rn and two deru- against the, president of a cer-
Pine," as pictured o. Para- * f ij aj.Us 10 characters, lies raided an illicit still. No tain South American republic,
The Trail Across the Hill." statement as to how the shoot- is the fate of Walter H ers in
i !ni 5n' M les Min- drama in 3 acts, 10 characters, ties raided an illicit still.
mount, with Mary M les ,„r frail Across the Hill." statement as to how the s
ter in the stellar role, will be Admis- in«r took place was learned, but his Paramount starring picture,
seen at the Airusu Theatre. Hont fail to jf thaf Grant wns ahot "Mr. Billings Spends His
Friday. The picture, directed • ^ vom with ft load of buckshot -vlvch Dime, which opens at Ihe
bv Charles Maigne, adheres - y. 'dy .oy' the dav. ' took effect in the leg. then Amusu Theatre on Wednesday
closely to the storv and m > Hon' T N fanes of Tyler mother shot from a pistol next. Oi course, as the hero,
doing loses none of the force and • • • morning, -vhich entered iust above the fafcn decrees that Mr. Billings
interest which made this book win sp K ^ ^ ^ pvp r,rant was 35 be rescued. How is this
popular. _Anti-mio Moreno • f,i)W venrs Hd and leaves a wife and hrouffht about-^or does he es-
and Ernest Torrence are fea- a splendid talker,
tured players.
Committee.
venrs
two children.
Reporter. cape? See the comedy.
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Weir, Homer R. Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1924, newspaper, July 3, 1924; Winnsboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268330/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.