The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1921 Page: 2 of 6
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The Fairfield Recorder
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1921
AIR BUBBLES BY
LOCAL REPORTER
Many a coward has sarted a
conflict that has been waged
with brave men’s blood.—Ex-
change.
Yes, and many a long
tongued, insignificant gossip-
er ha^ started a scandal that
was paid for by the reputation
of an innocent person, worth
^nore to the town than a|l the
gossipers yoked together.
Man's greatest enemy—in a
small town—is man’s tongue.
Be •careful with yours.
The Children’s .Corner
By Sadie Kirgan.
MINUTES REUNION
W. L. MOODY CAMP
Men will crowd and Jostle to
get a mere glimpse' of a celeb-
rity, when they wouldn’t stoop
to see God in a blade of grass.
—Exchange.
Far be it from us to lower
in the estimation of our fellow
man the divine being of a
celebrity, because we fancy
ourselves that the celebritical
state of being is a rather com-
fortable position to be in. It
is human nature to pay rever-
ence unto a genius, and that is
as it should be for what is tal
ent but a sublime gift from
God; the only deplorable
thing about it being the woeful
ways in which it is often mis-
used. Yet in our worship in
gifted humanity let us not for-
get the beauty of tfttfArntdoor
world—the place where we
meet, as it were—God, face to
face. The beauty of a summer
sunrise, the glory of a radiant
West; the flame of the golden-
rod on an autumn hillside, the
strange, haunting, bitter sweet
call of the wild geese—have
you lost the thrill of these? If
so turn your face from your
grinding cares and seek your
los youth in the grass down at
your feet, and the clear blue
skies above.
ROSELIGHT.
(Continued from last week.)
Now when the King said
that the elf must die great was
the grief *of Roselight. ' For
three long days and nights she
wept before the King’s throne,
and at the end of the third day
the court doctor said:
“Unless something is done
Roselight will die too.”
-•Great was the sorrow in
fairyland. Messengers were
sent to the end ofThe realm to
find all the playthings that
might tempt the- heart of a
child. But always Roselight
said, as she shook her head
wearily:
“No, no, no. Take them
away. Never will there be any
happiness for me without my
little friend.”
And at last, in a wild effort
born of their love and despair,
the little fairies gathered them-
selves together and knelt be-
fore the King. And they said:
“Kind King, Roselight is sick
unto death. The lesson has
been great enough. Never
again will there be such a ter-
rible theft in fairyland. Dear
King, for the sake of our peo-
ple, and for the sake of the sad I
little earth children, we pray
In spite of our heroic strug-
gle we are forced to admit that
girls are queer things after all.
There was one in Washington,
who tired out after a horse-
back ride, discovered that she
Was lost. She went to sleep in
the mouth of a cannon and by
a bare streak of luck escaped
being blown to smithereens.
Even after a swim in Daniel’s
tank we’re not that sleepy.
The day is hot,
And to am I;
The sun beams down
From out the sky.
I’d like to give
My ma the slip,
And go somewhere,
And take a dip.
Say, did you know that this
world’s a ripping good place to
live in after all? I know it
is because I’ve lived in it,
therefore I’ve a perfect good
right to know.
When folks look at you with
t long face and tell you that
the country is going to the
dogs because of automobiles
and bathing suits, you give’em
the once over and pass ’em up
calmly, not even considering
them worthy of argumenta-
tion.
Going to the dogs! Blues!
Gloom! I guess not! “Well,’
you say, “What’s the use? I
haven’t had a square deal.
Times are hard. Crops bad.
What’s the use?” Consider my I
friend, you might have been aj
bolsheviki with long hair,
better yet, you might have had
the pleasure of being a peasant
in famine-stricken China, liv-
ing in a tiny dirty room, with a
goat under your bed.
So, cheer up! Remember
d ss v;ng that the success
docs not lie in holding
for Roselight and because I
cannot hear sometimes for the
the cries of the little earth
children, it shall be as you say.
The elf shall not die.” ’
And it came to pass that lit-
tle Roselight, happy in the love
of her little friend, winged her
way earthward to spend her
days in bringing lovp and hap-
piness into aching hearts of
little children.
(The End.) -
WHEN MUWER SINGS.
Sometimes at night when it’s
all dark,'
An’ I can’t see a fing;
My mu\iver put&, out all the
lights,
’Nen sits by me %pd sings.
My muvver sings the nices’
songs
‘Bout frogs that cotin’ go;
And foxes out on moonlight
nights,
An’ nen so sof’ and low.
She sings about “Kentucky
Babe,”
At’s es ve sweetes’ song;
And I am es so happy, but
Muvver says ’fore long,
Goodnight, dearheart, it’s
time to go,”
She tucks ve covers in,
the
An’ I am altime wishin’,
She’d sing, es onct agin!
thee that thou wilt spare
life of the little elf.”
Then the little fairies werej -
very much afraid and they put! THE BIRDS,
their arms about each other The little birds are always glad,
and shrank away from the
throne. But the old King said : j
"Because of mv great love!
FAITHFUL PLODDING
USUALLY REWARDED
The late Charles H. Taylor,
editor and publisher of the Bos-
ton Globe, began his business
career while a boy at a salary
of $1.50 a week. It is related of
him that even at the beginning
he liked to “have a lot to do”
and habitually did more than
was expected of him — a
tendency that led him on into
positions of greater trust and
higher pay, until finally he be-
came both the editor and
publisher of a large city daily.
It is said that when young men
asked his advice he never failed
to express himself about as
follows: “The best rule to suc-
cess is to do a little more than is
expected of you. The boy or
man who does that will never
get mislaid in the smallest of-
fice or the biggest establish-
They sing so gay, and so
I guess it’s up to me to tell
About the joys I know.
would nver be more than faith-
ful plodders, pf course, for the
higher positions are relatively
few and those who must work
for a living are many millions.
But, even so, it is far better to
be only a faithful plodder, sure
of one’s job and earning a liv-
ing wage, than to be down and
out or an object of charity. At
the best this is aU that the
majority—the less gifted o r
otherwise less advantaged can
hope for. Even the mere faith-
full plodder, enjoying moder-
ate returns is a success, for he
and his like bless the world by
keeping the wheel of industry
turning. And the man who
faithfully and honesty does his
work, whatever it may be, is on
the road toward a higher suc-
cess, for there is no better prep-
aration either for good citizen-
ship or for the life after cleath,
which is a life of service to
Headquarters of W. L. Moody
Camp, U. C. V. A., No. 87.
Fairfield, Texas, July 27, 28,
29, 1921.
On July 27, 28 and 29, 1921,
the United Confederate Veter-
ans’ Association, W. L. Moodj
Camp No. 87, held its annual
Reunion at the Reunion
grounds at Fairfield, Texas,
with the following members
present:
J. C. Anderson, Command-
er-; O. A. Bonner, I. H. Bonner,
W. R. Daviss, W. P. Pohnson,
John Melton, I. N. Robertson,
J. H. Mayo, B. A. Spencer.
■ The roll call showed the fol-
lowing members absent:
R. F. Chandler, W. A. Chap-
pell, J. M. Chappell, Joe J.
Hale, M. Inderman, A. H.
Lewis, N. B. Newman; W. T.
Norris, E. D. Radford, W. N.
Sneed, J. G. Salter, T. J.
Ward, F. Tate.
The following were visiting
Confederate veterans:
Boon Anderson, James B.
Kimbell, T. J. Sims, C. J. Lane,
J. S. Williams, R. H. Foreman,
J. H. Crisp, P. P. Nevill J. T.
Chumney, G. W. Green.
After attending to the bus-
iness of the Camp, such as the
election of officers, the follow
ing resolution was offered and
carried: “"That the ladies who
furnished the old soldiers with
the dinner be thanked for their
kindness and courteous atten-
tion, and all others who aided
in showing the old soldiers ev-
ery attention while the Reun-
ion lasted.
On account of the depletion
in the ranks of the old soldiers,
and specially on account of so
many of the members not able
to be present on account of age
and sickness, the election of all
officers, except that of Com-
mander and,Adjutant was dis-
New York, August 1.—The
government's cotton crop re-
port indicating a condition of
only 64.7 per cent and a yield
of 8,203,000 bales exclusive of
linters was much below ex-
pectations and.caused a sharp
advance in the cotton market
here today.
New Orleans, August I.—
The lowest condition reports
on thb growing cotton crop
ever made for July 25—64.7
per cent of normal—and a
forecast of the smallest crop
in a quarter of a century re-
sulted in a bulge in the price of
cotton $3 a bale and morj here
today.
>TTON
GO\
ADVANCES ON
OVERNMENT REPORT
W. A. Palmer, of Canadian,
Texas, secertary of D. C. D.
Highway was here Wednesday.
Mr. Palmer is inspecting and
marking the D. C. D. Highway,
and also making an inspection
of the road. He reported the
road was marked from Fair-
field to Denver, and on this
trip "would complete the mark-
ing to Galveston. He also re-
ported that the Texas division
of the highway would hold its
annual, convention in CoraD
cana in October.
A HOT TIME IN '
OLD LEON COUNTY
. Reports from Flynn made
ir - • ^
Saturday quite an exciting day
or night, or both. First, the
Sheriff picked up a colored
lady at whose house he found
a supply of that stuff reported
in these columns as making a
Flynn tumblebug try to roll a
bale of cotton; then he had a
foot race with a negro man
who carried two quarts in his
hands and two in his pockets.
The negro escaped. Then
Deputy Bain, seeing an object
he took for the nig,gave dhaae
and after a two mile run
captured a bull yearling. Son-
day night it is said the woods
about Flynn were alive with
Ku Klux; that one good citizen
fromMarquez was held up. but
finding him the wrong party
was allowed to proceed. Our
informant says the end is not
yet, that the evil doers who
escape the officers are sure to
be caught by the Klan.—Jewett
Messenger.
Major H. C. Hackney in-
forms us that the test well
being put down on-hia.aritUMr:.
Weaver’s land near Cotton Gin
is progressing nicely. The well
is down around 1,000 feet and
the log of the well tallies with
the big Mexia wells according
to the reports given M r.
Hackney.—Wortham Journal.
Do you
know why
it's toasted?
To seal in
the delicious
Burley flavor.
pensed with, J. C. Anderson
ing re-elected Commander ancl
T. H. Bonner, Adjutant. Then
the Camp adjourned to meet
again in -1922.
T. H. BONNER.
GROCERIES
■$30.00
One Year A^owoulci^uy 100
Pounds Granulated/Sugar.
ment.”
This will be scoffed at by thejothers.—Greenville Banner,
contentious agitator who hates
personal effort and holds that
the government should provide
a living for every man, the
drones and industrious alike.
Nevertheless it is excellent ad-
vice as far as it goes. If every
man followed it • most men
Service car day
Walter Ely.
and night.
jyl5-8t
MICKIE SAYS
a full hand, but in playing
poor hand well.
And above all—BE OPTI-
MISTIC!
“The optimist fell ten stories
high,
As he passed each window
bar.
He yelled to the folks watch-
ing below,
It’s all right—SO FAR!’
I dreamed once I was visit-
ing in Hell. Only visiting, un-
or|derstand. And I said, “Sir
Devil, tell unto me whom you
consider the meanest people in
the world.” And the Devil
said: “Hell is filled with
goody-good people who are
taking everything out of the
world and giving nothing to
It.”
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Today will buy at this Store the following
amounts of high class Groceries:
100 lbs. Granulated Sugar................$ 7.75
No. 10 bucket Vegetole Lard........... 1.16
No. 5 can Vegetole Lard........ .........60
Large can Crustene ........... 1.00
Tall can Salmons 12V2c, dozen cans 1.25
No. 2 Tomatoes, 12Vfec, dozen cans 1.25
10 lbs. fresh choice Bacon................ 1.90
1 lb. Blue Rose Rice 8 l-3c 13 lbs.....T 1.00
1 can Early June Peas...................... .15
1 can Pork and Beans 10c, doz.......... 1.00
1 lb. best Peanut Butter.....................25
1 package Puff Rice or Wheat.........15
25 bars Good Yellow Sdap................ 1.00
Large can Peaches............1................28
1 box Washing Powder 5c, 22 boxes ' 1.00
25 packages E. C. Corn Flakes........ 1.00
25 pound Sack Meal...!...............'..... • .70
>ackage Dromedary Dates............ ' .20
1 gallon Pure Cane Syrup................ 1.00
Large can Ripe Olives.....y................10
Green Seal Salad Dressing...............25
Puddine, (for puddings and pies) J.. .14
1 pint jar Cocoa...................................20
12 boxes Saginaw Matches...............75
Tall Carnation Milk, 2 cans...............85
1 can Sandwich Spread..:..................20
6 lbs. fancy Rio Coffee.................... 1.00
1 package Special Blend Coffee.,.......20
1 lb. can Calumet Baking Powder.....30
12 cans Vienna Sausage..-...".............. 1.20
1 qt. Grape Juice..................................35
1 lb. Chpice Cut Steak 1.................20
1 lb. Lunch Meat.............................. .30
1 dozen Fresh Eggs..............................25
1 24 lb. sack Best Flour.................... 1.15
1 25 lb. sack salt.................................48
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$30.00
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asts
Groceries have declined and you can tell it at our store. Everything clean
and sanitary; stock up-to-date. Make your headquarters here when in
Fairfield. Plenty of ice water for everybody.
Sanitary Grocery
A BETTER PLACE TO BUY
Phdne 137
H. L. Wooldridge
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Kirgan, Lee. The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1921, newspaper, August 5, 1921; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1110511/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.