Mexia Evening News (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 188, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 6, 1919 Page: 3 of 4
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People who are in and
out of Mexia and 'ery-
thing.
Iffc ,ou have a visitor or
going to leave town call
146 or 2#7.—Thanks.
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Arvin Epperson, Chief Quar-
termaster in the United States
Navy, arrived from Norfolk, Va.
on today's train. Mr. Epperson
is a brother of Mrs. Betts.
Mrs. J. E. Parket of Teague,
i in the city to attend the funer-
al of Mrs. Betts, which will be
held at the First Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning at 10
o'clock.
Wanted. Good reliable boys
t owork on roads: surveying
parties: good salary: call at my
office Sunday or Monday.—F.
P. Holt.
Out of the smoke and dust of
battle, amid the crashing and
shrieking of war, came the face
of the girl he left behind,Heart
of Humanity, Opera House Mon-
day.
Mrs. Gene Sinclair and little
son left today for Groesbeck
where they will visit relatives.
The other three reasons are:
They have won the highest a-
wards and honors at the Nation-
al Expositions. They were des-
signed by a Physician and lastly
they are sold by a private Corse-
tiere. Phone 245 and get a dem-
onstration. 25D1
The Mother heart cried but
the Mother-soul sang. Their
lips met—then the laughing lit-
tle rogue in the tree pelted them
with burrs.—Heart of Humanity
Monday.
Wt^iave two phones now.You
can get us anytime. Call the
same number.—C. Felz and Son.
"When the American Eagle
starts flying all Hell won't stop
Her.'"—Heart of Humanity.
For Rent— Furnished rooms
with all conveniences.—J. M.
Vaiden. tf
Rube Story came intoday from
the North.
Fresh Vegetables Wednesday
at C. Felz nad Son.
Secretary
of War
Baker
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Saw
!"The Heart of Humanity"—The
i picture that has set all New
York talking—the picture that
will live forever. He gave us per-
mission to publish his statement.
"The heart
of
Humanity"
THE PICTURE THAT WILL
LIVE FOREVER
RED POLL
CATTLE HIGH
The moonbeams pierced the
great Canadian forest and reveal-
ed her before a shrine.—Heart
of Humanity.
Abe Moore, PuWlic Weigher
left today for Bryan.
Munger Farm for Sale—The
Munger Farm five miles north
west of Coolidge. This farm is
known as one o fthe finest bodies
of black land in Limestone coun-
ty. The 1940 acres of land has
been divided into 19 farms and is
now offered for sale. See me for
price and terms.—Jesse McLen-
don, Mexia, Texas. 3-tf.
Mrs. J. W. Jennings, sister of
, Mrs. Houx, and Miss Curtis Jen-
nings, of Brown wood, met the
corpse of Mrs. Betts at Fort
Worth and accompanied Mrs.
Houx to Mexia.
For Sale—14C/2 acres of land
in northern part of town—all
black. $125 per acre. Small
cash payment balance long
terms. See Jess McLendon.
Here's what the
Secretary Said:
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"It is a valuable picture, and
brings to us in a forceful man-
ner the sacrifices which were
made both at the front and at
the fireside to free the world
and place love in its rightful
place. The picture touched me
deeply and I hope that it will
help in bringing about some sort
of 'League of Nations," which
will chain the hyena gone mad
with lust and ambition. '
OPERA HOUSE
MONDAY
L. H .Moore left today for
Bryan.
Miss Carrie Everett , who
went to Fort Worth Friday to
mee't Mrs. N. P. Houx, came in
last night from that city.
For Sale: 150 acre black land
farm on the Cooledge Tehuacana
road at $100 per acre. For terms
see W. D. Moody, Tehuacana,
Texas. 2t.
Waco.--Red Poll cattle have
their necks bowed for a big
show in their class at the 1919
Cotton Palace exposition.
Impetus to this section of the j
exposition's stock judging has j
just been given by H. A. Martin '
of the Red Poll Cattle Club of j
America, being a donation of!
$100 to the Cotton Palace prize j
list for this breed. Mr. Martin ;
has just written Secretary May-;
field from Gotham, Wisconsin, j
answering his offer. He may ' |
attend in.person when the Cot-
ton Palace opens October 25.
Mr. Martin is recognized as one
of the leading stock experts of
the world.
J. W. Mann of Robertson
again this year contributes $100
to the Cotton Palace Red Poll
Premiums. Red Poll cattle prize
list at this year's exposition
will total $860.
50 TIMES WINNER
HE NOW SIGNS UP
FOR COTTON PALACE
SCHOOL TIME I
MEANS 111
SAVINGS HERE it
9 suppues,!
Waco.—Floyd Willard, who
tucked away first money in fif-
ty races with his fleet little
Monroe racing creation in 1918,1
and who for the past four years |
has been recognized as the j
light car king of the world, is
the latest entrant in the cham-
pionship automobile races,
which will be one of the fea-
tures at the Texas Cotton Pal-
ace, Oct. 26 to Nov. 9. Willard
is well known in Waco and vi-
cinity, as he has raced through
this country for several years,
and his reputation for feeling
off fast miles is a known fact
among the auto races Enthusi-
asts.
Willard will start his Monroe
car in the Cotton Palace races,
and this is the same machine
he plans to enter In the 500-
mile race at Indianapolis in
1920, as the Indianapolis Speed-
way association has decided to
limit the piston inch displace-
ment to cars of less than 183
It's the Old Question Again.
Buying- School Books, Covers and Supplies.
We Are Prepared
To supply Anything- in School Supplies at
the Right Price.
A Little Money Goes a Long Way
At Our Store in Buying School Stuff.
Watch Our Windows for School
Goods of the Very Latest Kinds
<&r It wmefte Tnrv Got /r.
PHONE
MINERS GO
ARMED
GOV. CORNWELL PLEADS
TO AVOID BLOODSHED
Associated Press Report.
Charlestown, Sept. 6.—Five
hundred miners, who left Oak-
grove today to march across the
Mountains to Coal River where
they said they intended to en-;
CUNDIFF BROS.
All kinds of hauling and
Transfer Work. Prompt
Service and Reason-
able Prices.
Phones 61 and 105.
force unionization in the mines, \
inches in 1920. Willard's car is | were joined at Racine, on the
but 156 and he is of the opin-; £oaj Rjver jjy three thosuand
ion he will finish in the big ,. , ,
money. At the present time more miners, according to word
Miss Lois Groover will begin
her classes in Music September
15, with studios both at the High
school and lgrammar school.Will
be glad to call on all interested
parties. 5 D-2.
The haggard face was illumin-
ed by the light pf pride, of sacri-
fice that shone in the mother-
eyes.—Heart of Humanity.
For Sale: J. D. Rambo home,
Prairie Grove. 141 acres of Land
90 acres in cultivation. Balance
pasture, fenced, and crossfenced
: Tank, 3 wells, 2 houses, 1 good
barn. Price $30 per acre. Cash
$1500, balance easy. Jess Lon-
don, Mexia, Texas. tf.
vers of small cars, and as he is
Rev. J. W. Fort, of Hillsboro. j an expert on matters pertain-
was in the city today the guest; ing to motors, he will no doubt
of H T Fort ' this advantage for some
time.
In the Cotton Palace races
Willard will encounter plenty
Willard has an edge on all dri-! received by Governor Cornwell.
All are said to be armed.
According to information the
Estol Everett will leave in the
morning for Ranger.
For sale: One large two
story house or. half block of
land. $5000.00—Jess McLen-
don.
Dr. T. F. Oates
PHYSICIAN and
SURGEON
coal miners of Guyan Field yes-
terday unloaded a car of machine
guns at different places in Logan
For Sale: The Opera House Willard will encounter plenty County as a means of prepara-1
Confectionary. Will consider of opposition, as such stars of tion to meet the miners from
some trade.—B. F. Morgan,prop. the gasoline world as Fred Ho- Kanawana and Coal Riven Field*
i rey, Sig. Hugdahl, Leon Duray „
! and Bob Cline are amomr the 11 he Governor
Found: Baby bag containing
baby clothes. Apply at this of-
fice.
DR. MARION M.
BROWN
Announces his return
to private practice.
. . m j ™ Jennings, and daughter,
,bl11 Tra<les D >- " Curtis are in the city to attend
Mexia. Finder return to-J. W. thi, funOTll ot Mra. Betts. Mrs.
Ragland, Groesbeck, R 1.
2t.
Jennings home is in Brownwood.
Dove season is now on. Shot-
For Sale—165 acres of land
guns and shells at V. Wolverton ^
and Co. tf.
of Mexia on
1 the middle Tehuacana road. 150
j acres in cultivation, balance in
Her boys dead, the dis-j pasture. Good house and barn,
patches said, but she knew that;$g5 per acre_$2500 caah> bal.
they had found a newer am o - years. See Jess McLen-
ier life.—Heart of Humanity, i don Qr R Knox>
N. G. Crews and family, of
Waco, are visiting T .J. Farmer
and wife. Many will remembed
Mrs. Crews who was Miss Tomie
Farmer.
Creamery butter, Celery,fresh
Pears Wednesday at C. Felz and
Son.
"To our women! who sent us
forth with tears in their eyes
and courage in their hearts—to
our women at home who sacri-
ficed ^11 that we might win—to
our women over here who gave
their lives that we might win—
God bless them."—Hear of Hu-
manity.
Coming:
HE I
HUMAN
ie pictui
will live forever.
For Sale—124 acres of land
adjoining corporation. Good
seven room house; plenty of
barns, 2 cisterns 2, tanks, near
pike; rent house, 110 acres in
cultivation, balance orchard and
hog pasture. Price $80. See W.
M. Lindsey or Jess McLendon.
CASHBASIS
We, the undersigned, have de-
cided that, owing to the high
cost of material and labor, it will
be necessary to operate on a
STRICTLY cash basis. We trust
that our customers will under-
stand our position in this mat-
ter and continue to favor us with
their business.
LIMESTONE MOTOR CO.
QUICK SERVICE GARAGE
For Sale; Good first class
iron safe 18x 24 inches inside
measurements, 16 inched deep.
This safe can be seen in the of-
fice o fthe Munger Oil & Cot-
ton Company in Mexia. See R.
A. Parker for the price on same.
—H. M. Munger. 5 tf.
NEGROES TO
RETURN SOUTH
and Bob Cline are among the | 4 wvernw last night inef'
entrants. Horey today holds ! ively pleaded with the miners to j
12 official records, while Hug- not use violence and asked them
dahl has in his possession an to return home. ,
"I am making this journey as
Memphis, Tenn. Sept., 6—Mis-
sissippi is organizing a move-
ment for returning to the Sout:i
hundreds of negro families that
have gone north in the last fewj greatest French drivers to ever
rears and who now are enxious en?iKTate_,to1the. sh?re:\ of. An'
even half dozen. Duray vic-
tories have mostly been on for-
eign courses, but during the
two years he has been racing
in America he has registered
wins on tracks ir. every section
of the United States. Cline is
also a great driver, an;! with
the other pilots the battle for
the $5,000 prize money is cer-
tain to be rough and tough.
Leon Duray, jaid by motor
race critics to be one of the
an American, and as a cham-
pion of the rights which Ameri-
ca believes in, and I need not tell
you that as compared with the
importance of America, the im-
portance of the Democratic
party and the importance of the
Republican party and the impor-
tance of every other party is ab-
solutely negligible."— Woodrowj
Wilson.
to get back to Dixie. Missi:?-
sippians need their help to han-
dle a big cotton crop and to do
other work.
It is proposed to establish of-
fices in Chicago, St. Louis and
later in other cities where there
are many Southern negroes: to
erica, and who in the past two j
years has been a tliorn in the
crown of Fred Horey. dirt track'
champion, will make his first
start in the southwest in the
automobile races at the Texas
Cotton Palace. Duray will
bring with him to Waco a for-
eign car of high horsepower,
which he states is as fast as
place a competent man in charge anything on this side of the
of each office and to make it a ocean-
, , . I Duray has been a prominent
clearing house in the handling ot - re Qn the djrt trackg of the
negroes who really want to come j lunited States since the middle
back t oMississippi. of 1917. Last year he cam-
Definite work will be under
way before winter, when hun-
dreds of negro families, accus-
tomed to mild winters of Missis-
paigned through Canada and
the east with a Case car, but
this winter he received from
France a giant car, which he
rebuilt along dirt track lines.
sippi, wil lbe anxious to return | With this car he flashed into
south but will be without means
of getting back, in many inst-
stances.
It has been estimated that a
14,000,000 bale cotton crop will
require 2,000,000 pickers during
the picking season of from 90
to 100 days. Also it is asserted
that the South must each year
recruit 90,000 pickers to handle
dearth of help, consequently,
her crop. With the present
good wages, much improved liv-
ing conditions and an offer by
many of the big planters to pay
transportation back to the south
have resulted.
first money at Nashville, Atlan-
ta, Erie, Detroit and other
southern and eastern racing
"enters.
Duray planned to drive this
foreign car in the Indianapolis
races, but discovered that the
piston inch displacement was
too large for the limit allowed
by the management of the
speedway, and so he continued
on the dirt tracks. At Detroit
he carried away $5000 as first
prize in the 10( mile race, and
at Jackson, M; v., three days
later, he captured another
$2500 to add to his bank roll.
Read THE NEWS
IF?—
If you should die?
If your home should
burn?
If your store goes up in
I smoke?
If your property is de-
stroyed?
We have a policy that
protects you in every
way.
Prudent men believe in
insurance. Stop in to-
day and let us show
you the advantages
of the insurance we
carry.
Smith Marner
Wood Wanted—Stove woodj lfl$lir8RC6 A£6l)C]f
also cord of wood. DeWitt Lamb Make Mexia Property
at News Office. Safe.
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Mexia Evening News (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 188, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 6, 1919, newspaper, September 6, 1919; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299195/m1/3/: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.