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The Alexia Weekly Herald
VOL. XXX, No. 23.
MEX1A, TEXAS, FRIDAY, June 8, 1928.
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Groesheck U. S.
WeatherStation
Adds to Service
May Average Month
in Rain, but Hottest
Since 1925
GROESBECK, June 6.— v
Rainfall Sunday and Monday
amounted to 4.9 inches, ac-
cording to H. P. Admits r!4d
of the government air 6tat?s;i -
here.
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GROESBECK, June C. — With
the increase in aviation activities
in this section, the upper air
weather reports from the local
station have become more im-
portant and the forecasters at
Washington have requested earlier
reports from Gioesbeclr. To com-
ply With this request the observa-
tions of the upper ail are now
made at 5:30 a. m. ' with both
pilot, balloons and kites. Arrange-
ments have been made with J. M.
Arendale, the local representative
of the Western Union, to send
these messages at this hour.
It is expectcd that considerable
extra equipment will he added to
the local station during the sum-
mer in order that observations
of free-air weather conditions may
be made on days when the wind
is too light for the kitas to fly.
This will consist of rubber bal-
loons about 0 feet in diameter,
which will be fastened to a small
steel wire and pulled down after
thei have ascended as high as
e.
Weather Summary
highest temperature for
Say in May for the past 10
was on the 27tn, when it
98, the weather bureau
reports. The pievious record was
95 in May 1925. The ni«snn temper-
ature' for the month was about
average.
The total rain for the month
was 2.73 inches, this tci/tg about
the average for the montn of May
for the past 10 years. The great-
est amount !n any o-ie day was
2.02 inches on May 20.
There were 13 clear clays during
the .month, 13 partly cloudy and
6 cloudy days. A nteasureable
amount of rain fell on teven days.
The prevailing wind was from
the South with an average velo-
ci^" of 10 miles per tuur.
DAVIS PRAIRIE
Curtain Drawn on Successful
School Year as Largest Class
Graduate in Mexia High School
DeWitt McMurray, Humorist and Journalist,
Tells Students to Put Best into Life;
Honor Students Deliver Notable Ad-
dresses. 'ifi .
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BY IVA BATES
DAVIS PRAIRIE, June 6. -
Farmers are rejoicing over a nica
rain which fell Sunday night an 2
Monday. Cotto nchopping is the
order of the day, but if pretty
weather continues the farmers wvl
soon be ready to lay by.
Mr. and Mrs. Q. C. Redma.i
and family- visited Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Archibald of Box Chur-h
community last week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Carson Mayo and
family of Wink, Texas, spent last
week with her mother, Mrs. Laura
Rasco. After the visit they re-
turned to Richland to make their
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Mart Rasco and
family of Fort Worth spent a few
days with his brother and sister,
Mr. J. B. Rasco and Mrs. Lucv
Carpenter.
Mr. and Mrs. Evall, of Groes-
beck, spent last Saturday after-
noon with their mother, Mrs. J. C.
Roach.
Mrs. McFarlin spent the wee*
•nd with her daughter, Mrs. Nolan
Linamond.
Miss Esther Mae Bates has re-
turned to Denton to attend the
College of Industrial Arts.
Mies Katie Rayborn, Mrs. Clabu
Roach and grand daughter, Fao
Edna, spent Sunday afternoon with
Mrs. I, A. Bates.
Mrs. Orval Baker and daughter
of Waco spent the week end with
her mother, Mrs. Melton.
Mr. and Mrs. W, S. Boatler and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Barney
Rasco and family of Rocky Poin.
and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Cox and
daughter, Virginia Ruth, spent
Sunday with their parents, Mr. anri
Mrs. J. B. Rasco.
The 1927-28 term of Mexia pub | < j J * L
lie schools passed into history Fri- ,/\nOltier Link.
day night when the 54 graduates
of the high school received their
diplomas and tossed the tassels of
their caps on the other side be-
fore a crowded municipal audi-
torium. DeWitt McMurroy, hum-
orist, journalist and orator, de-
lighted his large audience with
his witticisms, pungent sentences
and verse.
More pedagogues and less dem-
agogues.
More teachers and fewer pol-
icemen.
Education i3 capacity to think.
A grape fruit is lemon with
anoppoitunity.
The school house lightens the
ship of state.
Great men and women come
from homes where God is rever-
enced. ^
Inspiration and perspiration.
Opportunity is constantly with
us.
Opportunity beats a continual
tattoo from the cradle to the
grave.
Don't let anybody get your goat
or goal.
Without effort—No*hin' doin'.
Don't write your life's record
out of red ink bottles.
Be yourself—don't imitate.
Intolerance is the child of ig-
norance.
Where there is education there
is tolerance.
Wishbone rt'ill never take the
place of backbone.
Saggy breeches are no indica-
tion of a brilliant brain.
Use your head—if there is any-
thing in it.
If you expect to draw checks
on life's bank ynu have to make
a deposit in it*
Right is economic—e^oi'omic is
right.
There is no scum on running
water.
Pasteur was worth 1000 Na-
poleons.
You can't piek the lock of the
palace of wisdom.
Service is success.
Goodness is greatness.
Humor Pleases
These, and many others, were
the statements of Edi'.or McMur-
ray of Dallas before the gradu-
ating class. His humor was
breezy, his wit keen and his man-
ner pleasing.
PERSON VILLE
Rev. Bargar Preaches
Oakes; Other Events
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As
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PKRSONV1LLE, June 6.—Mrs.
Loney Lansford is real sick.
Rev. llargor preached at Oak'*
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Z, T. Morton has gone to
Marlin where she will stay several
weeks for treatment.
Mrs. Loe Kasterling of Ennb
visite-l her sister, Mrs. I. M. Ken-
nedy here a few days ago. ,
Rail game at Farvar Sunday
*f ternocr
The grey japs and gowns pre-
sented a pretty picture as the Big
curtain drew or. the large- class.
Heller's.prelude' Was played"first.
Then the invocation by Rev. H.
L. Munger, and the class sang
"Crimson and the Black'" led by
C. H. Ward.
Miss Helyn Hill, iitv.'a gracious
manner, delivered her salutatory
giving honor to class mates school
board, teachers and citizens. The
chorus again, "To a Wild Rose,"
and then Miss Margaret Smith,
in the valedictory,'a sort of fare-
well, with a ?.<! note in it. But
the ranking student had prepared
a prettily worded address and
graciously she delivered it.
Mr. McMurray dulivereu the
diplomas, reading the numes in
three groups. Miss Smith was an-
nounced ranking student and
James Sellers ranking boy, both
to receive scholarships.
"The way 'it the World" was
the final song sung ny the class
of '28 and the students seemed
to realize it foi they .ttig with
of State Road.
Now Completed
Start. Work on Ross
Avenue to Wortham
Road Paving
The last concrete was poured on
the Teague road at Ross avenue
Saturday and after setting for 21
days the road will op:r, to traf-
fic, which will be an important
link in the cast and west high-
way.
This strip of road runs to the
county line about three miles east
of town and connects there with
the gravel road into Teague and
from there on to Fairfield it is
asphalt and concrete.
The work of pouring concrete
on the Wortham road was to start
Monday morning at the north end
of Ross avenue, but of course
the rain stopped the work. Tht
contractors estimate that this
strip can be pcufed trom end of
Ross avenue to the underpass in
about 15 days, weather being fa-
vorable and if there should be no
waits for material.
A good piece of nov/s is that
the gap on Palestine street at
Ross avenue has been paved and
it was finished Saturday before
the machinery was moved to the
next job, and that dangeious place
will soon be eliminated.
LEGION PLANS
CELEBRATIONS
FOR JULY 4TH
Groesbeck and Mexia
Legion Posts to
Join Affair
AT REUNION
Connally and Owsley
to Be invited to Talk
at Celebration
GREATER MEXIA
WEEK IS AIDED
BY GOOD RAIN
Old Jupe Pluvius
Joins Mexia Week
Campaign
DISPLAYSREADY
Elm Ridge Goes
to Mart School
District by Vote
Merger Canvassed by
County Board in
Special Session
GROESBECK, June 5 (Sp).—
Commissioners court of Limestona
county met in the court room of
county court in special session
Monday morning and nfternoon,
to canvas the returns of the con-
solidation election of Elm Ridge
school and the Mart Independent
district school. The election, re-
cently held at these two places
consolidated the two districts into
one, with accompanying economy
of operation.
Estimates of cost of pavement
of the W. E. Dozier Construction
company, which, has been doing
pavement of Mexia district roads
within the past year, scheduled to
come before the commissioners,
were deferred for action until next
Monday, the regular session of
the court. Only routine bu.«irl (,s
of the commissioners took up their
time following the canvassing of
election returns.
Plans for joint participation ir.
the July 4th celebration to he
held in connection with the annua!
Confederate Reunion at the Re-
union Grounds, by the Groesbe k
and Mexia posts of American L«
gion will be made at the meeting
of the Mexia post tonight at 8
o'clock. The meeting will be held
in the Odd Fellows hall.
The two posts have been work"-
ing the past two weeks on line up
behind the special celebration plan
ned. An elaborate program will
be worked out by special commit
tees from the two posts, Dr. J.
T. Geren, Carl Cannon and George
Hughes for Groesbeck and Owen
F. Watkins, Howard Mace a-.d
Major J. W. Swann of Mexia.
Included in the program will be
several patriotic speeches, and at
night, the first fireworks display
held here recently. The Confeder
ate reunion is to be held from
July J to 6 inclusive, and the
second day's celebration is planned
to eclipse anything held here prior
to this year.
Tom Connally and Alvin Owsley
have been invited to make tfie
speeches during the morning and
afternoon sessions July 4. It is
emphatically stated that there will
he no political speeches made dur-
ing the celebration here, and ta?
candidacy for the U. S. Senate of
the two men has nothing td do
with their invitation to appear
on the program here. Both are
Legionnaires of long standing, ai d
Mr. Owsley is past national con*,
mander of the American Legion.
Announcement has been made
that O. A. Anderson, had resigned
from the position of post adjutant,
going to Palo Alto, Calif., to en-
roll at the Lei and Stanford Univ-
ersity. Mr. Watkins has been
selected adjutant, as well as serv-
ice officer for the post.
New membership cards for the
members of the post have arrived,
it was announced, and those who
have paid up their 1928 dues may
have them by attending the meet-
ing tonight.
Mexia Faculty
for New Year
Includes Many
Sixty-five Names Are
Included in List
Reelected
New Retailers
Association Is
Formed in City
Leonard Tidwell Made
President; State
Organizer Here
Organization of the Mexia Re-
al! their might. The I enediction [ tail Merchants Association was
and the curtain dropped « i. a sue- effected Monday by IL W. Arthur,
ccssful year of the Mexia public
school.
Cleaning Pool.
After Draining
The municipal swimming pool
has been drained, following tha
closing of the pool Sunday night
at 6 o'clock, preparatory to being
reopened Tuesday, if the weather
has cleared off by that time. Ths
rain coming Monday allowed the
officials of the city in charge of
the pool to prepare for the ensulv.g
week. '
Water will be turned into the
pool this afternoon. The pool
to be cleaned regularly, It wa
announced, although this is jus
an extra precaution provided by
the city. Circulating and chld'vl
tinting pumps provide for the puii-
iying of the water and are in
service at all times.
t
state organizer of the asosciation
of Texas. Leonard Tidwell was
elected president of the new or-
ganization, Miss Melba Petty, sec
retary and treasurer, and F. C.
Cooper, J. W. Prickett, R. W.
Rogers, D. S. Caldwell, Frazltr
Hendrix, Gene Sinclair, H. B. Hitt,
J. I. Riddle, of Mexia. and E. E.
York, N. W. Bendy, of Tongue;
J. J. Glover and Arthur Edward?
of Coolidge, directors of the na
sociation.
Meetings of the officials of the
organization will be held semi
monthly at the offices, over tho
Schulz-Bennett Drug store, where
credits will be discussed.
The new organization i.i a mem-
ber of the State Retail Credit
group and of the National Associa
tion of Retail Credit Men.
Eastland—Charter Oil Company
brings in 160-barrol well in Brown
county north of here.
j Odessa—Fire dydrants here re-
I painted.
Rose Lockhart
Seeks Treasury
Job in County
Groesbeck Man Latest
Entry in Race of
Limestone
J. M. (Bose) Lockhart, of
Thornton, has announced liis can-
didacy for county treasurer of
Limestone county. He says in his
announcement that ho has lived
in the county al! of his life, re-
siding in and around Kosse and
Thornt(#i„ was a student of public
schools and a Commercial Collego
graduate at Tyler.
Lockhart nas a crippled arm.
caused by infantile paralysis in
his childhood. For the past few
years Mr. Lockhart haa resided in
Groesbeck, where he operated a
filling station. He intends to mako
an intensive campaign.
Elaborate Plans Are
Made for Renewed
Civic Spirit
Cheered by a four inch rain
which was general throughout the
state and emled a drouth in Mexia
the baekers of Greater Mexia
Week saw success of their cam-
paign to renew civic interest*
in the "City that Vision is Build-
ing."
Some merchants were hindered
b. ryalp in plans to decorate their
show windows with products of
Mexia, but all exhibits ol "Mexia
Made" were expected to be in by
Tuesday morning. Some had al-
ready made tiwir exhibit? Monday.
Churches Aid
In churches throughout the city
Sunday special mention was made
of the civic improvement week
and hearty co-operation pledged.
Plans were going forward for
the Chamber of Commerce annual
membership meeting '1 iicsda j
night, which promises to be a
notable occasion for a get-to-
gether of all the peonle of the
city on a program of civic im-
provements. A half dc,7,en short
talks on needed improvements and
the program for the year were
planned.
All ( an Help
Mexia people were urged to at-
tend the membership dinner, to
mention Mexia's advantages in
every letter they write during the
week, to talk of Mexia, to clean
up their own property, to niaki
courtesy the watchword during th«
week, as well as throughout the
year, and to do everything they
can to advance the prosperity of
Mexia and the Bi-Stons Empire.
Welcomed by farmers towns-
people, merchants alike, approxi-
mately four inches of rain fell in
Mexia and immediate vicinity dur-
ing the 12 hour* from mid-night
Sunday night until noon Monday.
The rain was needed badly ir
this section of the state by the
farmers, and came at an oppor-
tune time, they reported.
The soil was getting drier and
drier, as the days passed by with-
out any additional moisture. It
had been approximately six weeks
since there was any precipitation
in Mexia.
The rain was general ever ths
Bi-Stone Empire and other parts
of the state, it is reported. Much
money, the value of crops will be
saved by Old Jupiter Pluvius, it is
the consensus opinion.
Taking all into consideration,
the population of the Bi-Stone
Empire Limestone and Freestone
counties, is grateful for the time-
ly arrival of tht downpours Sun-
day night, and Monday forenoon.
PRAIRIE VIEW
Rev. Jones Preaches; Honor
C. H. Fox; Plenty Rain
n
PRAIRIE VIEW, June 6.—Rev
Jones from Bremond filled his
appointment here at 11 o'clock
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Baker of
Fort Worth visited relatives here
last week end.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers of
Bosque County visited their moth-
er Mrs. Shriver last week.
Mrs. Fay Hudson of Colorado
City is here visiting her parent-
Mr. and Mrs. John King.
Last Sunday on C. II. FoxV
55th birthday some of his relatives
and friends surprised him with a
nice dinner which was enjoyed by
all.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Moxham of
Dallas visited their father, J. H.
Fox, and other, relatives here
last week end.
The farmers are rejoicing over
the nice rains that were badlj
needed.
A list of 65 teachers for Mexia's
five public schools was made pub-
lic Saturday by R. M. Andrews,
superintendent, who explained that
they are subject to assignment,
and listed with the school in
which they taught during the past
year.
The list is a reduction in num-
ber of about 10 over the past
year. All teachers have not sign-
ed contracts nr.d have been given
two weeks in which tc sign.
"All teachers," says an an-
nouncement," are elected subject
to assignment. Hence I am not in-
cluding the present assignments of
these teachers except as to the
schools in which they taught dur.
ing the present scholastic year.
They may be transferred from
school to school as circumstances
seem to require.
"S. M. Brown was elected some
time ago for the principaiship of
the high school. G. W. Perkins
was elected *.o an elementary
school principaiship, subject to as-
signment. J. vV. Bartlett was re-
elected principal of Dunbar high
school (colored) and W. M. Cald-
well was re-elected principal of
the East Side school (colored).
The list follows:
High School Teachers—Mrs. J.
E. Armstrong, Alois Da Lee, Mary
Sue Driver, Vera Mae Lrwin, Ge-
orge W. Evans, Elma E. Evers,
Bessie M. Gaffo.v, Lila T. Greene,
R. M. Hawkins, Oneida Kennedy,
Mrs. T. N. Kruger, J. Taylor Nel-
son, Elliott Uoss, Cora Seymour.
Mrs. E. T. Staton, Rita Van Cleve,
Annie Whittaker and Ima Wolf.
McKinney Street School—Mrs,
Rubye Merrell, Ida Boik* Lusseter,
Oneida Copeland, r-dna Hope
Bounds, Estellc Mcllveen, Helen
Weinsner, Mrs. Nettie Stanly,
Madge Smith, Fay Yekleh, Mrs.
Ruby Vickers, Elton McDougal,
Opal Smith, Edna Diekerman,
Mrs. Bettie Priddy, Mrs. Louise
Jenkins, Jack Reid Hill, Margue-
rite McGinty, Mrs. Ann.i C'ompton
and T. H. Lundy.
Sumpter Street School — Ray-
mond Dillard, Mozclie Downing,
Nelle Fry, Eva Jim Fulks, Myrtis
Gallaway, Mrs. W. H. Golemon,
Shelley Harper, Janice Jernigin,
Mrs. A. R. Mace, Mrs. S. Myers,
11. A. Moncricf, Jewell Nesbitt.
Lillian Preston, Zola Snutherman,
Esther Lee Wells, Naomi Wells
tavia Wirdlow, Mabel Williams,
Mattie Russell and E. U. DeShay.
East Side School (Colored)—
Earnestine Hall, Ella McDonald
and L. C. Kirven.
Resignations have been received
from the following teachers:
Kazilla Dark, Velma Kirkpat-
rick, Mary Forrest, Annie Love
Jennings, Katherine Webu, Ollie
Cook, Alice G. Spivey and Be-
atrice V. Butler (Colored).
Dr. Roy L.
DENTIST
Smith Bldg., Phone
Sweet Clover
Does Well Here
Sweet clover will grow in the
Bi-Stone Empire.
Just to find out, G- G. Win-
ningham planted a putch on
his farm south of Shiloh com-
munity about April 16. Now
it's 18 inces tall and still grow.
Lime waa used on some off he
land; but nob. on all of it. Soa e
of the sweet clover, not quite ro
tall, was grown on land in cul-
tivation since the civil war.
Plans are being made by
several to go in together and
buy at least 1,000 pounds )f
sweet clover seed for next yea.*.
Deep Test at
3688 Feet Has
Hard Formation
Two Tests Abandoned,
Interest Follows
Lytle Test
R0LT0N HEADS
MASONIC LODGE
The annual election of officers
in Springfield Lodge No. 74, A. F.
and A. M., Saturday night re-
sulted in the following being chos-
en for the officers for the coming
Masonic. year, beginning June 24:
Frank C. Bolton," worshipful
master; Otis 1. Abbott, senior
warden; G. R Farmer, junior
warden; Julius Nussbaum. treas-
urer; J. Frank Cogdell, secretary;
T. A. Griffith, tiler; Geo. M. Tid-
well, and -W. K. Boyd, trustees.
Appointive officers^ are: R. F.
Johnson, senior deacon; W. W,
Rowland, junior deacon: L. I.
Gatlin, chaplain; L. L. Gladney,
senior steward; A. A. Johnston,
junior steward.
The new officers will bo install-
ed Tuesday night, June 26, the
24th, the regular installation
night, falling tWs year on Sunday.
Busy Schedule
for Judge French
FAIRFIELD, June 2.—County
Judge P. O. French, candidate for
re-election, has a busy speaking
schedule from now until the pri-
mary. He has announce?* the fol-
lowing speaking dates when he i
will explain the county's bus-
iness:
The communities in which he
will speak, and the dates set, are
as follows, each mee'-'pg called
for 8 p. m.:
St Elmo, Tuesday, June 12;
Donie, Friday, June 15; Young,
Tuesday, June 19; Cotton Gin, Fri-
day, June 22; Kirvari, Tuesday,
June 26; Freestone, Thursday,
June 28; Streetman, Saturday,
June . 80; Liberty, Tuesday, July
3; Dew, Friday, July 6; Fairfield,
Tuesday, July 10; Wortham, Fri-
day, July 13; Teagu?t Tuesday,
July 17; New Hope, Friday. July
20, and Stewards Mill, Tuesday,
July 24.
Junior College
Value Stressed
hy Dean Willis
Educators Favor Two
College System
for Youth
By J. G. WILLIS,
Dean, Westminster College
The value of the Junior Col-
lege to our educational system
can only be measured or esti-
mated by the large number of
educators and friends of ed-
ucation, who are giving their
support to its cause and de-
velopment. We are beginning
to realize that the Junior Col-
lege brings college opportun-
ities nearer the Rural Dis-
tricts; thus distributing high-
er education over a larger
field. If our educational sys-
tem is to grow and prosper it
must reach the large group of
young men and women of the
Rural District; The Junior
College gives these young peo-
ple, as well as the young folk
of the city and town, an oppor
tunity to begin their higher
education under conditions
that are much more favorable
than in the crowded condi-
tions that are much more fav-
orable than in the crowded
conditions found in the first
and second years of our Uni-
versities.
The Junior College is the
sought for link, that binds to-
gether our public schools and
our institutions of higher
learning. It has been found
that a very small percent of
the Junior College graduates
who go into University fail to
make good in their work.
The Junior Colleges of the
State are doing a wonderful
work in as much as they are
giving tHe Rural Districts,
teachers that " have had at
least a Junior College educa-
tion. We believe that the Jun-
ior College has an important
part to play in our educational
program. It's real value de-
pends to a large extent on the
influence it yields in the de-
velopment of our Rural Educa-
tional Program.
Two teste in the Mexia district
continued to driir toward their
intimate depths and two more di*.
continued operation during t.he"
past week, a review of the situa-
tion in and around M?xia shov s.
The C. F. Lytle deep te«t on J. L
Thompson lease west of Mexia n
now down to a depth of 3,688
feet in a lime formation, with
streaks of shale.
The formation at tne Lytle deep
test is running somewnat lowei
than that of the E. L. Smith deep
test abandoned last year. The
hardness of the formation en-
countered at this depth is forcinj
the work slower, Mr. Lytle said
today.
As soon as the Buda Lime for-
mation is reached the 14 inck
hole will be abandoned, casing set
and the rest of the 6,000 feet
drilled in with a 9 7-8 hole. It is
thought that the Buda Lime will
be encountered around -*,000 feet,
Both the Reiter-Lewis Ward
A-l and the Moss and Keeling
tests, the former on the Ward
tract of the Cedar Creek field
and the latter three miles north-
east of the Pure Oil company Bald
Hill test, have discontinued. Mosj
and Keeling pulled their drill and
rig a week ago, after encounter-
ing Buda at 2,825 feet, 55 feet
higher than the Pure Oil test to
the southwest.
Kosse Gets Good
Rainfall Monday
KOSSE, June 5. — The eight
weeks drouth was broken here Mon-
day with a rainfall of two ant
seven one hundreths inches insur-
ing feed crops, aiding cotton, gar-
dens and supplying atock wate:
in abundance.
Odessa—Bids to be asked fir
construction of new school buildinj
here.
Record Onions on
Ellis Parrott Farm
(By Newn Special Correspondent)
KOSSE, June 5.—Ellis Parrott
presented the Chamber of Com-
merce here with a Bermuda oni.m
that measures 19 inches in diam-
eter and weighs one and three-
fourths pounds. The onion wa*
taken from a patch of five row*
00 feet long each, from which wai«
gathered 250 pounds of onions be-
sides family use during the spring
seafon.
Judge Jackson
Opens New Term
GROESBECK, June 5. — The
June term of 77th district, court
opened here Monday morning at
10 o'clock. Judge W. T. Jackson
continued civil cases until Thurs-
day morning. The jury was dis-
missed until Thursday morning at
9 o'clock.
The rain of Sunday night and
Monday morning prc/entetl many
of the witnesses in the cases front
appearing at luurt.
Several non-jury cisr* will b- :
tried in tlu> . tii district* i
Another Entry
In Legislative
Race of County
The unopposed in Limes tone
county politics narrowed down Sat
urday to a few and two others
promised to throw their hats in
the ring Saturday ugainst thus
far unopposed candidates for pub-
lic offices in Limestone county.
Politics begins to warm up with
eight wekes remaining until the
election.
John T. Cox, former postmaster
of Groesbeck, now a real estate
man, Saturday filed' for the legis-
lature, opposing Colonel N. P.
Houx, veteran editor ot Mexia,
who was unopopsed for the law-
making office.
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New Road Damag-
ed by Monday Rain
GROESBECK, June"B (Sp).-
The rains of Sunday night and
Monday forenoon washed out bif
holes in the embankrrcnt along-
side the newly paved X-All high-
way between Mexia and Groes-
beck. In numerous place* the wa-
ter running down the pavemeni
sought outlet into the ditches at
either side of the road.
Where the water broke over the
pavement thd greatest damage
was done to the sho«ifc!cr*.
Seveval tons ot dirt tilling were
ws.hid into ths ditches.
Huntsville—1840 pounds of sou
cream butterfat shipped from .hep
to different creameries of stati
during recent week.
PALACE
10c 15c
SAT.. JUNE 9
TOM MIX
—in—
Tumbling River
Comedy News
MON.7JUNE1I ~
TOP SERGEANT
MULLIGAN
The Funniest War Comedy
of the Year
with
ALL STAR CAST
Don't miss this one. You'll
get a surprise if you come,
and disappointed if you stay
away.
Admission on this picture
at night will be 10c-25c;
Matinee. 10c-15c.
Tuesday - Wednesday
June 12-13
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TED McNAMRA
NICK STUART
SALLY PHILLIPS
Comedy News
Thursday, June 4
Harry Langdon
—in—
Tramp, Tramp, .
Tramp
A Return Engagement of
This Funny Comedy
Friday, June 15
Bob Steel
—in—
Drifting Sands
Comedy - Heroes of Wilis
—also—
Opening of our Country
Store, where you will re-
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the usual comedy at youv
expense. This Country store
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 1928, newspaper, June 8, 1928; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299307/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.