The Ferris Wheel (Ferris, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, July 4, 1930 Page: 1 of 8
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A GOOD ADVERTISING MEDIUM DEVOTED TO THE INTEKE8T O V ELLIS COLT
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IN GENERAL AND KERRIS, A LIVE LITTLE C 11V IN THE BANNER
COTTON COUNTY
«,F TEXAS.
Volume 41
Ferris Merchants
Will Close On
Wednesday P. M.
Griffin Denied
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BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
f'errla, Texas, Frida;,, .lull I. HMo
BIG BEER HAIL
For I lie t KUtitilfiirt- ul Those Win, lli-uil
While Thc> Huh.
AVALON TEHT
New Hearing
Brii'l .NVm» IIi'iih* Buiii'ii Down
Tin- mutton for a rehearing in •
_ —— | rg*e of ('leve Griffin, convicted of
I In order that proprietors and em-1 the murder of his father-in-law or
ployett may have at ieaat one halt I Avalon in May of laat year was de
holiday during the hot summer , liy the higher court Griffin Dallas. June 27 <Miners relied The Lest going down for oil near
months the following agreement wu« ' was given a penalty of 99 years by j 2.4<*0 pints of beer, arrested eight I Avalon has reached a depth of a-
stgned up last week, which simply ! the jury last November. His case nu>n u|l(j „#vi,n womell m H series of bout aiih feel Saturday and was
means that these stores will iw j w. s recently affirmed by the higher1 |ald)( 1(Wt ni „ht I drilling in the woodbine sand
i tosed each Wednesday afternoon <ourt at Austin. ' "fT v-'”' :.....: FiftYfftT? | • | ||r. <
..ntil the 27th day of August.
A We the
Man Found Dead
In Cotton Field
Nilinls-r Tv*eot>-H»r
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undersigned agree to rlose
each Wednesday afternonn at one
o'clock and remaih dosed the bal-
ance of the day. beginning Wednes-
day July 9th. Tbia agreement to
remain in effect until August 27th
Koy Brown,
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WiDkiki IIouter, Ul year* old, of
the Bethel community, was found
dead in thu field where tie had chopp-
ed one row of cotton .Saturday after-
noon.
It is presumed that he was over-
come by the heat and bad started
toward the tank for water
when he was stricken
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Ham Revival
Begins Sunday
At Waxahachie
TO I'AY DIVIDEND
WHOM WILL YOU HIKE
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J. W. Mitchell,
T. P A L. Oo.
Globe Mercantile Company
E. W. Davis,
a. W. Lander,
U. W. Gressett,
Fleet McDaniel,
M. Burris,
L. L. Porter,
Green Hardware Co.
I. Jolesch Co.
JL O. Powell,
City ctenanra.
J. K. Baxter,
R. E. Breedlove,
Ferris Mercantile Company.
Farmers Hupply Company,
C<4 Hardware Company.
Ben Coleman.
Payne’s Tailor Shop.
D. Q. Pritchett,
M. M. Brannon.
J. K Crouch,
Ferris National Hank.
F. A M. .State Hank.
In about six weeks' time the vo-
ters of Oklahoma will make their
first selection of the men to fill the
, various public ofta.es. Nominees
| for those various offices ought to
j be picked just as a corporation picks
the men It hires.
| Each county has various kinds ot
jobs to do. It needs one man to
TKLMBt'LL ROAD WORK ________________
Work began Monday morning on j Mr L M Speck and Miss Lx>ra | jp( vVorth The comptroller
graveling the lateral roads running | Gaunt of the Hand Lake community , currency has ordered the payment
of a 2f» pet ient dividend to depoxt
noon
east and west out of Trumbull which wert, married at Ennis Sunday after
will connect with Highway No. 75
running north and south.
INJI'ltKO IN CAR WRECK
HOY UNDER BOND
rt M. Colquitt of Dallas was
seriously injured In s car wreck
I manage the schools, another to “cep I ne,r Ked Qak Thursday of last week
j the records, another to assess * J Htn chest was crushed, several ribs
i property, one to collect the taxes |L)rogeni and he suffered numerous
and so on. bruises.
| New men nre hired for these jobs ... ■ . —
i#neh two, four or six yenrs. Tha
I one who gete the most votss gets
' the job. And the kind of man ne , -—...
•U determines the kind of work n. I »*«••• •»““ »'
| ^ ing to kill the girl with whom he
) wes deapernlely in love, n Houtn
When n firm or corporation hires „ waa arn>HUd yeHterd4V
,a man, it loc' carefully to his trai . f d u u„der a ^.c. fo.
I Ing. It wants n man who so rar
, has succeeded at the different |
, things he has done. It wants n (
' man of good health, g«sid habits, a UIVKN DEATH PENALTY
' hard worker, honest and dependable. __
the voter nil ioo often selects! Brownwood, July 1. Joe Hhleids,
of his es-
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JAIL ACCEPTED
tors of the defunct Texas National
Bank. The total dividend will a-
mount to more than 11,000,000 and
about B.ftOM depositors to be bene-
- HR ! fitted.
The county commissioners were The bank closed its doors January
in session Friday morning and a- '31.
niorig other routine matters of the, --------—
Di M K. Hum and his team ol
workers will begin a meeting In
Waxahachie Humluy night July, 0th.
Mr. Hrtiu was in Kerris in 1917 and
lias many friends in this part of tRe
nearby Country. The Waxahachie meeting
will lie held in a big shed near
| the post of fee. Rev. H J. Williams
| who was here with Will Hogg In
, associated with I*. Ham Kerris
j people have a special invitation to
° be present at any and nil service#
in the Ham meeting In Waxahachie,
plenty of good cold ice water will be
handy and parking space will be pro-
vided for ail cars
i
session, the new cunty jail was ac-
cepted Prisoners were moved 'n-
to the new jail this week.
BACCOM-BAKEK
HOY KILLED BY CAH
NEAR MIDLOTHIAN
Midlothian, June 30 The 3-year
old eon of "Ted Duke was struck
by n enr near his home, two nnd one
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
! Year by year the old-fashioned
Fourth of July with spitting cannon
and sizzling rockets against the aky,
while the lade added to the nuiao
with fire works, is becoming moro
and more a memory. There won a
time when the boys and girls looks*
forward to the day as eagerly an
placed under
I r.e protection of the young lady.
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. „ m,i ... , w„_ .Christmas itself, but its all different
Mr Ralph Baucom and Miss Ruby,**** n»»,M 'Wuth of M dlotWan. M -j ^ Fourth of July ptc-
uui«tiv morning, nnd died from internal , a :
qU‘ yl injuries wWle enrout. to a sanlU-K -o-tln.es laat.for
rium at Waxahachie a few minutes *■ *UM- *nd w“h « *°M lh* £
later | that once attended the memorable
events.
Beker, both of this city, were
untied in uiarrlege at six o'clock
Thursday evening, June 2»th, at the
home of B. F. Wilkinson. Rev.
Joseph A. Dunn officiating.
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GIFT TO ORPHANS
BIG CROWD HERE FOR
El TRADER D.SY
A carh.au of watermelons was
shipped from Fal' urias last week to |
The safe and sane Fourth Is now
prstty well established .but the a.’
gument that some way should be
found to make green the meaning o'
what our forefathers did on July 4,
1779, is a worthy one
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GIRL M OUTH
Anna
Nicholas left Wednesday for a two
wseks stay in Cwnp Klwt ‘a. Hattie
will join them the second » frbfler: who needs a job; who he-
to ‘ longs to the . right kind
camp by Mrs. T. K. Blnkeney
Mies Orletn Payne.
YOI' BEAT
Ferris' second trade days drew a
large crowd, and many think the
crowd was even larger than the
i ,„ .. „ ... first. However, they came despite
s r ,r jsi: it srs: »-uy iz r.,: ~
, u, rr Marii ne on the back and makes tall promises1 meat for th. murder of his wife's the load of melons. on ^ crow)1 A„ 0„ Unl dlly Tennyson could Uke a worthleen
Lou Blnkeney ana Marjorie^ ^ votl)d , straight parents. ■ l ill', Sg cash prises ranging from fit to III of white paper, writs n poem
has made an opponent ] nyg YEARN, Nl'NPKNDED w— f,wn *W*Y hMt J
get the names of the winne.s.
of church; | Kaatiand. Julv 1. Thomas Davis j ....—-vox——-—
The Ferris committee is still
working on the matter of securing'
ticket; who
Ogletree will Join them the second • x--*^'. nwKl" » Job' WI|0 T. K. I. ClwANN MEETING
week. They were accompanied tn| longs to the right kind of church; -- Eastland, July I.
nnd who I**" everything else T E ^ clailll ot ,he Baptist, was found guilty by the Jury heri
he has tried. Sunday School will have a business and given a five year suspended
a check nnd
That's enn-
Dorothy Pannel has made another >
record in panning Uste. She has
1 and social meeting Tuesday after-
noon July Hth at 8:30 oYlock at
soon goes bankrupt,
for the same reasons, j
ber of the class will be present.
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ROAD WORK STARTS
sentence for the murder of Lucian
Shook. He Is also under indict-
ment for the murder of I-eon Shixi’t
'.n September of last year.
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the right of way for the north and
south highway thrugh Ferris. Only
a few tracts of land remain to be
secured, and the committee Is de
lighted with the ready response of
METHODIST ('Hl iii.il IUml owner" *,on« ,he roul^ U *M
_ 1 expected that the Highway Commie-
More than „ne hundred brs-ed Hie -•«" th*' *r^UlnM CODtr,ft
If a corporation Is run by ineffi-
cient and dishonest men, it soon
passed all second class requirements1 Nnds Itself In a bad shape, unless _ home of the teacher. Mrs. W-
and will receive ber badge In that 81**1 men »re Put ln th*ir * D. Richards. »t Is hoped every mem-
as soon .. she has been a member 'corporation ...... ......
four weeks. This I* a better record I And exactly
than some of the girls have made '« we hire the wrong kind of men to
who have been members for a year, run our public offices, we must ex- ______________________________
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farmers in the ranks ot the Texas dldates. There is the chronic of- the Ferris to Waxahachie roads and w* will be gin I o h y j . 1---------
the man who Is always It is expected thatHit will take next Sunday. I
to complete the Job. There will be no preaching nervier Kvan though the governor s salary
alure he can t resist. The rock on these roads Is to be morning or evening, and the layman s „nly ,4000 H year there seems to
part of next week, and wilt ream There Is the man who is ambitious j eight inches thick with a topping of -rvice announced for Sunday morn-1 * any number 0, . patriotic " Tex-
Its high spot with an address at1 to hold public office for the honor gravel three Inches thick.
Waxahachie Tuesday night hy C. H. , t„ him and hD family. There i»
Cotton Cooperatve Aaacclation which flee seeker ---------—------ — — -
baa been in full swing during the running for something; public offlc.- several months
past week will continue through a for him
to I on It. and make it worth
That's genius
Some men can sign
make It worth $30,000.
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The government can takx an ouaco
of silver worth fifty cents and make
It worth $i.
A mechanic can take material
worth $15 and make It Into watch
springs worth C9> That's skill.
An artist can ske a 30-rent piece
of canvas and p< Int a pit ure on H
worth hundreds «f dollars. ThaPe
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AJvord. Southwestern representative the man who needs the job; the man
ot the Federal Farm Board. iwho wants the job for what it will
Three meetings will be addressed pay him on the side and finally tne
by L. E. Winter, District; man who wants only to render full1
Director e# the As- service to tke public in event
soclatlon. who will speak at May-1 election.
WOMAN BLOWN TO PIECES
Saturday
ing has been postponed indefi lately j H|ls wj|||n< to make the "sacrifice'
S. W. Cole, Mupt. and assume the role of political hero
---------* to save l he dear old state once mor s
■BVSASi' rnrv KAH'.Y from what we do not pretend to
know. What we really need is
Amaiillo. June 27 While she and ”,,w. _________noasean* to save us from an over-
11 er sou were dMvteg along thj
A' D- P,J"" W "IILm Ilk, to kt tk.l m.r.h.nt.
WOUld-be governors.
Corsicana Dally Sun
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PREPARE COPY EAR'V
Now that arrangements have been
mad* lor Wednesday afternoon doe- someone to save us from an
rffcIa!,er iing Of Ferris business houses, we production of---—--------
| rtreet today, * *"
pearl at two o'clock Saturday after-; n is the voter s job to pick out ,^al"y^tnlur^d’' when«t- Pr*P*r* coP>’ e*r,>r in the week fo!‘
MOD, at Midlothian at eight o'clock «„u vote for the “ plodon occurred from what is he-, lJ*‘r •d" B>; dot"; ‘t W‘
Saturday night. —V to do hut the better jou P ^ afJ lnfprnal machlne. m‘nd’, “"d b'"t °r '*
John Stasa, of Buckholts. will ad- he does the better government he la wm wreckf(1 by the explo. will give the printer
dress a meeting at Old Hall Monday going to get, and it la up to him to ^ -..............
night at eight o'clock. do the best he can.
_____ I m picking out men to vote for we .
xox can be pretty sure that the man who Mr. and Mrs. R. Booth Cunntng-
The man who says it can't be ^ fa(led priVate business will, ham have returned fr-im a trip to
done is often shoved out of the way faJ( (n ab<iut equa, measure in pub- j El Paso,
the ambitious fellow who Is do- ^ Q^|ce At the same time the j
man who has made a succeaa of his
A merchant can take an article
costing 7."i cents and sell It for $1.
That's business.
The publishers of the Echo couM
write a check for $10,000. but the
bane would not cash it. That le
hard luck. Richardson Echo.
Hut there Is one fellow you over-
looked That's the fellow wkt-
takes your paper five years and then
refuses to write a check, kindly tell-
ing you he did not subscribe for tier
thing In the first place.
Wheel
I off your minds.
a chance to
Uke a few hours off during the week
also. Do this and we will appreciate payne.
it. Thanks.
by
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--xox- ' own business is likely to succeed In I
Rev. J. C. Oglesby left Monday office, unless the Job to which he Is i
for Mt. Sequoyah to study during e|ected Is radically different from j
hie vacation. Mra. Oglesby and hu, former one
to Vernon for n And w* can be sure that the lasy I
man In prjvate will be Just as laxy j
In public office If not lazier Llkc-
man who pulled off shady |
his own business will very
Mr. and Mrs. 1. M. Fpyne and.
C. Payne attended the funeral ot
Mrs. Threadglll at Plckton Monday
Mra. Threadglll was s nelce of 1. M
Kgj
Mrs. J. P. Bellew of Midlothian
died Sunday at the age of 54 year#.
Along the Concrete | ~|
children have gone
vialt with her parents «
Leaves for Camp
, in puuin
_ ■ . ; soon oe pulling off shady deals in ,
ID New Mexico public office. For public office has!
___ never added to any man s honestj .
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Miss Orleta Payne will leave Tues- or ability
day of cext week for Camp M«‘>' ; We will
get better govern, in nt.
tax, whe t we pass up
White the National Girl Scout tamp, and pay less
of the Cactus region, Including lhe,the hand-shaking, loud-talking, back
instead the
lo fawn on
candidate
the voter.
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states' of Texas, New Mexico, okla- 1 patting candidate who is long
lioma and Arliona. The camp is promises and short on performance,
located twenty-five miles from (picking out
Cloudcroft N. M . in the heart of the who refuses
Lincoln National Forest who doesn't like to promise too_ much
Miss Payne was notified early in and who will work hard at the Jon
February of appointment on tne and d more than he promises. OK-
camp staff and will serve In the lahoma Stockman.
Lieutenant to a Pioneer unit
of e«SAts j
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President Benedict of the
University in addressing the
i class of this institution said; "One-i
third of you will never be heard of
! again, one-third of you will go to,
the devil and one-thled will be uae- ,
tul citizens." At first though! It
might be believed that t: these words
be true that higher education Is a
failure. But not so. The one-third
'that will sink Into nonenlty would (
hnve done so if they had never been
to the university. Likewise the
third tha! will go to the devil would
have gone had they never seen a
university
But 'he other third, those who
will make g« >d, useful citizens are
the nes we maintain the university
lot Tli. y may have lived g'»»l
light citizens if tbev never had gone
to the university, but having gone,
they are equipped to be of vastly
more service than they otherwise
would have been. We are no*
having too many young people go-
ing to our higher educational In-
jstitutlons, but we are having too
| many of the wrong kind of going
Palestine Oailj HenUd.
A trip by the Wheel editor to
East Texas Sunday afternoon re
vealed the fact that this section ha
the best crops of all kinds found
anywhere along the route. Fron
1 Ferris to Sulphur Springs crops arc
| doing fine, but east of that city wc
Texas found that fruit and produce crop:
senior were very light with nrtces so low
that it hardly pays to gather whav
has been produced, while cotton F
small, late planting Is not up for
lack of rain and in many plac es the
corn was past redemption by any
kind of rain.
That princely farmer, J F Mc-
Bride, of the Patrick community
presented the Wheel with a hal.
dozen roasting ears Saturday morn
ing. for which he has our thanks.
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Will Teach in
Maine Camp
Miss Irene Smith, who taught
Waxahachie last year, and has bee
visiting with her parents heir Mi
aid Mis. W F Smith left Ft Ida
of last week for Camp Wyonegon
rear Dcnmak, Maine
i Miss Smith will be a literary It
struclor on the camp itaff for ti
summer. ti I ■V
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