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Palestine Dally HereW “
•ntored m eecon 4-class matter Jane
4. IMS, «t the poetofflce at Palestine.
Taxaa under act of March 6, 1879.
ODEL 3—MILLER................. *
No monument fives such g lory *
as an unsullied
Ele&sar.
'ufctlahee
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Every Aftorooeo—ftunday
W M. and H- V. HAMILTON
Cotton and Proprietor*
m
Telephone 444
The Basil ton Bora, lot Faow
Telephone »-1-7
B ■ Smith. The Oronlator
Subscription Prion:
»y the month, In advaaea--—7Bc
By the year In advance--9740
Subscription* payable tnvariably Is
ti-
tbit afternoon on business. Mr. Me-
Enery is manager of the Cherokee
farms in the Brunswick country and
here today to figure out some way for
poisoning the worms that are bother-
ing his tomato crop. He has thirty-
two acres of land planted to tomatoes
this year and reports the crop is look-
ing exceptionally good only that the
worms are getting bad. He is con-
fident that an application of poison
will rid the fields of worms and says
the outlook for the crop this year is
very bright Mr. McEnery is expect-
ing Brunswick Shipping Association to
ship thirty or more cars of tomatoes.
They shipped only fifteen cars last
Clip and
Comment
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of respect and
sards ot thanks of lees than seventy
(Its words wfll be published free of
sharge For aD words Is exoees of
seventy-five a charge of oae cent a ?ear
word will be made. Be sore to oouot In discussing the culture of toma-
f»ar words, and send right amonnt toes Mr. McEnery said he realised
of money or stamps to cover tor •*’ $7,*46.00 from twenty-six acres of te-
tri words, or else the matter will
not he printed.
matoes last year, and that in fees
ot the fact that a sort of rust attack-
Notice So the Public—Any
®oo«* I ed the plants on the old land and cut
’,“"a aowD ‘O'
or corporation which may appear In; matoes were all packed in the cen-
to column* of the Herald will be < tral shipping shed and all returns were
rfadly corrected spec It uolng brought j in by July 4, which was two weeks
p the etteetbm of the polishers- the crop was off. He expects
Uember at the Aseoolated Frees- *® *l least a week later
rte Praes Is exclusively this year than last.
(•titled to the oae for re-publicatlou in discussing prices of tomatoes,
Of all news dispatches credited to. McEnery said he realized an av-
mat otharwlM credited in LLif
u- - ^ aews pUb j rrage of $2.10 per crate net for de-
! livpry of the tomatoes to the pack
fb. imi ' tmUX ,he<l He <« “ron8 tor * °o-opera.
^ b, phMiM ilflS llTe ■oork.Un* plan. He expect.
Ul <»®plalnts of failure to deliver toe price this year to be around the
taper or any business with the dr j $3.00 mark for the season average.
dJetiop sad df the bualoaaa after | jje g*ys it will be necessary to real-
ize that sum out of tomatoes to make
(any real money. Last year he had
I a few acres of new ground tomatoes
Eleven a. m. is the latest hour for ] that made $500 to the acre.
securing an ed or a change of ad In ,_____ ..
Me day’s issue s# the Herald. Copy j Summouiag up here again at the
goat in earlier will be appreciated, and!^ . .. h . .. .
pill enable us to glvs bettse iWvfroJck“6 of anotbor bus- weekl we find
Foaittvely no changes after 11 o’clock.
TMela
Comfort One Another.
"■Comfort one another.”
For the way Is often dreary,
And the feet are very weary,
And the, heart is very sad;
There is a heavy burden-bearing,
When it seems that none are caring.
And we half forget that we were
over glad.
FLEASE TAKE NOTICE.
to guarantee issuing
on time each afternoon.
8ATUROAY, MAY 15, 1928.
DAILY LES60N IN HISTORY#
.1%
Despite the repeated warnings of
the danger attendant on such conduct,
winter still insists on reposing in the
lap of spring—and summer.
that our strawberry farm is still pro-
ducing with a batting average of one
thousand per cent, and the berries
get larger. And we are also possessed
with such a blackberry jungle as is
not to be matched in ail this land.
One Hundrsb Yepra Ago Today. IA>d ,our seJenty feet of sweet P6*5 itJ
1120—New charter granted “the city of a soi,d «**• ot delicate color and
Washington, end mayor elected by; e‘“6i^ fragranre O^rwise, every-
th* I tolng. w about normal with us.
Eeveoiy-five Years Ago Today.
18*5—A new constitution was adopted,
for the state of Louisiana.
Fifty Years Ago Today.
1478—Geu. XUsage Saget was inaugu-
rated president of the Republic of
7
Twenty-five Years Ago Today
18$5—Catholics were forbidden by the
pope to take part in the parliament-
ary elections in Italy.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
May L6, 191$—Council of tour declared
Germany must sign peace treaty as
drawn; Edith Caveil’s body was re-
turned from Belgium to England;
air mail service inaugurated between
Chicago and Cleveland.
Bill Hohemoiiern is moving again
today. Bill is getting the moving habit.
About a year and a half ago he made
his first long distance move, but his
first bad "move” was when he set out
to conquer the world.
U is getting so in this country that
the merchants should furnish a set of
fi*rs wtth every palm beach .suit they
•ell.
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FINDING OUR JOB.
Carranza is reported to have cut off
his flowing whiskers. Whiskers are
all right for ordinary times, but if we
j ever get ready to make a rapid exit
we are not going to be detained by
any zephyr resistors.
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‘Comfort one another.**
With the hand-clasp clooe end tender,
With the sweetnees love can render,
. And the looks of friendly eyes.
Do not waft with grace unspoken,
While life’s daily broad is broken;
Gentle speech is oft like manna
from the skie$.
—By ft. W. Trine.
Down On the Floor.
Down at the heel and hungry look-
ing, the applicant for a Job faced the
theatrical manager.
“Ever been on tht boards?” de-
manded the latter.
"Oh, yes,” was the reply.
"What in—comedy, drama. Shakes*
pear© or revue?” snapped the mana-
ger. "Who were you with?”
The man scratched his head, stun-
ned by the flood dt questions.
"How long have you been on the
boards?” repeated the manager.'
The man cheered up at once. *
"Elver since the constable took our
bed,” he replied.-
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Old Fashioned. -
Let’s go in here and eat It’s not-
a stylish plaoe, but it is still run on
toe old fashioned plan.
In what way?
They still trust their guests with
the sugar bowl.
4 4 4
‘Twas His Knees.
Reckless auto driver (rounding cor-
ner at full speed)—Do* you hear
those cylinders knocking?
Timid Companion—’Taint the cylin-
ders; it’s ray knees.
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We’ll Bet She Did.
They were seeing San Francisco.
They had done Chinatown, the 9eals,
a couple of museums and the spag-
hetti tnnnel on Bay street. The eve-
ning found them in Peacock alley
watching the Frangipani parade. Fi-
nally one of them had an inspiration.
She turned to her companion
“Do you like art?” she queried.
"Oh, ia.fr, yes. Whenever l hit a
big cify With an artery in it I al-
ways blow tn.” y
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. 8ure Thing.
Teacher (to young miss)—“Parse
the word ‘kies.’"
Young Miss—"This word is a noun,
but is usually used as a conjunction.
It is never declined and is more com-
mon than proper. It is not very- sing-
ular in that it is generally used in
the plural. It agrees with me.”
r
HH^Debe, as we understand tym, seems
Beion AatotN comity can succeed; to be about a# willing to be president
in any very large way in its fanning as to be to the pententiary- But most
enterprises Ik moat, through organise of us vote to let him keep his present
afcm or by mutual aaroamant, make up j0b
its mind what Us big Job is going' -^_—
to be and then direct energy in that
direction. If we are to remain a cot J*
ton county largely, then we should de- +
vote ourselves to the task of making j*
our cotton production yield t<f the **
lyghest percentage possible If we are j
18 THIS YOUR BIRTHDAY?
THEB day one frien I gotta aska
v/ me eef I like play da pool game.
I never been dat game before and I
dopao ver mooeha boot. I no like
dn basaball and I tella roy frien eef ,
eee anytlng Ilka dat one I no wanta
go.
My friend say was greata sport so
we go one place where was whole lot
greata beega table and some leetle
balia. My Men geeve me longa stick
and tella me breaks da balls. I aska
beem wot for he wants me breaka da
balls? Mebbe he try getta me starts
roughs bouse, I dunno. I feegure eef
I breaka dat balls I gotta plenta
trouble.
But be say I gotta wronga Idee.
He say alia gotta do for play dat game
ees shoot And he tella me shoota
so harda I can. I no gotta gun for
shoots weeth and I no wanta shoot
anyway. My Men explaina weeth me
dat eef I shoot I ean putta some dat ‘
^Ftoetle balls een da pocket Dat balls
oo belonga weeth me so wotell I wanta
t utta een da pocket for? I tella heem
r never steala somatlng alia my life.
One time my frien pusha ball weeth
da beega longa stick. He say he patta
too mooeha English on da ball and
da shot ees no good. I tella heem eef
he putta leetle Unlteda Statas on in-
stead! da Engleesh mebbe he gotta
more luck.
• But I no gotta mooeha use for dat
game. Ees too tongh-rougha house
for suits me. Firsta ting gotta do ees
breaka somatlng den shoota somatlng
sad den putta somatlng een da pock-
et wot no«6eionga weeth you. I tlnk
pool ees goods game for da crook or
ds Bull she veefc
Wot you tlnk?
Cotton Ginning, Cane Grinding
Saw Mill and Other Machinery
Give Your Business to
the Home Concern
GEO. E. DILLEY A 80N
STORAGE
Morris, the transfer man, has charge
of the upstairs building next door to
Herald, for storage purposes. Has
freight and passenger elevator. Phone
1020. 4-1-tf.
Made to Commissioner of Iqauranoe and Banking
At Close ot Business May 4th, 1820
Resources.
Loans and discounts _____ $589,828.44
Bonds, stocks, etc _____________ 85,643.00
Furniture and Fixtures____ 1.800.00
Real estate .............. 0,278.00
Interest in Gty. Fund ......... 9,607.59
CASH—In vault and wtth
Banks _________________ ^...„123,38A80
TOTAL
..4766.640.83
Liabilities.
Capital stock ....................... $C8«4
Surplus and Undivided Prof-
its ............................ 82,<
- 8,f
—.571
Reserved for Taxes
DEPOSIT8
TOTAL
Palestine Wood Yard
Any one wishing to speak to me per
•Finally about wood or wood sawing,
phone 259 between 12 and 2 o’clock.
C. E. Pounds. 9-tf
The above statement is correct.
*C. K WILLIAMS, Cashier.
EZELL UNDERTAK-
ING PARLORS
Cor. 'ohn and Crawfbrd Sts.
Office Phone 71. Res. Phone 29
PAY THE PRICE
The things worth having in this world command higu prices
must be striven for. The price of future independence and o
systematic money depositing. /Not necessarily in large sum^ but
continuous laying aside , what can be spared from the weekly w
Build your future on a Savings Account ip this "bank.
The First National Bank
The Bank with the Chime Clock vulestin,»,
statement
OF CONDITION OF
OF PALESTINE
At Close of Business May 4. 1920.
ELEVEN MONTHS AND SIX DAYS OLD
RE&IURCES:
...------
>
Loans and Discounts
U. S. Liberty Bonds
Banking House, F'urniture and
Fixtures .....
Interest in Guaranty Fluid ____
Advances on Cotton ___
CASH .........................
In Time.
An Irishman, getting upon a tram-
?ar, found a vacant place, which he
iccnpied.
“Sure,” he said, “I came Just in the
rick of time.”
“How is that?”
‘‘Hell, if I was to come now, I
vouldn’t tind a single seat.”—Boys’
-life for February.
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m
TOTAL
-A-
4480,813.77
... 17,944.75
- 37,470.00
... 3.900.09
_ 8,581.00
86.826.24
.4684,635.76
LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock ................................$109,009.
Undivided Profits ..................... 12,
Bills Payable ________________________l..„ 25,
DEPOSITS ................. 496.895.26
TOTAL ....
OFFICIALS OF I. A G. N.
VISIT TYLER OFFICES
, Sir Bache Cunard, grandson of the
founder of the Canard line, born 69
years ago today.
Rear Admiral George A. Bicknell, U.
S. A., retired, oorn at Bat»to, N. J., ,74
to be known as a hog country we need
to specialize in a big way in lb C in-
dustry, or whatever we decide »*u as
our main Job, and we must make it
something definite, we should strive
to become leaders in that special line.
A few years ago the Laredo coudry'Jrears ag0 today
... ue.ee,,, „ . producing count.,.I Dr. Mwto A Xpdwmln pre8UUnt
aod tbra no me one di.co.ered >lva. of the t'eirentty of VirginU. bore at
the Berutud. onion would .uceeud id j Wilmington, N. C.. 5 >year» ago W
that soil, with irrigation, and today __
that whole section is known ,U over Cora Urquhsrt Potter (Mrs. James
country as a great producer of Brown Potter), formerly a well known
this money making crop. The' Browns- actress of the American stage, born
country is known for its cab- la New Orleans, 01 years ago today,
bage and other vegetables. And East —- ■ ■■
Tdgas is know a for its wonderful; Cars Increase in Numgcr«.
fruits, vcge&bles and berries. Some (By Associate* prewi.i
day this section will be the richest Austin- Texas, May Continued
part of Texas because people will have increase in the registration of motor
found Stptr way and will be doing the I vehicles to Texas is indicated by the
tluugs for wiucb the section is nest, report to the State Highway Commis-
-uited I skin showing 1531 licenses issued dur-
TUe writer wa# shocked • ct long *Q8 *he week ending May 5. (hiring
ago, when to the course of a couver- same period 56 dealers secured li-
* tauou with a county man he made c^hs^*- 62 motorcycles were register-
the suggestion that the mistake th6 edi automobiles wore transfer-
people la thiB section had been making red> ^ chaufeurs were licensed, and
FSs to trying to money on their duplicate seals were issued. The
tAliBps, when they should have bcoii ou- rogiK(rations for 192b have already ex*
If trying to make a living. Wc be- those of 1919 by some 19.000.
have both juactical utto entirely gos- ’ '
stole. You cannot see the fairy play by
Just as an indication of what i* be- children of Rusk school, Tuesday. May
done by meu here and there we 1*. 1920, at h o'clock at Temple opera
the following comment from the house, if you don't come. Admission
Tribune; price 35 cents and 35 cents. Np re-
_ of .ytj . in Tf£ar sflfFew $gpti >■
_ * - • — -w
The fotlowing officials of the I. &
G N. railroad spent last night in
Tyler: C. 9 Porter, chief purchasing
agent; W. M. Kelly, chief tie and
timber inspector; G. F. Brooks, train-
mister; G. M. Wiley, Inspector; Harry
Diehl, electrician; and Charles Wood-
ward, tie contractor.
The party is traveling on a special
motor car and were in consultation
with Mr. Garry ConnaUy and others
regarding the purchase of croas ties
tor the I. ft G. K The company is
anxious to purchase cross ties for use
on its road and is looking to the East
Texas timber belt tor material. There
is lots of timbar here, but so far it
appears that they have been unable to
secure contracts for the work.—Tyler
Tribune.
Brussels Fiber Broome are coining
money for live agerts; outwear feur
straw brooms; sweep easier; quick
seller; exclusive territory. -. Cramer
Co., 86$ 1*2 Houston, Ft. Worth. 15-lt
Whkt the Sphinx says
By Newton Newkirk.
“There are
many ways to
skin a tomcat
—but to put
the kibosh on
his vocal tal-
ents, you must
kill him nine
times!”
STATE SEEKS TO
RECOVER OIL LAND
_6634 3*5.76
Experience keeps a large school;
the graduates are those who know
that it is only an accident when an
ordinary battery delivers the service
of a Threaded Rubber Willard Bat*
tery- !6-2t—*Adv.
oum^
PRINTING
(By Associated Pres*.)
Austin, Texas, May 15.—A number
of cases in which the state is seek-.
tog to recover valuable oil lands on,
the grounds that the tracts in ques-
tion are “vacancies” in the surveys,
which the state alleges have been
illegally occupied, iiavjfs b»en set
for trial during the present term of
the 53d District Court in Austin.
The case of the state against the
Gulf Production Co., et al, in which
the state seeks to recover 1606 acres
in Stephens County was set lor May
21. ' Elred McKinnon of Austin, re-
ceiver for this property, has funds1
in his hands, proceeds from five iwo-1
ducing wells on this tract, amounting
to $606,000.
In the same court there has been ‘
set tor trial on June 14, the case of j
I
the state against the Prairie Oil ft j
Gas Co. This case involves three i
tracts of oil land in Eastland coun-j
ty, aggregating 127 acres of land.
The third case involves a tract of
80 acres claimed by tbe Texas Com-
pany in Eastland county, which i6
valued at half a miiion dollars. This
case has been set for trial on June
28. e
Condensed Statement of Condition of the
ROYALL NATIONAL BANK
At the close of business, Ma/ 4th, 1920
* RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts.___________
U. S. Bonds and Certificates _
Banking House, F’urniture ft Fix-
tures _____________—.4. . _________ ______
Bonds, Securities, etc ........ *
Stock in Federal Reserv^dknk
CASH -
LIABILITIES
-.81,348,826.30
851,720.00
37.506.00
14.750.00
9,000.00
100.66040
200.000.00
67,813.80
93,400.00
In Vault and with
Banks _________
Bills of Exchange
TOTAL .......1...
4348,832.05
.98,532.88
447,364.93
DEPOSITS, May 4th, 1920
DEPOSITS, May 4th, 1919 .
Increase .......—
-42,205,161.23
41.454.213.86
...41401,199.53
4 153,014.32
Capital Stock ____
Surplus (earned)
Undivided profits
Circulation
He-Discounts with JUedorai Reserve
Bank .........—__________________________
Due^ Federal Reserve Bank <U. S.
Bonds pledged) . ..........
DEPOSITS ...
TOTAL
I hereby certify that the above statement is
correct. c. W. HANKS,
Cashier.
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
—
Most Anything
You Want in
Groceries
McMahan’S
More Miles Per Dollar
FIRESTONE TIRES
We have Just received 100 Fi reatone Casings and 109 Pirestona »
Tubes. They were contracted for before the last advance and we are
. going to give our customers the benefit of our purchase, which will
mean quite a saving to you.
See us if in the market for tires and tubes.
Herman Schmidt & Co.
Sell your second nanG automobiles
and Fords to Dobbfl’ Motor Co. Wk
also sell all makes, little dowh and
a little each month.” Avenue aT 25-tf
on
BOND
Have you something you woqjd like
to sell? Try a Claselfied Ad; The
Want Ads are wonderful salesmen.
STRICKLAND CAR ILINE
Cars will leave the postofflcc every
15 mioutes, starting at 7:30 p. m. to
9:i5, and returning, leave the park ev-
(ery fifteen minutes tor the postoffice
| corner, starting.at 7:45 to 10:30 p. m.
The fare is 15 cents each way. Watch
for the signs.. Two cars. 19-lrao.
BOND
Afe use it when
PRINTING
GOOD JOBS
Give Us
Tfours
g TEXAS WONDER
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For kidney ana madder troubles,
gravel, weak and lame backs, rheum-
atism, and irregularities of the kid-
neys and bladder.. If not sold by your
druggist, by mail $1.25. Small bottle
often cures. Send /or sworn -toeti-
j monials. Dr. E. W. Hall, 2926 Olive
street, St. Louis, Mo. Sold by drug-
gists Adv.
Joyce Grocery Com par
Will Sell
.Tbit* Goods
CASTOR IA
Vor Infante and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears
toe
O^oa.-je of
Window and
Door Frames
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Geo. D. Broyles Lum-
ber Co.
For Gardening—
Hoes - Plows
m
PALESTINE HARDWARE CO.
Read the Heratf for To4
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MOORE GROCERY COJ
WHOLESALE GROCERS. i
TYLER, PITTSBURG, PALESTINE, LONGVIEW AND LUFKIN.
WHOLESALE GROCERS
Palestlpe, Texas IT# East Spring Street
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Hamilton, W. M. & Hamilton, H. V. Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 18, No. 284, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 15, 1920, newspaper, May 15, 1920; Palestine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1014222/m1/4/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palestine Public Library.