The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1927 Page: 4 of 8
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THE EL CAMPO CITIZEN FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1927
a more sym-
pathetic eulogy of a man was
issue.
CASH IN ADVANCE.
ing the way of democracy in
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he believed that there would
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ed deviated from the concept-
dufy always to the people, that
W. Duson, Secy.-Treas.
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was held Tuesday evening at
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given and a spelling contest
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beautiful and noble city that spent the time with bridge.
egr.
have brought Houston from a
for consolation. A salad course
vilage to a metropolis.
the van of a conquering host.
The Wednesday Bridge club
was entertained by Mrs. E. H.
Four tables enjoyed
guests, with Mrs. Frame,
for what he considered right.
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The Presbyterian Axiliary ,
baths" are being advised in a southern city and if
as well as the anniversary of.
flowers of various hues. A ma-
was given
deria* centerpiece
did in national affairs, partly.
cheese loaf, potato chips, pick-
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ian church met with Mrs. Hop-
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America.
fled the reality, e He loved both
‘help make them one in spirit.
visit with his mother, Rev. Brewster will preach
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memory of Abraham Lincoln.
ful, a more heartfelt,
a more
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campaign, in every movement High score and a bottle of bath
of the many movements that salts to Miss Hazel Menefee
which they follow, as a cham-
pion of the ideals which they
would see preserved, and as an
i Germany to this country, would doubtless succeed if
e chance, in view of his record for flight rom the
its government and its history,
and all men desired him-asna
The girls belonging to the
“Idlers"Club motored to Pierce
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can hope that his example will
have inspired others to carry
on the good fight to which he
gave his life.—Houston Chron-
icle.
gatives to the national govern-
ment.
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their friend, he was interested
in every reporter; he was help-
ful to all with whom he came
in contact, he never lost his in-
terest in news gathering and
news writing, he stood tena-
ciously for the highest in jour-
nalistic ideals, he represented
leadership and talent and ac-
complishment for the younger
people of his craft
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The newspaper people of
Houston go about their duties
with tenseness today, because
George Bailey is dead.
There are things to be said
about his fame as an editor;
there are things to be said
about his long years of lead-
The June bride knows that a
ro in the store.
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ruler of China says his country is cursed
als. That seems to be a common affliction
dutionist says man descended from the fish, but if
r connection we would prefer to believe that man
Cards in a leather case were pany:.
a power in every community given Miss Lorraine Kubela for
nee-e- -, • • F.O.B. * *
A new comet is being advertised and has enough publicity
The automobile driver who bums up the road can be
led off with a stiff fine.
of the best words that any
man can utter. But when death
calls one near to us, it is not
of the major things of his life
we think, of his worth to city
an offering was taken for a
girl’s school in Korea that is
dog is said to be popular in England and with
nand it may be possible to reduce our dog popu-
the North and the South, and eral plans
I had no higher ambition than to
a journalist of noted accom+
plishments. He joined with R.
M. Johnston on the old Hous-
ton Post and with that veteran
lining to most clouds needs some silver polish.
CLUB, CHURCH AND
SOCIAL ITEMS
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he highbrow gentlemen who insist that the general av-
of intelligence is on the down grade, will admit that
prophecy applies to evryone but themselves.
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Many of us who wonder what our friends think about us
gb surprised to learn that they don’t think at all.
tis often difficult to be rich in experience and spot cash
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ady (o make Halley’, comet gteen with envy.
' There is no law against intoxicated airplane drivers, but
elaw of gravitation should be sufficient.
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npecked husbands have organized in Chicago and one
first "demands" should be that no questions be asked
he excuse is a lodge meeting.
the Christian Church to meet
and welcome the new pastor,
Rev. St. John, and Mrs. St.
John and their three lovely lit-
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out in the salad course, a tiny
flag waving from each plate.
The honoree was presented
witn bath salts, and the same
war used for high score, Mra..
E. fl. Koch being the winner. %
Mrs. Kent received consolation i d
These gifts were in colors of a
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No discount and no Liner accepted for iess than 25c andg
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f the afternoon.
He was deeply versed in the San Antonio, the guest of Mrs. ’ * * *
He who runs will live to run another day, i the philoso-
by of the hit-and-run motorist. ' 3,
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sword of Bailey flashed and
for the most part he rode in SOCIAL
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we know today. His pen was
An anxious inquirer writes to know whether she will
tape to go to the' seashore this summer to get a 1-------x
, - — ------- _ CITIZEN George McClellan Baileycomprehending,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE 1 11 "
friend. He took a keener in-
ever written.
And almost as he loved his
nation, George Bailey loved the
ideals of his profession. Never
did he tolerate the ic.a that
the press should be anything
but free and untrammeled. He
saw the press as a light light-
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idom ever hear a man boast about what a good boy
cept when his son breaks the rules.
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a man keeps his nose to the grindstone so that his
irn hers up at the neighbors. ce
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paper people a revelation of lay his memory to rest, but
how passing are all the works
geous magenta red zinnias Mrs. E. A. Reed. He is accom dedicatory sermon.
place indeed Can never be fill-
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George Bailey served his city for standing up the longest, El Campo
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airy used more than forty pounds of soap per
sr, so the Saturday night bath must be gaining
ded2qAEna—2thAS; s;* - - 1 2 i .
the public first ,and a money-
making institution second. He
beleved it to be a quasi-public
institution with a duty as def-
inite as that of any official un-
der an oath of office, and with
a mission given it by Provi-
dence that could not in honor
be repudiated or ignored.
And for the ideals of his pro-
fession, which he believed
meant so much to the people
and* nation he loved, he never
ceased to contend.
He has served well.' With
that best of eulogies we must
tion. One Year_________________$2.00
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will wear girlish clothes again this s Nmu #h
! who is continually picking flaws in his home
izes that he is one of them.
nood to “escape to the tall grass” Mem-
bill admirably.
to drink yourself to death now, but it
terest rate of 5%. Payment
o spent $150,000 on flowers for one banquet, thus
the people of the present generation to be mere “pik-
g it comes to “saying it with flowers.”
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served to all.
opportunity to do. He came to
Houston 28 years ago, already best speller among the child-
He contended always with bril-____ _______________—
liance and without faltering Koch with an extra table of the day.
leader helped build the Hops- ------ _______
ton of ramshackle buildings Tuesday afternoon to be guests Calcium Arsenate
and muddy streets into the of Miss Alma Waterman and
and institutions of man, how
fragile the world in which we
live. And it has done more
than that; it has brought home
to them a sense of keen person-
alloss, for George Bailey was
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be nothing to take its place if National Farm Loan Assn., act- reasonable terms and rate
it. were extinguished. He nev-
n prognosticators say, and we hope none of their mo-
Trill attempt to follow suit.
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rtunately the English. languge is flexible enough to
ienames for all the new spring colors used in wearing
the vacancy that his passing
leaves in the world which we
have known.
George McClellan Bailey has
been a pillar in the newspaper
world of Houston for so many
years that most of the younger
men and women of the prfes-
sion can not remember to the
contrary. As chief editorial
writer and editor of the old
Houston Post, of the Dispatch,
and of the Post-Dispatch, his
place seemed fixed and per-
manent. So the call of death
has brought home to the news-
the founding of the Auxiliary, V
terest in state affairs than he Mrs. Hardy for high score, and Thursday eevening with a so- 5
cial at the home of Mrs. Red-' 3
ren. Punch and cake were
ing too many executives and not enongh to do the
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resident Coolidge used the kind of bait the fish like.
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is the time of year when you can’t keep a good ther- It
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thoughtful friend whose Walter Carville to pronounce
the words. Miss Lucille Thur- —- — -
man was awarded the prize Johnson, 9 miles southwest of
i« i ,3,*F0-* , .transfer of rights and prero-
21, widely advertised draft evader, who wants to
* with sandwiches and ice tea
In every state campaign the furnished refreshments.
or state or nation, but of, his duty always to the people, that
meaning to us personally, of it must always be a servant of
EL CAMPO CITIZEN PUBLISHING COMPANY
W. L BALLEW. Editor and Business Manager
T. H. BALLEW, Associate Editor.
at the Poet Office at El Campo, Texas, as Second Class Mail Matter
ed in the states, and he never
ceased his battle against the les and ice tea was served.-
ership in Houston’s progress; 18 "A ueivcian
manythihgs, and ones worthy society and in government.
e who will ‘say that he follows the same
And yet his most striking kins Thursday afternoon. Elec- . ...
characteristic was his complete tion of officers was held, andsbaek speller as text book. Mr. Rev: and Mrs.
devotion to the nation that is Mrs. Chestere Schnelle; was Sam Carrol was the champion son left last week?
t -----™ Always he called elected president, Mrs. Free speller,apd, received a water Texas where Rev. 1
p for the utmost in patriotism, de-berg re-elected as vicepres- melon for his proficiency, and wil "go to Hymen to
nounced the shams and glori- dnt, and Miss Green re-elected Tom Melcher was given a stick a church where he Wai
as secretary and treasurer. Sev-of candy for being the first to pastor. Through the -____
j were made for the go; down. Sandwiches and tea' of a former parishioner,
summer and early fall work were served. -,35 recently was fortunate eng
So they mourn him today as
master craftsman in the craft tie girls.
,z As a general rule, people have to have stitches taken in ang. he was a true son *
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ring on the hand is worth his pen, a pure classic in liter-
and state and nation as few and Mt. Mack Webb the con-
men have had the talent or the solation for going down first.
> Franck Stall worth was the what our mattresses are made
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’t take nearly so long.
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( good test of citizenship is the way you get along with
a cream jug to Mrs. W.* W.
no doubt, because he believed Duson for low, and the guest wine. The ladies presented a
absolutely in states’ rights, he of i honor received a bridge pageant “Korean Kabl,"and
ing for the Federal Land Bank,! interest. Vendor’s Lien and
affairs of the state; he knew Pollard, as honor guest. The ... —
rooms were filled with lovely observed the fifth Thursday.
dhasasoa Su Ss
Se";Crop, except, UnSy 7
no Julv 27th way, no competition, sm
po j I tith investment. J. W. McKam
HOUSE WANTED—Want- Port Lavaca Texas. 121
ed by middle of August a neat -STRAYJASmabayNa
five room house, small family, , > . 1 11 "2- Ha
best references, would like to no brand, about 4 weeks »
lease for a year with option of myresidencei owner can re
buying.. Address answer to ch y ppying.sadvertisjn
Box 15, El aCmpo, Texas. cnharges.., Iu chindler-
WANTED—Would like to FOR SALE-Good oakbar
communicate at once with any . gal size, 100 I
El Campo man who will buil pourgac . nd * 4,5
a neat cottage and rent to a Perection oil stove. R
reliable party. Box 15, El --p52— ____
Campo, Texas. WANTED—Black land
FOR SALEEFour greyhound forsaleand rent P-C‛
a, r puppies. See Frank Jensen. -nlasanduensuraneecgd
A • Get Acquainted meeting . Say—Haye You Seen Tom’s
dog anywhere ? re farm, well improved, 3 mi
. Battery Charging and Re- fromitown.1 uisegTex, at
. . : m TCh lap for the
Acme Garage, ’ 14 St only 6 per cent interest, «
servie---14155 come, first served. See CK
STRAY—A part Jersey cow Petter, Louise, Tex. 1
held, with Messrs. Praytor 4 years old, marked in left ear, TQuality, and Seryi,-p;
with calf i has 1)6611 at my then the price. Try Chas. B
place about 1 year; owner Can terg Acme Garage,
recover by seeing me. Adnan Texas 171
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TO EXCHANGE—Improved: El Campo Beauty Shop is
farms in Colorado and Fay-doing all kinds of beauty work-’i
ette Counties fo runencumber- Come give us a trialtwo-op-
ed land in Matagorda County, erators: .Mrs. j E
Texas. Address, B' W’ Trull, and Mrs. Oliver Weaver. (He
Midfield, Texas. 1214c loise )
Dr Frank Kent of San An-1
of the afternoon, complimenting Mrs auto from Indianopolis, Ind., with all expenses
, Frame of San Antonio. Gor for a 1
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ature, was a tribute to the
were used in the living room.,panied by Miss Merle Quinn, visit there, the familysw
with yellow flowers in the din-'also of Indianopolis. Carl ex- on to Arkansas to visit
ing room. The national holi- pressed himself as glad to be tives and to Memphisiane
is doubtful if a more beauti- day was the theme for table back in El Camp for a while er places, being gonez
ccessories, and further carried and meet his old friends three weeks.
which will be announced later. > . -------------- to strike oil on lend
* * * ; CarIReed, who left here 12 ed, a church has beei
He was a colonel on the staff'
of two commanders-in-chief of Mrs. Giles was hostess for a yeors ago a mere lad 14 years and “Rev. Brewster and
the United Confederate Veter- charming extra party Thursday of age, arrived this week by family were asked to co
will take up your old loans or land notes purchased. F!
ion that the press owes its first make new ones at the low in- Earl » 35
SAND FORSALE-Differ 9
f any part or all of these loans ent grades and different pric-
may be made at any time. W. es. See Dr. W. E. Chandler. 935
( Aji,n Segvgged
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wanted to see authority retain- book. A delicious lunch of
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nagats endeavoring to put on a meter and filtering it out
6 tbe dear consumer at so much per ray.
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he conviction is growing that he who laughs last doesn't
i laugh beat, but is just plain dumb.
Ve can’t all be Pollyannas but it does not follow that
ve to be Seven Day Grouches.
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ome of these Chinese towns sound like radio broadcast-
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n ounce of sense makes a good camouflage for a pound
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supported by the Auxiliary. Suits Made to Order
Afterwards an old fashioned Cleaning, Pressing, Altera
The Aid Society of the Christ spelling match afforded amuse- Dye Works a pecial
ment, with-Rev- Dobbs as the EL CAMPO, TEXAS
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1416p STRAYS—1 bay pony
Buy home raised and home 1 sorreh.Poqy: each braj
made products. We show Tove 55 paying" advesn
of; .11 work guaranteed. By chargesnd,pasturerent,
home peeople, here to stay. P,to ‘ * Pa
l._____ 4-159 —t-e 2. rjeda
El Campo Mattress
South side, Hansard Building. j
Phone 164. ltp den mattresses made to
Buy your Paris Green and xomupooue"r
dcium Arsenate now. Don’t Ei canp. Mattress F
wait until, your crop is in dan- South gide
El Campo Supply Com- Phone 154’
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Ballew, W. L. The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1927, newspaper, July 8, 1927; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1577648/m1/4/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.