The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 2, 1925 Page: 5 of 8
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NO OPINION YET, ON
TEACHERS’ INSURANCE
DECIDED OIL SHOWING
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YOUR BANK BALANCE
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at regular intervals by men who
know. Thia Hartford Agency is an or-
ganixati notrained in keeping people
out of trouble.
‘‘We write policies-right.”
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At the end of the month yoru bank
M'nda you a stjUerfient showing where
yni> staipL^Each transactino is listed,
in check income and outgo.
r MOW YOU STATE YOU
are qualified to qivE
EXPERT TESTIMONY ON
TIN ROOF I Nq
M;s* taiiise Pi**man has returned
to Austin to resume her work after
spending the hoUdaya at heme w
her mother.
ed Mrs. Effie Barnes and family this--ENGRAV1
plufe, priced very reasonably.
Ton us.
For Lie first time in several weeks
Midcontinunl refiners made more gas
cline than they shipped during the
weefc ending Dee. 12 This is indicated
by the report on refinery ooetations
c.u’.'.pile.l bv the National Petrolium
News. It shows en increase of stocks
of about 1,000,000 gallons. Texas re-
finery stqcks increased slightly.
Th*} 4H*cunr>i:lation, however, was di-
rectlvThe refiult of an increase in man
vfaciite anr* no material decrease in
the amount of shipments was noted.
Gasoline prices have been easier in
the AfiSt week, however, with much of
it going at 8*1-2 cents, in tank, car lo|s
at the refineries, a quarter of a cent
less than nrevhije<| lest week. It ‘ is
believed that the marketers are oret-
ty well caught up,on stocks for the
time being, while real Winter weath-
er has had7 an effort on the demand
of motorists.
:: Grisham’s Shop
Where One Gets
:: Good BARBER WORK
;; Your patronage
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CLEVELAND; WILL WEAR.
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Austin, Dec. 29.— When Grover
Cleveland was inagurated president
in 1892, W. Gregory Hatcher, treas-
College Station, Texas, Dec. San An^eldr-Bee 18..— Texas must
W. Terrill Sledge of Kyle, Hays CouhqgM >
needs and raise facilities n the coun-
try to par with those in towns and ci-
ties to rise ujbc.ve the rank of thirty-
ninth arnoug the states. Dr. Freder-
ick -Eby. told th4 Concho-Colorado
Teachers Institute here Thursday’;
In another address he Urged sympathy
for the adolescent child. ’,
. Imparting right ideals is one of the
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teachers greatest resnonsiblities, said;
Dr. W. H. Bruce, former oresident of'
the North T*ik&s State Teachers Col-,
lege. R. Redicheck outlined the aims
and aci'jevem'ents of the Interscho-
lastic i eague.. •
NEW YEARS GREETING, FOLKS!
CHICKENS WANTED
START TH ENEW YEAR RIGHT CULL YOUR FLOCKS L ! ! '
THURSDAY
Hens, per pound.....r..._----------------
Old Republicans per pound..........................
Fryers, per ponud ( 2 1-2 and under)............. .............3...^,.
Turkeys, No. 1, per pound.................................
Old Toms, per piiond...................................
Turkeys, No. 2, per pound —.. J.--
Geese, per pound.................../................................-L.,-.....
Dux, per pound .................... ....................................
Guineas, each .:...................::................r................2.4—
BRING ’EM IN ON ABOVE DATES
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Dentorr, Dec. 17.—Christmas 1 holi-
days for stduents at the College of
Industrial Arts have been extended
from Jan 2. to Jan. 5, according to an
A 'Registration day, it was discovered,
had been set for Friday, thereby per-
— mitting but one class day for the re-
mainder of the w’eek.
Under the new ruling registration
will-be conducted Mondav, Jan. 11.
Houston, Dee. 28.—Ope of three
shins which left port Sunday bore
Houston’s millionth bale of the pre-
sent cotton season marketed three
montns gat!;er than last year’s mil-
lionth lulu.
A check on port records Mondav
will be required to show which, shijJ
had the distinction. It took nine
months of the last cotton season to
bring forth the millionth bale, and on-,
ly three months of this season.
yet been giver|J|
ral’s DepartnjMl
school trustee?®to Uf>e school funds
to pay premiums for insurance of the
teachers-, said Assistant Attorney _
General Gibson Satruday night, to. that daughter—are yc^,
whom the question Was referred by young lady, willing and
the Attorney General over a month • ■’
ago. Reports had gained circulation
that the Attorney General’s Depart-
ment had held such practice by i the
school board to be illegal.
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Austin, Dec. 29.—If you have no
“soup and fish” raiment, don’t worry,
strictly de riguer at “Ma” Ferg|^on’s
inagural ball. The committee in
charge has agreed that claw-hammor
coats will be*much in the minority,
and that many of the womep will be
garbed in other than low-necked,
short-sleeved bespangled silks. “Come
as you want to.” is the invitaTion1*
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"News reached Waco that'there is
mu<h interest in a decided oil showing
in a well which bas been drilling for
some time near Whitney, about a
mile fronr'that place ip fact.
This well now is reproted to be
down about 1800 feet and much- in-
terest is felt in it at Whitney. It is
on the Beal survey, and is being drill-
ed by Paul Garrett, W. V. Hanover
and"/., W. Pljih»; -
Whitney is only 34 miles-Jaafii Wa-
co, northwest, and *sjiF-tfirect rail--
, road touch by tJifr-Texas Centrai.
Doyle Locke drove to Corsicana to
spend a couple of days the past week,
wittr -M~ -pfttr Mrs. I red Atchisurii^T
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Spur, Dec. 18.—R. B. Johpston,
agricultural agent for Dickens County,
has purchased calves for the ’ baby
beef dub, ami the fifth annual feetiers
i contest between the young feeders of
Dickens County iAtinder way.
The boys in this contest have
had experience in feeding and
year are feeding from three to
calves each, where in former j^ars
A‘Roofer Has » His Ups and. Downs Too.mjj
they otlly fed one. The calves Used
are high bred Herfords and average
480 pounds when placed on feed. They
were purchased from. J. C. McNeil of
the Alamo stock farm at $25 a head. _
R. W. H. Hamilton
Comanche. Texas
STANDARD OPTOMETRIST
Difficult Cases of Eve Straia
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Austin, Dec. 18.—Oil gathered by pipe
lines hr Texas in October totalled 10.-
008,720 barrels, according to figures
com oiled by the oil and gas division
of the state railroad commission and
made public here today. Navarro coun
ty led the list with 2,013,593 barrels,
• Limestone followed with- 1.757,909
and Wichita was third with 1.172.097
barrels. In the area known as the Lul-r
ing district, however, the total was
2,172380 and in-the Laredo district
491,111.
CALVES PURCHASED
FOR CLUB BOYS
LIVES FOR 24 YEARS
<SMAN, BUT DEATH
REVEALS THE WOMAN ;
Los Angeles, Cal.,Dec. 14.—“rfr.”
, Paul J. Beach, former Chicago pack-
. ing house official and Sacramento
railroad employe, who died here last
Friday, was a woman, the physicians
i and nurse who attended '“Mr.” Beach
at ‘his**’ last illness revealed Sunday.
“He” was 45 years old.
The dual personality existed for
twenty-four years, seven of which
presented “Mr.” Bach to the world as
a married man. “Mrs,” Bach, formerly
' Miss Florence. A. Dillon, with whom
<. "he” went through a marriage cere-
mony in Sacramento in June, 1917,
died last May.
C. I. A. HOLIDAY
TIME IS EXTENDED
Somewhere there is a father who
who. waints his son to be a success in
life—because he. perhaps himself,
has always been poor: ther^ is a mo-
ther who is struggling to . give
itages— because she,
■id any; "there is a boy
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the w’orld; and a g’ri. who has no idea
of becoming a nonentity.
We want to engage the attention of
that >father, that mother, that boy and
that girl for just a few minutes. Who
knows but that the whole future rests
on the information we have for you?
It matters not what plans or hopes
you have, a business education is the
first step tbward ultimate wealth, po-
sition and happiness.
Fortune isn*t running around seek-
ing people, but she has gifts to la-1
vish upon those who pursue her in-1
Wligently.- She is said to be a “Fick- '
le dame,’’ but, like other deities, she
by te"w— the law of supply "and de-
mand.
For every capable, intelligent bu-
siness man or woman, life turiMTouf
about four incompetent, uneducated
r”'*keshifts. Those failures are every-
where—burdens upon the community.
We pity them and say, “Poor things,
We pity them and say, “Poor things, ”
they never had a chance.” Maybe not
ubt you have a chance. If you don’t
take it, you may one ady be one of
the “Poor things-” who.will have for-
gotten that you ever had a'chance.
• Are you willing to let that son,
you, young man,
i waiting to
enter the business world unprepared ?
It is training that makes the differ-
ence between the successful and the
unsuccessful. It is the trained man or
Fill out and mail his coupon to Ty- I
woman that wins in the game of life.
ler Commercial College, Tyler, Tex-
as. and let them send you that big,
helpful book “Achieving Success in!
Business." It will show you how easy
it is to acquire the training that will |
make all the difference. The 208 page i
book is yorus free. Send for it today. '
Clip the coupon now.
We have branch schools everywhere
Tvler Commercial College, Tyler, TexC
Name
Address
See the editor of The Free Press for
gj^holarriup,
eaee Naomi ami Hasel _
’aco iipont the holidays with
jer, Mrs. Effie Barm^^^
Mr. and Mrs. EY^B^ruIll and Mr.
and Mrs. W. ji<Hazelwpo<l pnd chil-
dren visjtedrelatives in Abilene dur-
ing tHe-hbliadj s
Mr Mrs. Oscar Vaughn ^nd
children of Fort Worth are here visit-
ing Edd Thomas.and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Goosbv and |
children scent Christmas with rela- ;
tives in Comanche a dnNewburg.
Miss Pearl Goodwin of Gorman, •! l
who is attending school here spent
Christmas week with her parents. 1
Autry Caraway, who is a John
Tarleton student this year, is spend- .....
inu his vacation with home folks. |-----------
1 Mitres Jewell Grisham and Ruth
/, Golding visited Miss Mollie Grish
’»j Monday and Tuesday.
*, ^number of men met Monday-
her'and did some mueB nee3ea work
"k,“ the driveway road to the front of the
school building.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Larcade are
the proud parents of a fine baby boy.
M. L. Doggett and family spent
the week end with relatives in Knox
City.
Mr. Mrs. Craaway Thompson
areAyejoicing over the arrival of a
fine little lady who came to Mve with
them Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Floyd and
children of Okla, were here - during
the holidays. They Went from here to
Mexia, where they will make their
home
i Mr. and Mrs. W. H Hughes and
Mr. S. A. Hood of Abilene spent the
week end Visiting with the watson
family
Autry Havis and Ector Day have
. J^trned from an extended trip' to
Roaring Springs and other points in ,
' the west. —
Mr. and Mrs? H. A. Watson and ,
daughters spent Christmas day with
jv|pti'ves in Fort Worth. They also
visited in ‘Dallas while ’away.
Muleshoe. Texas, Dec. 29.—A body
supposed to be that of John Teal,,
charged with the murder of Miss /
Evelyn Mounts in the spring of 1918,
was brought here two days ago from
the Mexican border. —
Neither relatives nor acquaintances
have been able to identify the body
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urerrelect of T«**j*» kkI® * bul* (^ow]n (fidavit that it w<^^not.
the streets of Richmond, Va., to cel-» There .g a rewan} for
ebrate the event.
When “Ma” Ferguson is inagurated .
he is going to wear a, full dress suit .soup AND FiSH. WjLL
for the first time in his life, he an-
■^nounced here today. If this fails to
give adequate expression to his sen-
timents, he said he expected to repeat
the riding feat of 32 years ago.
He came to Austin from his home
’ in Dallas today, preparatory to tak-
ing over his new duties about Jan.l.
Miss Hazel Patterson of Rising
Star was a holiday guest in the home
- of Misses Ruby and Essie Pearle Har-
ris. on RL 2. ' , . /
College Station, Texas, Dec. 14,=x I
W. Terrill Sledge of Kyle, Hays Coun-T
ty, senior in thi University of Texas I
received the Rhodes scholarshin from
Texas in 1925, Dr^W. B. Bizzel), chair
nfan of the Rhodes scholarship com-
mittee of Tex>»;'announce* I at the
close ofthe'ineeting of the com fait tee
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.^"'Mr. J-Oedge will receive his A. B.
degree from the University of Texas
in June of next year, and under the
new appointment will be eligible to
enter 'Oxfbrd University in the fall
of 1925. V i
Masonic Building w
Cojnanche, Texas
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A. C. MARTIN
V Fire Insurance
jffgent
Bonds, Deeds, Abstracts,
Farm Loans and Vendors
Liens Extended
Real Estate, Notary Public
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Beginning with January 1st we will install the
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.NO DELIVERY — — — NO CREDIT -I
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ery service and it is our intention ot give uor ucsto- A
mers the difference in good groceries at lower price. J
We appreciate the good patronage given us in V
the year just closed and turst that we shall have a £
liberal share of your patronage in 1925.
—
A. B Lloyd Pdop.
THE HOME GROCERY
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AustinJ Dec. 28.—No opinion has aS
the Attorney Gene-
on the authority of
School trusteeS^to uSe school
Assistant Attorney
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Scott, R. L. The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 2, 1925, newspaper, January 2, 1925; De Leon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1261822/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.