Panola Watchman, The (Newspaper) - November 20, 1941, Carthage, Texas Only Newspaper Published In Dedicated To The People's Interest RED CROSS j SOLID RED CROSS Rambling with The Editor i DR. A. M. BAKER stopped your correspondent on the street this past to express hia appreciation for the last issue of the paper The doctor said he thought each issue contained something vital and to the citizenship of the county MRS. AUSTIN BOHEN was another to call and compliment the contents of the last issue of the The meeting held in the courthouse last Friday to discuss the county agent issue was attended taking into tion the the fact that a game was scheduled for the same The local football team gave a good account of themselves against the big eleven here when they out by a tally of 39 to 0 The Bulldogs have hit a fine offensive stride and fair to show up well throughout the remainder of The many of FRED PEN are delighted to learn of his improvement after a recent operation in FRED is a fine comes from one of oldest is a man everybody likes and a good iword are glad to have him back with us BROTHER and JIMMIE STAFF hare lost their is a fox terrier about G months old and to the name of If have seen this friendly animal please return same to the didn't leave homo on just likes the right kind of people have him now they'll take him two boys who greatly miss 1 This week the newspaper was privileged to add to and renew the following W. G. AT- J. A. ALTON D. H. B. R. B. C. B. B. C. W. R. JESSE B. R. L. MRS. RALEIGH BOREN ROY L. C. W. J. MAUDR MRS. R. IT. J. R. J. A. T. V. M. and MRS. A. J. PANOLA NOVEMBER 20. 1941 Red Cross Drive Now Underway The local chapter the American Red Cross opened a membership drive in the county on Armistice The drive will officially close on Thanksgiving November 27th. 'The following citizens hare joined the Red Cross this All the names could not be inserted in this issue aud all those missing in this edition will he published next The names submitted to the paper early this week are as Number 51. MEETING TO RETAIN COUNTY AGENT HELD HERE I Q. M. local school and ardent Texas fan and porter poured a oil on the troubled water after last Saturday's game with Texas when he sent in an advance telegram to F. A. big MARTIN wired the local agent that he had bad headache which could not be cured for twelve long months the two teams clashed Congratulations this week to MR. and MRS R. A. Poindexter upon the of their Betty Both POINDEXTER and tho baby are doing i RAYMOND local store owner was high in his praise of our editorial last BROWN said it represented the best thing we had written in his tion MRS. J. G. STRONG the make-up of the front page of the paper last She has had several nico things to say of tho county newspaper REV. STANLEY CARTER baok with us for a third He is one of the popular ministers ever to fill the pulpit of the Church in THE SOUTHWESTERN GAS ELECTRIC COMPANY threw confusion and a scare Into your writer ono night last when a prowler awakened us while Ihe lights out all over We flipped a of light and the power did not The first thought that entered our minds then was Hint n pair of snips had been used on tho light Only a tele- phono call to when we wore informed the lights wero being repaired nil over relieved our Others who experienced funny happenings Ihe same night wore tho R. M. NICHOLS J. L. who thought nil tho globes in his residence were burned C. E. who waked to take n dose of medicine and found no ea Mrs. Ed Martin Dr. C. D. Baker E. C. Smith Jodie Knight Mrs. McCarter M. Tarver David Beaty R. V. Blackmon J. B. Reha Smith Troy Bell Mrs. Lacy C. W. Beckner Naylor Store J. T. Wright Brown's Lee Roy M M Grocery Kellie Hotel K. Wilson Brookshire Bros. F. A. Dulaney R. E. Smith R. C. Sieger Funderburgh T. W. J. C. Watson R. A. W. F. Clyde Davis Slanley Carter Clarence LaGrone Mrs. Clarence LaGroue Clarence Holland Doris Deadwood Mercantile Co. Grady LaGrone Mrs. Grady Cleburne LaGrone Oscar Alexander Ralph Allen Tom Wilson Cariker Clifford S. Rowe W. S. Crawford R. L. Dennard H. A. Parish W. D. Anderson Mrs. Hooker Marian Ross F. M. Lacy J. 0. Harrison W. D. Bush Pink Matthews L. 0. Jarrell Gladys Parker Turner Longshore Sid R. Turner Herman Jacobs Norma W. Turner C. B. Jr. S. T Hooker Marcus Hardin Ho Stanford C. Ray Johnnie File Clyde Woodyard Johnie L. Edens A. L. Ross F. Ross Jack Kim ball Ancil Rider P. W. Jr. E. L. Donald 11. B. Turner Mrs. W. C. Gilbert Jernigan Jesse Morrison E. C. Clabaugh Mrs. 10. C. Clabaugh Hen Atkinson Mrs. Hen Jewell Mrs. Scott Curtis Atkinson Mrs. S. G. Turner Mrs. Ola L. Wool worth J. C. J. F. Southwestern Gas and Electric Co. C. Whitney Pete Nellie Hush Dan Mrs. Dan Dr. D. T. Allison Dyron K. Ross F. Underwood Mrs. J. J. H. Cranbrook Mrs. W. R. C. Horace R. Allison O'Neal Green on Last week a county-wide meeting was announced to be held in the nola county Court House Friday November 1-fth. A representative crowd of county farmers and merchants were on hanil to seek the solution of pending discharge of the Mr. H. Members of the com- missioners court present Judge W. S. Henry J. 0. Harrison Ray Earnest Powers opened the meeting aud 0. V. extensive landowner Mr. Powers announced the interest prevailing in the county for a county agent and discussed what the loss of an agent would mean to the Judge W. S. Crawford was invited to address the and after ex- plaining how the comity budget was Instituted announced that be ally favored the retention of an but if the money wa's not on hand it could not be Commissioner rison explained that the county was over the budget set for the and made that the court had never asked agent to but had followed request he had previously made that be did want script if It was Daniel and ex- that ho was in favor of an agent but explained that the agent was not nn elected official and his could not be legally placed on the salary fund AVIion nn at- tendant raised the of tho county spending money for outside legal when the county attorney was paid to perform vices for the Mr. Daniel thai money could ho at anytime out of any fund for legal services when the county's interest appeared in Com- missioner Henry spoko in favor of tho retention of a county and said he thought tho place for the Question to bo worked out was in the ANNIVERSARY EDITION WILL DEC. The Watchman will serve tho sixty-ninth anniversary o tho newspaper in the issue of Decem ber 4til. Merchants desiring space in special number will be asked to sub mil their copy as early as nox One thousand copies o the paper will be run off the press and a. special distribution will be made free of charge these extra copies Make your now to have advertising In this special number Richard Knight Accepts Place In Minden Plant Richard son of Mr. and Arch Knight of this has received an appointment yn the civil service department of the and is now taking special training in New Richard has been employed by the Arkansas Fuel Oil Company in for Iho past He will return lo Louisiana to accept responsible position In the shell plant after ho completes his course in New Young Knight was an honor ent in Centenary College in port. He majored in NEW METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL Stanley pastor of the Methodist church in hns requested the newspaper to announce the completion of the Methodist Sunday School department Sunday School will ho held in the new tor the first time this November 23rd The ter and the Sunday School Mr. E. C. are every all who to be pros out for first In tho building this Discharged Soldiers Urged To Get defense Jobs Men of the 3Glh division will discharged from the army In Ihe icar future have been urged lo in areas where skilled defense are It has been pointed out lo the men training service ie near that many of them possess urgently needed in the I defense Offices are to he up at Camp Howie for ion of all men and ore a soldier is released from Ihe he fills out a card is possible qualifications for civilian ETHRIDGE SAYS 4 DEER KILLED HERE Stale game warden Jim the prosy Wednesday I lull as far as he know for door had been Killed In county to expressed bis tion for Iho consideration shown Sunday and Monday by hog hunters in the hoi who refrained from sending or taking their dogs In the Ho explained the necessity of dogs out of woods ing doer Approximately one thousand Icrs were through Iho ber In county over tho piist In one the warden counted 28 of them hearing license platen from over If tho hog limners had their loose Sunday and Monday more deer would have been killed by out- siders for they would them running sin tod Hint Ihe moil who had killed bucks in the counly to date Alfred ten Van eigin point one: and a resident minimi from who nn eight point escaped being snake bitten when a jacket from deer served to him from deadly The big snake was colled on H ciny bunk and an passed the struck PIONEER WOMAN LAID TO REST HERE THIS WEEK Mrs. Jim former resident of hut for Ihe past several years n resident of away ibis week and her wore brought back to county for final Funeral services and Mrs. Mealy was n well known pioneer and had many friends in Iho county of her A article of Ibis funeral services not available to the prosH ul publication A eral write-up will appear in Ihu next issue of tho BECKVILLE BANK LIQUIDATES BOWL TALK BLAMED FOR TEXAS LONGHORNS FOOTBALL DOWNFALL Quick questions and snappy re- torts asked by the writer and ed by local citizens after Saturday's gamo to indicate the fall of the University of Texas football castle could be attributed to n com- bination of happenings concerning n post season bowl from the very start of Ihe season Texas has been lauded nnd ed a magic they added to the talk by averaging points n game in their seven never achieved by n southwest conference club be- Then Iho Stanford slated to be the host loam in Rose Bowl on the Pacific coast Year's voted unanimously to in- vite the Longhorns to California in Hie event the Texans concluded the current ing this publicity blast came another of them for the first time in the history of national publication run pictures of all the players on Ihe team on cover nnd turned loose a six page publicity spread nn the This Issue of life made its debut on the news stands on the evening of the Texas nnd tho other tennis In ence had amplo room lo hn Jealous about the good nnd reached previously ed to over No Buch feelings has ever prevailed in the conference In thn thousands of Texas failK over Ule joined heartily lo fine record established by T. C. which resulted in their lor started working on the Texas club two when they eked out a 7-7 Baylor proved to satisfaction of everybody last when they lost lo lowly Tulsa University that the tie they resist wed against Ihe Steers the result of inspired possibly prove I h e name when they langle with S. M. r. in annual game next The Christians have already been defeated in play and by Ihe The Aggies have opportunity to carry on undefeated if they cnn get by Texas on Day on their homo Many faithful football followers of ilie opinion Dial Ihe Cadets will keep their records If Texan A. nnd M. through a victory over the there is no on earth why should not receive the Hose invitation if they want It. is not in Southwestern conference is a second rate Minnesota will not take n nnd Notre Dame is not a member of any conference has been tied this So the band can up tho old Here I unless the Longhorns force it lo again no When YON Dead You Rascals CHURCHES WILL SPONSOR UNION THANKSGIVING The Watchman has boon IB lo for a union Thanksgiving service lo be held In Tho mooting will he conducted church on the night of November C. 10. Peoples of Texas will deliver Thanksgiving night The public Is invited he present lo an Inspiring Fire Destroys Two Buildings In City Limits IK of Iho opinion Hint fires run in Ihe chief in for during the weeks a of have in the oily A residence bo- longing to Mrs. Alston barlly damaged by fire Monday and a negro residence adjacent lo the colored church was destroyed last week Carthage Boys Put on Defense Program A number of nf the local fin a program id Its Clayton Ihe The hoys that at the K are an orvan Raymond The on cat and other in con ion O. A. Jr. The Hank of villo notified nil that II will go into voluntary Hint after November 29, will receive no more Tho Flunk It. has amplo funds with which lo pay nil nnd pny stock holders mately par 111 Immediate ends on their outstanding capital This Bank was opened for business lilOH as a branch of tho Hank nnd Trust Company In was incorporated ns Iho Con- of In changed Hit to Ihe Hank of In TQ RETAINED In ii regular mooting of tho court In the court morning arrangements to meet the shortage In Iho fund up by the court to pny the county agent's This by Iho court will ro- bi the of the county It has been thai funds to keep the agent's up on a caMh basis havo been made for many months in The aud the county are In he on working Hi In annul Walker will re- and the of tho public is Cartex Theatre Gets New Paint Tim Carlex popular ty in n now coat of palm In one of Ihe at- In and its Mr. K. A. believes in that The Interior of was repainted and is Watchman Will Again Publish Santa Letters If you an- a Hide boy or girl nnd you live in or out of 1'a.mdn county not write Old Santa n letter The Watchman will Ihe of Santa Clans letters during the of December nnd will continue to thorn until the final Issue It's time to be thinking about your wants and If yon gut your lettero rendy then them on All letters not will be forwarded on to tho North ALF JERNIGAN BAGS BIG BUCK Alf well known citizen nnd brought down a big Ion point in counly Monday was a party of friends and find rhe that re- in Ihe km from sixty Alf had hunting Hie sarno deer fur the pant five years lie and this time Giles For Reelection Next Summer In a last week said ho would run for This ment was made to hu would for Congress from tho Austin In the event Rep. Lyndon Johnson run for the It. Allison and R tended n mooting of the Knot Texas Hank Auditors and comptrollers Ing In Saturday C. A. Poster and Clifford Smith transacted In Center last
