The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1914 Page: 2 of 4
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RALD
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PROOF FURNISHED
Published Every Thursday
N. P. HOUX,
Cdltor and Proprietor.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One Year,
Blx Months 60.
Three Months. 26.
Sntered as secoud-claaa matter
JUrch 6, 1908, at the poa toff Ice at
2«da, Texas, under the act of Con-
ot March 3, 1879.
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Discounts on yearly contracts.
Senator TeHdeir of Colorado, the
erstwhile free silver leaeder, is
die ad at the age of 83 years.
o
Train, robber® toeM up a Queen
and Orescent train near Birming-
ham, Ala., a ad got off with
albout $40,000.
o
ViikLa has stirred up a hornets
aest. He executed a British sub-
ject aiad John Bull is liable to
make hilni regret it.
o
It is mow up to the amtis to
giet together and do a little elim-
inating in order to make the
campaign really interesting.
o
A headline says: "Judlge G'illll
a Ball Aniti." That is- all right.
The judgie is just paining with
others who are "Anti Ball."
W. P. Lane has withdrawn
from the race for governor and
says he will do his duty as a
private in the ranks
era ey.
o
Another republican has been
made to walk the plank. and
John E. Green is now United
States1 Attorney for the Sou;! hern
District of Texas.
o
The National Corn .Show at
Dallas lias closed after a success-
ful exhibit. Much good wild re-
sult from this exposition having
been held in Texas.
Four new gas light* are being
put in. on© at the postoffiice, oinc
at the opera house coirner, one
at the First Xatiionial hank and
one at the I'evton corner.
A couple of mystified persons
at Alexia, one of whom is a law-
yer and has money (somebody's)
to lend on vendor lien notes, and
improved farms, have written a
joint inquiry concerning what
State Br ess meant by saying
that when a woman has a pretty
chest it doesm't get cold in the
wind. The answer is tbait lie
meant what, hie saiiid. Can't you
read wadin' matter? How many
times and oft have you met la-
di&s on the street, while a north-
er was screeching around every
corner and playing tag with the
lingerie on Petticoat Lane—Ilow
many times have you seen young
ainid old ladies headed for the
It only took the jury in the
Gore damage emit case in Okla-
homa two minutes and a hailf to
decide that the blind senator
was innocent of the attempted
assault charge brought by Mr&
Bond. We have thought all.
along that if Gore was really
guilty of the assault it would
have been best had the woman's
husband made a personal matter
of it instead of going into the
courts.
o
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Rates—>In Advance.
warry
weather and
-expanse of
tliie boreal
If their chests were siub-
matinee in
wear in, g a lender
chest exposed to
blasts?
jeet to cold, wouldn't they wrap
'em up? Moreover, haven't you
frequently swn a. lady with four
hundred dollars' worth of furs
on her shoullders anicl not as
much ais a fig leaf on her chest?
You have, and invariably yiou
have observed that siucfh exposed
areas wore pretty. What more
natural, then, than to declare
that a chest that is pretty doesn't
get cold—-or that a chest that
gets cold isn't pretty? Can't you
reason by analogy—and you a
lawyer?—.State Press.
The above is reproduced for
the information of our readers.
Postmaster General Albert Bur-
leson is now iin Texas to
look into the political situation.
Albert wants to be senator from
Texas and is looking out for the
best road to travel in his race,
of demo-''*'lS eomiing may also have some-
thing to do with the governors
miixulp.
lax the profession of journalism,
it is perfectly understood that
an editor's usefulness is to be
judged largely by the character
of the opposition to him. Ene-
mies deal an no flatteries. If
you want to measure an editor or
any public man accurately, first
fund out who his enemies are
and there will probably be no
need to ask why they are his
enemies. Their attitude towards
a newspaper teDls the story ais
nothing else can of that newspa-
per's attitudle in respect to-its
duty to the public.—Yoakum
Times.
Usually the knockers arc agim:
the newspaper man.
Gullen can claim that
liave received more
Any wa y
he would
votes than did Lane and Mayes
had lie remained in the race.
And no one can dispute it.
Waco has voted more than a
million dollars for good roads.
| We say Waco voted it, but it
was for the surrounding conn
j try. although the country boxes
I as a rulie went agaiinist the prop*
i>si:it*on. Strange tliat people who
s?et 'be moHt benefit from good
reads usually oppose them.
o
Lieut. Chais. Becker, the con-
demned New York poltice officer,
; has been granted a new trial
i and Lis ease will agaiin go into
| the courts. The gunmen con.vict-
i*l with bin) for the killing of
: I [ceil-ina n Rosenthal. will have to
'die. their cases lut vim# been af-
j firmed.
o
A.t the mee'ing of the Alexia
1 Fire department Tuesday after-
noon Marcus McDonald and Kn-
«leers Groover were elected a*
An entertaining medical fakeir
wrote Major Houx of the
Mexia News offering himi a
free treatment for dropsy,
and lie isi now, wondering if
he has been a victim of
that complaint for some time
without suspect inig it. Be calm,
major, there is not the lea sit oc-
casion for alarm, otherwise some
of your good' friends1 who have
made a practice of touching you
regularly never would have miss-
ed so favorable an opportunity
for tapping you.—Houston Post.
Yes, we have bom tapped all
right, but it was away back in
our youth when we occasionally
indulged in the fascinating game
of "draw."
Hon. E. W. Kirkpatrick of
McKinmey its now president ol
the Texas Industrial Congress.
and the great work started by
Henry Ex all wilil be carried on.
o
It is waiiid that Mrs. Bond, j
who sued Senator Gore for $.">0.-! ''ll l>rl' '^
000 anld lost, is going to i-oine'
to Texas to live. Doi* slue ex-
pect to find any better picking
ik'legaites to the State Piremens
| convent ion that m eets in Vict oria
in .May. and John Maddux and
j J. P. Reynolds were elected ais
I ailtftnuatea.
II. Belo & Co..
G allv eston- D aJl-
las Morning News, will launch
a,n afternooin paper in Dallas to
be known a* the Evening Jour-
niafl. Thus it remained foir the
great Southwest paper to embark
here than in Oklahoma?
The efforts of tlie Hoiusiton
Post to get a park donated by I'Q business of publishing two
one of its nii.llioniaiires lias finaJl- j Pflil>M's a day.
lv
iic n crowned with success,
and a large traict of land has
been donated for that purpose.
A lobo wolf jumped
shadow in the heart of
donee portion of San
A man in the north claims to nmfl *P™ng at a Utitlp -ril'1 w]w «' 1o y°"lr store."—EagleI
have solved the perpetual motion passing along wiitli her par- Lake Headlight.
problem, and. a description of '• < • 'W'"' father was a police- The merchant who is suffering |
his mnichine. which is a system '" • named Swift, and he drew fn>m the aoti.v npetition of j
of pr'.n«s. looks practical. Snelii1'^ pis'ol and killed the worf.! maR order hotlsees and would be |
•bine would revolut ion.iz' AVils for that wolf. Ful of it. will find a solution of|
ohm I), out of; ° ! his difficulty in the above state-
Our good friend (and a public j nient.—Houston P( Mt.
,, spirited geirlle.man Robin Hende j There are merchants n .Mexia
Th.e stiM-k.holiders of the Mex-1 son.- is a candidate for mayor of who never advertise and the
ia Drug company held a meting! Groesbcck, and we hope, he will most of the postal order business
Tuesday and elected as directors.!'* elected for several reasons.| j.n the Mexia office is with mail
i^l iji mri lie
out ot a
the resi-
Antoniio
girl who
her par-
a poliee-
•ludge Norman G. Kfttrell of
IIiHistoai offers a novel yet prac-
tical solution of the liquor evil,
lie proposes to prohibit the man-
ufacture or s«le of alcoholic li-
quors in Texas, but to allow
each county, or other subdivision
tii deeide for itself whether or
not t he sale of ma lit beverages
and light wines will be permitt-
ed. There is no doubt that one
gallon of whiskey contains more
hades tihtun a ear load of beer,
and Judge Ivitltrell's plan would
no doubt enliiist the support of a
large class of beer drinkers who
care nothing for whiskey or
stronger drinks, but who vote
aigainst prohibition in its present
form Miat they miight have their
national bcveraige—beer.
District offices, .
County offices, .
Preeinct offices,
$10.00
5.00
* 3.00
We are authorized to make the
following announcements, sub-
ject to the July democratic pri-
maries:
For Congress
RUFUS HARDY (Of Navarro)
For Sheriff,
WALTER H. LEWIS.
PRICE HARRIS.
W. S. LOPER,
For County Attorney
MARRERO HERRING.
LEWIS M. SEAY.
For Tax Assessor
TOM M. CAIN.
F. M. SELLERS.
For Tax Collector,
IRA LAWLEY.
GEO. W. IIEROD.
E. W. DRINKARD.
C. A. HAMILTON.
J. B. CARMICHAEL.
L. B. RICHARDSON.
For County Clerk, |J '
ARCH C. THOMPSON.
J. B. FRANKLIN.
HOWARD WRIGHT.
W. L. CARLEY.
For Comaniss.ioner, Precinct 4
B. J. HANCOCK.
S. P. KNOX.
J. C. M'DONALD.
W. E. ILEY.
For Justice of the Peace, Pre. 4.
J. W. KINCIIELOE.
For Constable, Precinet4
JOHN R, SEWELL.
MACY WEBB.
G. K. PR,INGLE.
Bandit Castillo luas been cap-
tured in New Mexico by United
States troops and iit is likely
that be will! be turned over to
the Mexican authorities and will
bp promptly executed for the dia-
bolical tunnel crime.
COMFORT
CONVENIENCE
via
The Home Inetrurban
BETWEEN
CORSICANA ENNIS
DALLAS WACO
DENISON FORT WOTRH
CLEBURNE
and Intermediate Points.
ECONOMY IN TIME AND MONEY
"Sot bx^omaVum caW upon aw^ ot
M. R. Fewell, Jas. P. Griffin,
Ass't Gen'l. Pass. Agt. Gen'l. Pass, Agt.
Dallas, - - Texas
FARMERS
STATE BANK
MEXIA S NEW BANKIN6
HOUSE NOW OPEN AND
READY FOR BUS-
INESS.
Tom Hall was unanimously in-
dorsed by the eliminators at Fort
Worth last Saturday, after both
Mayes and Lane withdrew. Col.
Bail! accepted the leadership and
wFU make an active eanvas for
the democratic nomination.
150 BUSHEL HALF AND
HALF COTTON SEED
FOR SALE
An excihiamgcsiays h farmer was
carrying an express package
from a eiity ma il order house, and
was accosted by a local mer-
chant: "Why didn't you buy
that bill of goods from me 7 I
could have saved you the ex-
press and besides you would have
been patronizing a home store,
which helps pay the taxes and j
build up this locality." With
characteristic .frankness, the far-
mer asked. "Why don't you pat-
ronize your home paper and ad-
vertise? I read it aw 1 didn't
know you had 1be good.^ I have
here, wor do I ever see your
name in the paper inviting one
Plant leas acres and make more
cotton, turns out from 45 to 50
per cent lint, makes more seed
cotton to the acre than any cot-
ton I have ever planted. Price
of seed $2.00 per bushel F. O. B.
Mexia, Texas or at my farm at
New Hope.
D. A. Iladdick,
Route 2, Mexia.
Buying to Save Money.
Buying Foley's IToney and Tar
Compound saves money beeauw
just a few doses sit ops the cough
and cold and one bottle lasts a
long time. It quickly heals raw
and inflamed surfaces, stops tick-
ling throat, harsh, rasping cough,
croup, hoarseness, bronchial and
la grippe coughs. Sold by H. C.
Roller.
Thursdday, Feb. l&tli, the Far-
mers State Bank was checked in
opened its doors for business.
Tiiey are located in the Kemp
building formerly occupied by
the Alexia Drug Co. but their
permanent fixtures have not ar-
rived, so they are using omly a
temporary counter and railing
for a few days. The brick vault
has not yet been completed, but
they have their fire and burglar
proof safe installed and can
take care of all business left
with them.
j Following are the directors
| and officers of the bank, which
starts out, with good prospects
of doing a good business:
Directors,
Roy B. Ba/ss, Jno. II. Sweatt,
S. D. Hughes, Jno. C. Yeldel 1.
Geo. L Peyton, W. J. Keeling,
•T. W. Kincheloe, A. N. Grant,
anid IT. W. Kuteman.
Officers,
Roy B. Bass, president.
Jno. 11. Sweatt, vice president.
S. I). Hughes, vice president.
Jno. C. YeldelJ, vice president.
George L Peyton, cashier.
The permanent fixtures are ex-
pected soon and then Mexia's
new banking hotts.c will be in the
swim.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
CARNIVAL QUEEN
MISS MAY SEALE WINS
SEVERAL THOUSAND
MAJORITY.
BY
The great Carnival! Quee.ii elec-
I tion closed at noon today and
I the total vote will be found bc-
j low. Only the three high candi-
dates figures have been changed
|as the others only got a. few
otes.
a. m a f
power and
business.
wo
put
FOR m AT MY
HOME AT MEXIA
Oats straw, fine feed, had no
rain on it. 40c for large bale.,
Address or call up
Jake Stubenrauch, Mexia.
Julius Nusslmuin, I
R. B. Jacks n
Tom Lewis, Jes^ M' Lemdon and j and we like to see our friends
J. Sandfou'd Sm th. The diree- j land in good paying offices. Am
tors elceted ns officers, Dr. R.: then it would do us good to
B. .Taeksion, president; Julius know that our neighboring city
Nusshaium, vice presiidejit; Toni hn« a first class gentleman at
Lewis, secretary; Jesse MeLr.n-
0* t I
eoniprtcmt and worthy. (H-dn-r houses, and parcel post
paickaiges from said mail order
houses keep the rural route car-
riers loaded down all the time.
WANTED HOGS
don, treasurer.
I be head of her municipal
nrnment.
ffov-
Frcsh Garden Seed, 2 paper.1-
for 5c, Onion Sets 8c quart.—J.
W. Kincheloe.
We will buy hogs for the next
ten days and also cattle. Phoie
107 or 93 black.
W. O. Miller,
W. L. Milburn.
Misses—
May Scale, ------
Christine Ivendrick, - -
FanincM Jaekson, - - - -
Josie Newman, - - - -
L I Harper
Ernestine Alderman, - -
Sal,lie Peng illy, - - - -
Miss Mattie Steele, -
Krmemio I>eonard, - - -
Gay Prend ergast, - - -
Mamie Kennedy, - - -
Miattie Watson, - - - -
Wiilletta White, - - - -
Martha Corlcy, - - —
Orii f.'arroll,
May Ward,
I'll rone Ward, - - - -
Xan Oat<s,
In lv, Ticwiis, - - ■ - -
May Bcsslinig, - - - - -
Bessie Denning, - - - -
224,Wl
157,:102
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65(5
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For want of time to write it,
the announoemerat proper of C.
A. Hamilton for the office of Tax
Collect op of Limest one Counlty
was omwited in the last issue otf
the Hustler. 1 • • . ! i : : i ^
In. presenting the naane of Mr.
Hamilton for this, one of the
most important offices of any
county, we do iit with great pleas-
ure; andl with the belief tihiUt
though we devote the whole of
thits' issue of the Hustler, affid
several succeeding issues lieretwf- .
ter to extoUinig his virtues a a
man, and his worthiness of this
peculiar mark of the voters fa-
for and trust "the haflf wotid
not be told."
Mr. Hamilton has resided in
this county more than thirty-Are
years, all of which has been hi
the vicinities of Kosbc, Big>biiil
and Thornton. He has. been en-
gaged in farming and niercharo-
dising. Wherever he has residejd
his name has been a household
word. Parents have heild lriim U|>
to their sons as a proper criterion
for them to emulate if they
would be honored and appreciat-
ed citizens. His life has been an
open book with not a single blur
or splotch upon its paiges. We
cam only judge the future by
the ga;tt. Is it not enough to
awaken human pricle, when such
men offer their services to the
public?
When tlie citizens of this, or
anyother, county have the oppor-
tun,;,y of procuring the services
of such men as Allen Hamilton
to :> r\e them in as resiponsiWe a
position as Tax Collector, it
should so eelate them that they
would take up his campaign and
adv -cate it so strenuously and
actively as to not on!y assure hias
eleetion; but would be am inspir-
ation to other good and worth(r
ait n to seek high and respotMi-
ble positions; amid thus, forever
put a stop to the unworthy aspi-
rations of t he profcstsiionial polvti*
cians. who as is usually the casus,
know the common people only
wheal they are canvassing for
' votc« and influence." It is
high tinnc that the people were
asserliiiiig their rights and de-
mand ing that only men with gen-
uine merit shall serve tlieui ia
an official capacity; and that no
poli.tiicans need apply.—Thornton
Hustler. {1J
Adv.
Stop That Pain Right Now.
If your headaches j-u«t rub
266 little Hunt's Lightning Oil on.
104 This wonderful liniment has a
118 peculiar effect on. pain. It drives
1.1 it away at once. Rheumatic
4'pain quickly yields to the touch
3 J of this linininet. Neuralgia is
• !.quickly gone after Hunt's Liglit-
• > riing Oil is applied. For cuts,
1 burns, bruises, abrasions of the
1 skin and sprains, it acts as a
1 healing oil, soothing and quict-
I ing the pain, and prevents sore
1 ness and irritation. Sold by all
1 reputable druggists in 25 and 50
I cent bottles.
1 A. B. Richards Medicine Co..
1 Sherman, Texas.
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1914, newspaper, February 26, 1914; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292244/m1/2/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.