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THE MERIDIAN TRIBUNE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1936
to Our School Teachers
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Nothing gives us more pleasure than
to be permitted to serve those who,
like yourself, are devoting their lives
so largely to the service of others.
We invite you to make use of our
modern banking facilities—checking
savings, safe deposit, etc. Your de-
posits have the double protection
offered by this bank and by the Fed-
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation.
We wish to express our best wishes
for a happy and successful school year
for you. You can count upon our
friendly cooperation in all financial
matters. We shall hope to have fre-
quent opportunities for serving you.
HE FARMERS STATE Rank
MERIDIAN, - - Texas
“THE BANK TO BANK WITH”
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Mrs. Troy Baxter, of Dublin, is
spending the week here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Horn-
buckle.
Optimism Dominates
Fall Business Outlook
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Misses Pauline Howard and Ben
Evelyn Lawson, of McGregor, were
week-end guests of Miss Mary Ann
Gibson.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robertson
and daughter, Nancy, spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Eldon
Chiles, of Conroe.
Miss Faye Walker, who is at-
tending business college at Tyler,
spent the week-end with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Walker.
Mrs. Jay Teel Dunlap, who is
here with her husband who is ill,
Mrs. W. A. Johnson and son, Dr. spent Wednesday at their home in
Bill Johnson, are in Dallas and Ft. Mexia.
Worth this week. —•---------
-------- —••--Misses Evelyn Morrison and
Mrs.' Lucille Martin, of Morgan, Naomi Baker, of Morgan, spent
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Baxter Wednesday with Mrs. Wintz Bel-
last Friday.
cher.
Judge B. F. Word visited in Val- Mr. and Mrs. Pollard Baird and
ley Mills and Mosheim Wednes- son, Bobby Frank, of Ft. Worth,
day.
Postmaster H. D. Wintz is at-
tending the State Postmasters Con-
vention at Dallas this week.
spent the week-end with his fa-
ther, J. D. Baird.
Mrs. C. R. Buchanan and daugh-
ter, Miss Doris, of Austin, were
-----------•*--guests of Mrs. Alma T. Butler and
Theo Howard, of Valley Mills,; Mrs. J. C. Tittle last week-end.
spent last Friday visiting relatives; ------------■•■------------
here.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. B. Roquemore,
Jr. visited in Austin first of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Clark spent
Sunday in Valley Mills with their
Bo Cameron, Glen Adams,
Frank Neblet and Miss Beverly
Keyser were week-end guests in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. T.
Shaffer.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl White and
daughters, Frances and Jean, Mrs.
Dora Gill and Miss Jo Beth Earl
attended the Centennial in Dallas
last Thursday.
Mrs. J. P. Brown, who had been
visiting her sister, Mrs. C. M.
Gandy and other relatives, left
Wednesday for her home in Ocala,
Fla.
SOME OF OUR
REGULAR PRICES
HOUSEHOLD PAINTS,
Jim Dandy, 16-oz. can........25c
4-HOUR ENAMEL, Jim
Dandy, 10-oz. can........
FURNITURE POLISH,
24-oz. bottle.--------------
FURNITURE POLISH,
8-oz. bottle....................
...... 25c
.......25c
.......10c
O’CEDAR MOPS.................75c
3-in-l OIL, 30c size..
ROPE MOPS, 16 oz.
LINEN MOPS ......
20c
25c
25c
BROOM RAKES, good one $1.00
GARDEN Sprinklers,
8-quart ...
.......$1.00
BUCKETS, 12-qt. galv.........30c
BUCKETS, 10 qt. galv.........25c
BUY YOUR
School Supplies.
Here. Our Prices Are Right.
COMPARE Our Grocery Prices.
Your $$$ go further here than
elsewhere.
We Always Appreciate
Your Trade.
Phone Us Your Order or Come
to See Us.
J. M. GANDY
MERIDIAN. TEXAS
The Bosque County Singing
Convention held at Valley Mills
was attended by a number of peo-
ple from this and nearby communi-
ties, who report a splendid time.
Mr. and Mrs. Odis Roberson
and sons,. Clifton and Ray, attend-
ed the Texas Centennial at Dallas
last week-end.
Mrs. J. C. Tubb and niece, Miss
Nancy Lee Goodall, of Valley Mills,
were guests of their aunt, Mrs.
Martha Adams, Tuesday.
Rufus Smith, who is employed
as an oil driller at Anson, spent
the week-end with his family.
Mrs. Smith accompanied him back
to Anson Monday, and they will
make arrangements to move there
to make their home. X
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Phillips, of Ft.
Worth, Mrs. Mauzie Burson and
Mrs. Jack Blakely and son, and
Willie Phillips, of Iredell, were
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. E.
H. Young.
Rev. and Mrs. W. P. Cunning-
ham attended a* meeting of pastors
of the Gatesville District in Gates-
ville, Monday. Rev. J. H. Bald-
ridge, presiding elder, and Mrs.
Baldrige, were hosts at lunch for
the pastors and their wives.
A. C. Brandes has purchased the
interest of W. A. Finley in the
Clifton Tractor & Implement Co.
Mr. Brandes is a former Clifton
resident, who has been making his
home in Waco the past several
months.
Mrs. H. C. Prichett, of Lodi,
Calif., and James J. Lumpkin and
family, of Austin, left last Friday
for their homes. They had been
here for several weeks on account
of the illness and death of their
mother, Mrs. Jennie Lumpkin.
As fall approaches, optimism is
still the dominating note in the
business reports and forecasts.
Many quarters feel certain that
during the next few months busi-
ness will reach the highest level
since 1930—and, possibly, since
1929.
Interesting “Scorecard of Fall
Prospects” was recently published
by Business Week. According to
this authority, there are twelve
major plus signs now in evidence.
These include such factors as the
following: Business’ inventories
are generally low and need re-
plenishing; money is “easy”; much
of the bonus money is still in the
hands of veterans, will be spent
this fall; automobile makers are
now at work on new models, which
will be introduced beginning in
September; stock market activity
is up; it is believed that utilities
and railroads will soon do heavy
buying; building contracts are
mounting; in the field of foreign
affairs, world trade expansion
more than counterbalances the
chaotic European situation.
The magazine finds five minus
signs to set against its plus signs.
First, the drought is causing poor
distribution of farm income. Sec-
ond, the Revenue Act of 1936 may
restrict new construction. Third,
the employment picture is still
dark. Fourth, threats of strikes
in major industries are a disturb-
ing factor. Fifth, Presidential
campaigns create a “psychological
disturbance.” _
A survey of other business pub-
lications finds them in agreement
with this, generally speaking. So
far as industrial production in-
dices are concerned, there is hard-
ly a gloomy note. Automobile pro-
duction recently fell off—but that
was to be expected, as prepara-
tions are made for the new season.
Steel ingot production also drop-
ped temporarily—but the mills are
well booked with orders at last re-
port. And corporate net profits
are rising in every field, a fact
which is naturally reflected in bet-
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s REMEMBER, Monday, September 14th School Days Will Be Here 5
E Again! Check over your needs, then come and see our
I New Fall School Supplies |
I GIRLS!
I SCHOOL DRESSES
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FOOTWEAR
RAINCOATS
SWEATERS
UNDERWEAR
HOSIERY
SPORT HATS
ANKLETS
BIG VALUES!
Ladies’ and Children’s
Fall Coats
$3.49-$3.95-$5.95
Special Value!
BOYS’ and GIRLS’
Footwear
$1.98
BOYS!
NEW SUITS
TROUSERS
SHIRTS
UNDERWEAR
FOOTWEAR
CAPS
HOSIERY
RAINCOATS
HATS
NECKWEAR
New Fall Goods Arriving Daily!
: LADIES’ New Footwear, Millinery, Hosiery, Silk Dresses, Wash 2
- Dresses, Purses, Sweaters, Coats—all in the latest fashions!
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GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT
TO BE SMALLER THIS YEAR
Voters who have stayed away
from the polls in November be-
cause the ballot was too large for
them will be able to vote with
security this November under a
ruling by Attorney General Wil-
liam McCraw at Austin this week.
McCraw ruled, in answer to a
question by Marlin E. Sandlin, as-
sistant secretary of state, that the
names of the presidential and vice
FOR SALE OR TRADE for Hill
County Land, 126 acres, 3 miles
north Meridian on paved highway,
well improved black land, one hun-
dred acres cultivated. J. N.
Brantley lives on land now. C. S.
Carver, Hillsboro, Texas, adv-17-
18-19-p
FOR SALE—Good Jersey cow
with young' calf. A bargain, at
$30.00. Bob Gill. adv-p
FOR RENT—For standing rent,
my place where Robt. Cole now
lives. S. C. Barnes, 1700 Ross
ter dividend payments.
There are two factors, however, presidential candidates may
placed on the ballot in lieu of the
outside the production field, which
be
FOR LEASE—100 acres, about
65 in cultivation, 6% miles north-
east Meridian, good well water,
four room house. F. L. McCoy,
Rt. 1, Waco, Texas. adv-17p
Ave., Waco.
adv-20p
Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Gandy and
daughter, Cynthia Gay, of Waco,
are spending their vacation here
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. M. Gandy and Mrs. Maggie B.
are highly disturbing. One is
wages, which are tending upward,
but very slowly, and are not keep-
ing pace with production. The
other is that worst bogey of all,
unemployment. It is generally
believed that the unemployed rolls
are declining, but at a conservative
estimate, some eight million men
21 electors of each party.
Previous predictions have had
the ballot the size of a newspaper
page. This has now been modified
to the size of a very large maga-
zine, since 76 names on the ballot
have been eliminated.
McCraw said it was the evident
FOR SALE — One Hundred
Eighty Good Angora Nannies,
Thirty-Six Grown Muttons, Shear-
ed. C. 0. Norton, Route 1, Gold-
White Rabbit Sale.
Matured stock, or younger ones,
any age, at Reduced Prices for
short time. Tender dressed friers
on ice at Meridian Produce at all
times. S. H. Cooper. adv-16-c.
thwaite, Texas.
adv-14p
Special to Teachers, Students!
A weekly letter from home, The
sisters, Mrs. Georgia McNemar and!Little. They visited in Ft. Worth
intent of the legislature, although
not exactly expressed, to cut the
Misses Ellen and Lenora Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Lomax are
the parents of a baby girl, born
Tuesday morning in a Ft. Worth
hospital. The new arrival weigh-
ed five pounds, three ounces, and
has been named Jomilee Jane.
Miss Grace Jones returned to
her home in Valley Mills Wednes-
day after spending the summer
with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Jones and other rel-
atives. -
Mrs. M. C. McCorkle, accompan-
ied by her brother, W. O. Howard
of Waxahachie, and mother, Mrs.
A. S. Howard of Valley Mills, vis-
ited her sister, Mrs. R. E. Hud-
speth, of Bartlett, last week.
Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Cunning-
ham and Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Cald-
well and children spent Thursday
and Friday in Dallas visiting rel-
atives and attending the Centen-
nial.
Theodore B. Hodges and Miss
Grace Lee Talbert were united in
marriage at the home of the bride’s
parents near Morgan Wednesday
evening, Rev. W. P. Cunningham,
pastor of Meridian Methodist
church, officiating.
We Wash, Grease and Polish
Cars. Alton Gandy.
ad-18c
and Dallas during the week-end,
where they attended the Centen-
nial expositions.
A. R. Dunlap and little daugh-
ter, Norma Dell, of Waco, returned
home Sunday after spending sev-
eral days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. A. Dunlap. .
107-acre Farm for Sale, also
teams and farm implements. F.
W. Arthur, Meridian, Rt. 1. ad-16p
Better be safe than sorry. Keep
your money in Fords, for they have
a trade-in value when you get
ready for a new car. A. G. Gilliam
Motor Co., Clifton, adv-tf
Methodist Church.
Friday, Sept. 11—Epworth
League Union at Clifton.
Cars
are still out of work. not exactly expressed, to cut the
Another interesting aspect of size of the ballot and the size of
the job of voting.
the business situation is covered
in a late issue of the scholarly An-
nalist, in a table comparing con-
If interested in Farms, Stock
Farms or Grass Lands of any kind
at Bargain on easy terms, get in
touch with E. A. Tweedy at 1013
Professional Building, Waco, or at
Valley Mills, Texas. ad-19-p
Meridian Tribune, sent to
school address, now until
June, nine months, $1.00.
your
next
Reg-
ular price, $1.50 per year. Keep
posted on home town affairs while
away. Send or bring your order
to The Tribune today.
leave church at 7 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 13:
10 a.m.—Sunday school.
11 a.m.—Morning Worship.
Preaching by Bro. J. H. Baldridge,
presiding elder.
7:15 p.m.—Young People’s
Meeting.
7:45 p.m.—Evening Worship.
Song service led by C. M. Gandy.
Preaching by Pastor. “The
Watchman of Meridian.”
Monday, 9:30 a.m. at Church—
Annual District Coaching Day for
W.M.S. Leaders.
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.—Boy Scout
Rally.
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.—Prayer
Meeting and Hymnal Practice.
Come out Sunday morning and
hear our Presiding Elder, Bro.
Baldridge, who is paying us an in-
formal visit. Come again Sunday
night. Good singing, a message
close at home.
With the opening of school and
fall activities, let’s seek a fresh
strength and resource to live daily
upon the higher plane.
W. P. Cunningham, Pastor.
sumer expenditures in the six
months ended in June, 1936, with
the same period in 1935. This
table shows that more of the con-
sumer’s dollar is being expended
for durable goods and less for per-
ishable articles—a trend that is
highly important, in that the dur-
able goods industries took the
worst lacing during depression and
are the biggest element in the na-
tion’s industrial set-up. Thus,
where in the 1936 period consum-
ers spent 4.6 per cent more for
food than in the 1935 period, they
spent 22.3 per cent more for cars.
Where they spent 9.6 per cent
more in restaurants, they spent
24.8 ■ per cent more for lumber,
building and hardware. Where
they spent 9.6 per cent more on
general merchandise, they spent
19.3 per cent more on furniture
and other household equipment.
Consumer expenditures for the
1936 period marked a 12.1 per
cent increase over the 1935 period
—totaling $17,470,000,000 as
against $15,580,000,000.
Don’t mistake your own short-
comings for government defects.
—Dean White (CIA).
... We’rea jolly bunch of renegades . . . our
sole purpose in life is to give Old Man Gloom
the gate and usher in Mr. Sunshine by way of a /
million laughs. Turn to the Funny Page in every
issue and let us help dispel those troubles! / -
O No man can really live by bread alone. Yes, we
admit he 11 EXIST, but there will be heavy lines >
of care running down his face, he’ll forget how
to smile.
St. Olaf Lutheran Church, .
Cranfills Gap.
Sunday, Sept. 13: No services
this Sunday.
Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 3 p.m.
the South Aid will meet at the
Olaf Rohne home. Hostess: Mrs.
Olaf Rohne.
8 p.m.—Mixed Choir.
Walter J. Maakestad, Pastor.
Gas, 14c. Alton Gandy, adv-18
“The various kinds of foods
needed by the body are:
Tissue building foods—meat,
fish, milk, beans, and nuts.
Energy and heat giving foods—
bread and cereals, fats, and all
sweets.
Foods containing minerals—
vegetables, fruits, and whole
wheat.
Foods rich in vitamins—milk,
vegetables, and fruits.
• Verily, we humans need a few hearty
guffaws now and then to chase away those
wrinkles of care and give our spirits a /
lift. That’s why this newspaper runs a
collection of laugh-provoking comic
strips on the Funny Page. Amid
the depressing news of floods /
and earthquakes, crime and
war, economic troubles and
a host of other maladjust-
ments on the face of Mr.
World, it’s a pleasant /
relaxation to shut /
your eyes on the -
day’s bad tidings. A
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Free Candy- Free Pencils
Each Child in a family trading at this store
Saturday and Monday will be given a stick
of candy or a good pencil.
O. B. ROQUEMORE
MERIDIAN, TEXAS
• You can get a
joyful lift in spirits
from the comics.
We invite our readers
to take a big swallow of
/ ' this bottled sunshine. Turn
to the Funny Page right now
and forget your troubles!
• Our comic characters are a ver-
/ satile lot, as you’ll notice by glancing
down the accompanying panel. If
you want to chuckle over real troubles,
/ turn to C. M. Payne’s, strip "S’Matter
/ Pop,” and see what a whale of an order
he has to keep these boys of his under con-
trol ... Or glance at the adventures of the
intellectual Adamson, as drawn by O. Jacobsson.
• Something that will truly draw tears—of laughter
— are Gluyas Williams’ mischievous but lovable
youngsters, Junior and the Baby . . . Then there’s
"Finney of the Force,” by Ted O’Loughlin, as com-
ical and as true-to-life an Irisher as ever flipped a night
stick . . . Life out in Cactus Center, as described in
S. L. Huntley’s "Mescal Ike,” has its exciting moments when
/ its rip-roaring citizens are on the loose . . . And when it comes
to "The Featherheads," by Osborne, they speak for themselves.
In fact, that’s the best thing they do!
/ • Let these bearers of fun whittle your blues down to size.
Toss trouble right out the window and get a new lease on
life through the comic page—turn to it right now!
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The Meridian Tribune (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1936, newspaper, September 11, 1936; Meridian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1631611/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Meridian Public Library.