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Editor
Mexia Weekly
■f Herald Offices
Sept. 5, 1946
Readers:
We welcome the nice cool
breeze of the past several
days. Perhaps the hot days
are gone for this year. Winter
onths are not far off. Foot-
all season is opening within
e next few weeks. All that
ill be left of the hot days
past, will be the memory.
♦ * *
School days are here again.
It seems like it was only a
few years back when I was
r* getting ready for school.
Time passes very fast for all
of us. School days should be
happy days for all children.
* * *
A number of people have
sent in their subscription to
the Herald in the past few
weeks. We are always glad
to see new subscribers to our
paper, and hope all of you
like the paper.
♦ * *
, The whole world seems to
he troubled, parts of it more
nervous than others. This
should be a happy time for
the entire world as the dread-
ful war that, was raging only
If a short time ago is over, that
alone should be enough to
make us look ahead with hope
and courage. If other coun-
tries could have the confi-
dence in each other as they
should, there would be less
trouble and fear. There is no
need for other countries to
fear the United States, and
it looks like there could be
some way of showing them
we do not want anything
they have, and that we really
want a peaceful world to
live in, a world that offers
opportunity to the coming
generations and not a world
that dread and fear domi-
nate. We just can't do our
best when we have fear in
our minds.
>jt sfe $
Many of you have seen
people who get a great deal
out of living. People who are
always having fun and enjoy-
ing everything. These people
are happy an dhave a tenden-
cy to make others happy.
Each one of us have a bear-
ing on someone else, be it
for good or bad. We can
make others feel better if we
are cheerful and happy.
K * *
We will make our letter
short this week and give you
time to work more.
Yours very truly,
The Editor.
Funeral Services
For Allen Johnson
Saturday Afternoon
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the Calvary Baptist Church for
"Allen Johnson, -age 38, who was
^ injured in an automobile accident
near Buffalo Tuesday afternoon
while on his way from Pasadena
to Mexia to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Johnsons mother, Mrs. Mat-
tie Moak. He died in a Waco hos-
pital Thursday afternoon.
Rev. W. H. James conducted
the service. Interment was in
the City Cemetery with J. I. Rid-
dle & Company in charge of the
funeral arrangements.
He is survived by his wife, one
son and two daughters. Four sis-
ters, Mrs. Vera Teel of Mexia,
Mrs. Ruth Culpepper, Richmond,
_ . Texas; Mrs. Lois Culpepper of
f Houston, and Mrs. Louie Ingram
of Mexia, also survive.
Mr. Johnson lived here in Mex-
ia several years ago.
If PHIL KARINTER CjBNBRAL INSURANCE
The Mexia Weekly Herald
' A FARM NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE RICH BI-STONE EMPIRE
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VOLUME XLVIII.
MEXIA. LIMESTONE COUNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1946
NUMBER 36
1 :
Prices Rise For
Form Real Estate
COLLEGE STATION, Sept. 5,
(Spl) — Farm real estate prices
climbed another four per cent
during March, April, May and
June, the U. S. Department of
Agriculture reports. This recent
increase brings the real estate
prices to a 13 per cent rise since
July of last year. Prices now arc
77 per cent above the 1935-39
average and only 14 per cent be-
*—
U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture has announced a grain ex-
port goal for 1946-47 — 400 mil-
lion bushels of all grains and
grain products.
' * •
Prospects are still good for a
record-sized corn crop, estimated
at 3,442,202,000, U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture reports.
COOLIDGE MAN
BELIEVED FOUND
DEAD INN. DAKOTA
Charlie Shrove, Limestone
county sheriff, received a tele-
gram Friday morning from the
state's attroney at Mohall, N. D.,
in regard to the finding of a
man's body, presumed to be A.
L. Maddox of Coolidge.
The telegram stated that a
decapitated body was found in
the Mouse River of North Dako-
ta and was identified from fin-
ger-prints as that of Alvin Lafay-
ette Maddox of Coolidge, Texas,
Box 213.
According to Sheriff Shreve the
family last heard from Maddox
on August 10 from Carifvale,
Canada. He had left Coolidge
early in the summer to work in
the northern wheat fields.
The family was attempting
Friday to verify whether or not
the dead man was Alvin Mad-
dox.
His father. Wash Maddox, his
orother, Scott Maddox, and his
wife and five children live in
Coolidge.
MOHALL, R D.~ Sept. 2 —
(UP)—Police today held Arthur
Boyd, 30, Abilene, Kan., for
questioning in the "headless
corpse" mystery which has baf-
fled authorities since the decapi-
tated body of Alvin L. Maddox,
49, Coolidge, Tex., was found
floating in the river near here
last Aug. 21.
Boyd, who was arrested at a
farm 10 miles south of here Sat-
urday, told police he met Mad-
dox at Gettysburg, S. D., several
weeks ago and travelled with
him to Mohall.
He s^id that he last saw Mad-
dox Aug. 16 in Mohall. He and
Maddox had separated shortly
after they arrived here, he told
police, and he said he understood
that Maddox was going to Cana-
da with another man.
P. M. Clark, Renville county
state's attorney, said that a blood-
stain discovered Saturday on the
prairie roadside north of here
probably marked the spot where
Maddox was killed. He said the
stain was found in a place where
the victim was known to have
slept when unable to find hotel
accommodations here.
Clark said that Maddox was
struck on the head while asleep
and decapitated where the blood
stain was found. The head was
recovered several days after the
body.
A check with the Canadian
border parol revealed that Mad-
dox entered Canada on Aug. 10,
Clark said, but returned here
the same day.
State and county police have
been ordered to search for the
new Chevrolet truck which
Maddox drove from Texas to
Mohall. Clark said ho believed
the theft of the truck was the
motive behind the crime.
Forest Glade
School To Open
Monday, Sept. 9
Principal H L. Brice of the
Forest Glade school announced
the opening schedule of that
school today.
Thursday morning, September
3, a faculty meeting will be held
at the school at 9:30. Friday
morning all students will register,
starting at 8:45 a. m. Classes will
begin Monday morning, Septem-
ber 9.
Brice stated that regular bus
schedules will be operating Fri-
day. The bus schedule will ac-
comodate both ward school and
high school students.
Besides Brice, other members
of the faculty are: Mrs. Pat
Ward, Mrs. A. L. Fowler, Mrs. S.
R. Partlow and Mrs. Nolan Rad-
ke.
PIONEER CITIZEN
OF LIMESTONE CO.
DIES FRIDAY
Kidnapped Girl Is
Found n Virginia
RICHMOND. Va„ Sept. 5 —
(UP)—Two AWOL soldiers were
held today on charges of kidnap-
ing an 18 year old Texas girl and
forcing her at gunpoint to drive
them here from Texarkana, Tex.
The girl was blonde, stout
Ruth Teague, of Sulphur Springs,
Texas, former Dallas waitress.
The two soldiers were listed as
Frank Valentine Famular, 20 of
Jersey City, N. J„ and Clarence
Kummert, 19, of Pittsburgh. Both
were stationed at Camp Hood,
Texas.
Miss Teague, who said she was
"certainly happy to be here safe
in jail," told the United Press
how she escaped from the sol-
diers after a three-day ride from
Texarkana when they stopped to
gas up and rob a service station
near Ashland, Va.
She said she was given "noth-
ing to eat and practically nothing
to drink" during the long trip.
However, she said, "they both
were polite and they didn't mo-
lest me in any way."
Mrs. W. R. McElroy died in a
local hospital at 7:00 p. m. Fri-
day after a lingering illness. Mrs.
McElroy was 84 years old at the
time of her death. She moved to
Shiloh with her husband on Nov-
ember 22, 1887.
She is survived by six child-
ren, T. A. and Troy McElroy of
Mexia, Currie of Lufkin, N. O.
McElroy of Longview, Mrs. Ella
Sawyer of Shiloh, Mrs. Irene
Terry of Waco. A brother, G. W.
Sellers of Teague and a sister,
Mrs. J. F. McElroy of Anson also
survive. Twenty two grandchild-
ren and nineteen great-grand-
children also survive Mrs. McEl-
roy.
Funeral services were held
at the Shiloh Baptist Church
Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p. m.
Rev. L. H. Ranpy and Rev. Bernie
Hayter were in charge of the
services. The Corley Funeral
Homo of Mexia had charge of
the arrangements.
Pallbearers were: E. B. Terry,
Jr., H. B. McElroy, Alfred McEl-
roy, Carl McElroy, W. B. McEl-
roy, J. D. Sawyer, Floyd Sawyer,
Delmer McElroy, Donald D. Mc-
Elroy and Clifton Cook. All are
grandsons of Mrs. McElroy.
General Motors To
Seek Price Boosts
BERLIN, Sept. 5 — (UP) —
Governors of the British and
American zones of Germany ap-
proved today the setting up of
five bi-zonal German boards
in the first concrete step, to-
ward economic unity.
DETROIT, Sept. 5, (UP) —
General Motors Corporation,
world's largest automobile manu-
facturer, today blamed govern-
ment wage-price policy for lag-
ging industrial production and
indicated it would seek new price
boosts of $100 on each of its cars.
GM President C. E. Wilson
charged in a report to the press
that the government's failure to
set lip a workable wage-price for-
mula was responsible for indus-
try's lack o' sustained produc-
tion.
The GM chief claimed that
price control officials tiad dis-
criminated against the corpora-
tion in earlier price hikes. He
claimed GM had been granted in-
creases of only 34.4 per cent a-
bovc 1941 prices on its Chevro-
let, compared with 45.2 per cent
for the Ford, 47.5 per cent for
the Plymouth and 57.6 per cent
for the Nash.
Food Locker Plants
In Texas Increase
COLLEGE STATION, Septem-
ber 5—(Spl.)—There are now 402
frozen food locker plants doing
business in Texas. A survey by
the Farm Credit Administration
showed that Texas was among
the seven states in the nation
that have as many as 400 locker
p.ants in operation. A nation-
wide count showed 8,025 food
locker plants in the United
States. There were only 2,870 in
1940.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 —
(UP)—President Truman today
indorsed the Mead-Lehman Dem
ocratic ticket in New York and
expressed the belief that it
would win in the November
election over the Republicans.
SCOUTS RETURN
FROM OUTING ON
NEW MEXICO RANCH
Scout Executive Ray Ealy,
John Spencer and John Peters
of Mexia returned Friday from a
two-weeks' boy scout camp at
the Philmont Scout Ranch near
Cimmaron in northern New
Mexico. The ranch covers 127,-
000 acres and belongs to the nat-
ional American Boy Scout asso-
ciation.
The camp was for senior scout
training. Twenty-three boys
from the nine counties of the
Heart O' Texas council were car-
ried to the camp by special bus.
Alec Blackwell of Waco and Ealy
were the leaders to make the
trip.
During the trip the scouts
made hikes and horseback trips
through the mountains. The Kit
Carson forest reserve is on the
ranch and the game preserve
there contains a herd of buffalo,
mule deer, elk, beaver and an-
telope.
Firestone Wins
First Playoff
Game From O.W.I.U
In last night's first City
Championship play-off game
Firestone shut-out the O. W. I. U.
team by a count of 7 to 0.
Firestone took an early lead by
tallying in the first with a walk
and two singles. They scored two
more in the fourth with two
singles, three wild pitches and
two walks. Their final four runs
came in the fifth inning from a
double, three singles and two er-
rors.
Leading hitters were Madcn
with three for three and Car-
roll with two for three.
The second game of the two
out of three playoff will be play-
ed tonight.
O. W. I. U. ab r h po ae
Groover, If. 3 0 1 0 2 0
Manning, 3b. 3 0 0 3 4 0
Day, 2b-p. 2 0 0 1 3 0
Downey, p.-2b. 3 0 0 0 4 0
Fleming, rf. 3 0 1 2 0 1
McLendon, c. 3 0 1 4 0. 0
Carroll, lb. 3 0 2 8 0 ,0
Rogers, cf. 2 0 0 0 .0 0
Morton, ss. 2 0 0 0 0 2
Total 24 0 5 18 13 3
F'stone ab r h po a e
PPhillips, 3b. 4 0 0 1 2 0
Tolson, If. I 1 0 0 0 0
Jackson, If. 2 0 0 0 0 1
Holt. p. 4 12 0 3 0
Maden, 2b. 3 2 3 6 0 1
Williams, cf. 3 2 1 0 0 0
Russell, rf. 2 113 0 0
Lightse.v, lb. 2 0 0 6 0 1
R. Phillips, ss. 3 0 1 1 0 0
Powell, c. 3 0 0 4 1 0
Total
Innings 123-456-7
0. W. I. U. 000-000-0 0
F'stone 100-240-x 7
Runs batted in: Maden 2, Rus-
sell,
Two base hits: Holt.
Stolen bases: Mafien, Downey.
Sacrifices: Day.
Left on bases: O. W. I. U., 4;
Firestone 4.
Bases on balls, off Downey 3.
Strike outs: by Holt, 2; Downey
1.
Hits off Downey, 8 for 7 runs
in 5 innings; Day 0 for 0 runs in
1 inning.
Umpires, White, Asher, Pitts.
Losing Pitcher, Downey.
Roosevelt Flotilla
Anchors In Greece
ATHENS, Sept. 5 — (UP) —
The 45,000-ton aircraft carrier U.
S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt es-
corted by a cruiser and three
destroyers anchored in Piraeus,
Port of Athens, today to the
cheers of waterfront crowds.
The giant carrier dropped its
anchor in Phaleron Bay at 10:30
a. m. after a two-day trip from
Naples. With it were the cruiser
Little Rock and Destroyers Cor-
ry, Cone and New.
Thousands of Greeks lined the
Piraeos docks and shouted appro-
val as the warships moved
through the bay.
The Roosevelt flotilla will pay
a four-day courtesy call in
Greece, signifying the United
States interest in the Eastern
Mediterranean. Two other Amer-
ican destroyers will call at Salon-
ika, the northern Greek port.
REV. E. H. HUDSON
DIES FRIDAY AT
HOME IN BEEVILLE
REV. E. H. HUDSON
Rev. Edward H, Hudson died
Friday morning at his home in
Beevilie. He was formerly pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church
of Mexia. He resigned his post
here in 1941 because of ill health
and moved to Beeville at that
time.
Rev. Hudson was born in
Kentucky in 1872. He received
a college degree from Center Col-
lege and while attending that
school played on the most
famous football team of the Col-
lege's history.
In 1923 he came to Mexia, as
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church and remained here until
1941.
Rev. Hudson was a Mason,
member of the Rotary club and
the Knights Templar.
Rev. Hudson spent much of
his time in study and writing.
He had many articles published
in magazines over the country
and he has written his column,
"Get This" for the past fifteen
years. This column has been
widely read and admired for its
common sense and many thought
provoking messages.
He is survived by his wife;
one son, E. H. Hudson, Jr., of
Austin and a daughter, Miss
Helen Hudson of Beeville.
Funeral services were held
from the Presbyterian. Church
in Beeville Saturday afternoon,
August 31, at 3:00 o'clock.
RUSSELL HARRIS
KILLED IN OIL
FIELD ACCIDENT
Russell T. Harris, 29, was kill-
ed in an oil field accident Friday
morning. He was employed as a
rough-neck on a well being drill-
ed on the Bounds lease south of
Wortham.
According to reports Harris
was killed instantly when a mud
line broke loose and struck him
in the head.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Mis* Ina Benton of Cool-
idge and three children, two
girls and one boy. Three sisters,
Mrs. Etna Lee Broyles, Browns-
boro, Texas; Mrs. Aden Davis,
Houston; Mrs. Clyde O'Banion,
Palestine and four brothers, Ed
Harris, Kerens; Chester of Ath-
ens, Carl and Claud Harris of
Palestine. His mother, Mrs.
Jeanic Harris of Brownsboro,
also survives. i
Civil Service Exams
For Engineering And
Science Positions
Examinations for probational
appointment to Engineering Aid,
Scientific Aid and Biological
Aid positions have been an-
nounced by the Civil Service
Commission. The vacancies to be
filled are in Washington, D. C.,
and the immediate vicinity, and
entrance salaries range from
$1,822 to $2,644 a year.
To qualify in these examina-
tions applicants must pass a
written test and must also have
had experience, or education'
above the high'school level, in
engineering, physical science or
natural science; or a combination
of such experience and educa-
tion.
CARROLL FAMILY
HOLDS REUNION
AT STATE PARK
The annual reunion of the Car-
roll family was held August 25
at Fort Parker State Park.
Basket lunches were served
picnic .style and ice cold water-
melons were served later in the
afternoon.
Games for the children and
kodaking were the main amuse-
ments throughout the day.
Three brothers and one sister
of the Carroll family were pres-
ent. They were L. Carroll, H. L.
Carroll and George Carroll, all of
Mexia; and Mrs. G. E. Sellers of
Dawson Others attending were
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Knox, Mr.
and Mrs. A1 T. Jackson, Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Carroll and child-
ren, Mrs. H. L. Carroll, Mr. and
Mis. H. E. Giles and son, Mr?
Lcola Sellers, all of Mexia. Mr.
and Mrs. E. Avery and children
of Grand Prairie; Mr. and Mrs.
Weldon Carroll and children of
Tyler; Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Louis
and children of Galveston; Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. King and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stuart and
children, Mr. and Mrs. James
Danford and son, all of Dallas.
Also attending were Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Green and son of Lubbock';
G. E. Sellers and Mrs. Hill of
Dawson, Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Ryan and daughter, Bettye Sue,
of Red Oak, and Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Evans of Shreveport,
Louisiana.
MRS. LINDSEY IS
HONORED ON 85TH
BIRTHDAY SUNDAY
Mrs. W. M. Lindsey was honor-
ed on her 85th birthday with a
dinner Sunday, September 1, at
her home on the Tehuacana
Road. Over 68 of Mrs. Lindsey's
relatives attended.
Attending were Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Thompson oi Dallas, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Raines and child-
ren, of Emmett; Juanita Raines,
Edward Mi Laughlin, and Rachel
Raines, all of Orange; Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Thompson, Mr. and
Mrs. Aubrey Thompson, Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Crawford and child-
ren, all of Brushie; Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Thompson of San An-
tonio, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hester
of Moody, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Hester and Mr. and Mrs. Hcz/.ie
Hester and children of Temple;
Mr. and Mrs. Don Allison and
children of Houston, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Osborne of Corsi-
cana.
Also Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Baliew,
Mr and Mrs. Alvis Baliew and
Alvis, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Stevens and children; Mrs. Er-
vie Gill and son, Charles, Mr.
and Mrs. Glen Thompson, Miss
Estelfe Crawford, all of Ft.
Worth; Mr. and Mrs. Obed Horn
and Chester Putman of Frost;
Mrs. George Baliew and Warren
Omberg of Emmett, and Bernice
Lindsey of Houston. Attending
from Mexia were Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. Sewell and children.
Dionne Quintupelts
Have A Baby Brother
NORTH BAY, Ont., Sept. 4~-
(UP)—The Dionne quintuplets
today celebrated the birth of a
baby brother, the 14th child of
The 12 year old Quints were
busy trying to think up a name
Mr. and Mrs. Oliva Dionne.
for the child, born last nieht and
said to weigh about six pounds,
eight ounces.
Friends of the family said the
37 year old mother and child
were in good health. The Quints
now have eight brothers and sis-
ters. One of the Dionne children
died.
KEARNY, N. j„ Sept. 5—(UP)
—A picket was shot today near
the American stores warehouse
here in the first outbreak of
violence in the northern New
Jersey truck strike.
Molotov Returns To
Paris From Moscow
PARIS, Sept. 5 —(UP)—For-
eign Minister V. M. Molotov re-
turned today from Moscow where
he is believed to have conferred
With Generalissimo Stalin upon
the progress of the Paris peace
conference and the general in-
ternational situation.
Molotov returned to find the
conference in the doldrums with
Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes in Germany and Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin about to
leave for London.
It was expected that Molotov
would resume attendance at
treaty sessions tomorrow.
Molotov arrived at 2:15 p. m.
by plane from Moscow. He drove
directly to the Soviet embassy.
Andrei Vishinsky, Soviet depu-
ty foreign affairs minister, today
charged that Italy has a "diehard
appetite for conquest and ex-
pansion" and hinted that Italy
already is thinking in terms of
future aggression.
Vishinsky's slashing attack was
made before the Italian political
commission of the peace con-
ference.
He centered most of his fire
against Ivanoc Bonomi, Italian
spokesman who presented Italy's
claim on the Trieste dispute.
Bonomi, said Vishinsky, was
the "obedient servant for years
of fascist masters." He said Ital-
ian policy has been "based on
hypocrisy and ambiguity."
JAMES E. TEER RECEIVES
DISCHARGE FROM NAVY
James Edward Teer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. O. B. Teer, has arrived
home with his discharge from
the Navy. He was discharged
at Norman, Oklahoma, Aug.
21. He was in the Navy 18 months
and, at the time of his dischai-jo.
had the rating of Pharmaci
Mate 3/c.
Funeral Services
In Groesbeck Thurs.
For James Shipp, 12
Funeral services were held
or James Bradford Shipp, 12,
Thursday afternoon at 2:00 at the
Connally Funeral Home in Groes-
beck. The youth was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Shipp of
Gladewater, who formerly lived
in Groesbeck.
Rev. James Bradford, for
whom the boy was named, of
Lufkin conducted the services.
The young boy was killed
Tuesday near Gladewater when
he fell or was thrown from a
horse into the path of a truck on
a highway.
Former Resident Of
Mexia Dies In Orange
R. L. Taylor, former Mexia
resident, died at his home in
Orange, Texas, following a
heart atack early Monday morn-
ing. Taylor was employed by tfie
Southwestern Electric Service
j Company in Mexia from August,
1920, until July, 1943, at which
time he moved to Orange, Texas.
During his residence there, he
was employed by the Levingston
| Ship Building Company.
Taylor, 42, is survived by a
wife and two daughters of Or-
ange, Texas, and his mother, who
lives in Marlin. Funeral services
were held Tuesday in Marlin.
Deep In the Heart
of Texas
By Saaafraaa Sam
Loading and hauling hogs
cattle aint as easy and not near
as romantic as represented by
the moving picture shows, some
drug store cowboys have yet got
to learn, they got their ideas
from said picture shows while
we old farmers and stock raisers
got ours the old hard way, real
experience.
Nearly every time I go to town
I see some slick looking city
duck wearing a kravat and fancy
shirt, hobbling along with a
pair of forty dollar shiny cow
boy boots on his feet, pinching
his toes so he can hardly walk.
Well now he may have a ranch
and a herd of cattle somewhere
but chances are, he hasn't, he's
just been misled by them West-
ern Movies, and having plenty
money, he's done 'hauled' off and
bought himself a fancy pair of
cowboy boots, not knowing they
were built with sharp toes and
high heels primarily to fit a sad-
dle stirrup and not for walking
in, so' he's torturing himself by
limping around the streets in
them just for 'Style.'
Now when a real cow boy
comes to town, he always wears
his cowboy, or riding boots, why?
Simply because it's all he's got,
; he'd much rather have on a pair
i of brogans but he just ain't got
none, so that's why. Well, I'm
not knocking these cowboy boots,
j they're mighty fine and pretty,
wish I had a pair.
If youve got a bull with screw
worms in his nose, when you
swab it out with screwworm
medicine, stand on one side for
this strong medicine will make
| him sneeze very time, I knew
this already, but forgot it the
other day, live and learn, die
and forget it all or get careless
and forget it, and suffer the con-
sequences.
Wonder why town folks don't
ever wash their hands and face
before they eat?: Out on the
farm you'll always find a bucket
of water, wash pan and roller
towel on the front gallery and
everybody washes up before
meal. But now you go to town
and watch them. They all swarm
j into these fancy restaurants, flop
down and begin eating fancy
grub and you just show me a
place to wash your face in a
single one of them and I'll sho
set 'em up to you. That used to
be alright with me when they
still had hoss troughs in town,
hut they've done taken these
items up long ago and there aint
even no livery stables now eith-
er, so what can a fellow do? Just
sit down and eat like a hog or a
town man. But I don't like it.
Well, I like town folks though
and they always look clean and
nice. Most of them have hot run-
ning water at home and bathe
maybe two or three times a week
and dont have to load and haul
no boar hogs nor doctor cows
with screw worms and things
like that, and so we'll have to
excuse them and them restaur-
ant owners for not having face
washing facilities.
I hate to see water melons
playing out but bicker nuts and
pecans will be falling before
long now so that'll be alright.
Adois,
Your Friend,
Sasslrass Sam of Texas.
John Deere, village blacksmith
of Grand Detour. Ill, made the
first steel plow in 1937, using a
broken mill-saw blade for the
moldboard and share.
ANIMAL
yr.. HEALTH
NEEDS
j) *v
Blackleg Bacterin dose 7c
Hemorrhagic Septicemia dose 6c
Phenothiazine Drench qt. $1.25
Screw Worm Smear No. 62 pt. 75c
Fry-Less Branding Fluid 75c
DDT 25% Livestock Spray ... qt. $2.15
Powdered Nux Vomica lb. 50c
Epsom Salts 5 lbs. 29c
Kendrick&Hoi
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MEXIA
pHONE
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Sewell, W. L. The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1946, newspaper, September 6, 1946; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292715/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.