The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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Fifteenth Year
. Sandford Smith for FIRE, LI Ft: and TORNADO Insurance, Mexia, Texas.
MEXIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, .MARCH 1<), 1914.
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RICES
CREAM
BAKING POWDER
A pure, healthful, Cream of
Tartar Baking Powder
When buying an article of food you are
entitled to know exactly what you are buying
—its quality and ingredients.
If this information is refused don't buy it.
Some of the low grade baking powders are
advertised, but the ingredients of the powders
are scrupulously concealed.
A housekeeper would not use a baking pow-
der containing alum if she knew it.
It is well when buying to examine
the label on the can. Unless it shows the
ingredient cream of tartar, don't buy it.
Dr. Price's baking powder is abso-
lutely free from alum.
Community Co-Operation
COPYRIGHTED FARM AND RANCH-HOLLAND'S MAGAZINE
.
FARM AND RANCH-HOLLANDS MAGAZINE WEEKLY COM-
MUNITY CO-OPERATION SERVICE.
OUSLEY YEILDS
TO THE CALL
Is Willing to Subordinate Per-
* sonal Wishes and Heed the
Wishes cf His Polit-
ical Friends.
Fori Worth, Texas, Mar.-it i4.
The following slatc.iiic.nt is ftir-
nislrul to tin: pro* by Clar.-ncc
Onsley of tlii.s cUy:
"I had hope,I that iit would rot
be ineumberut upon me to niak>
public answer to many ailn-
late'!y Hindi: about me in conn-•
tion witji (in* pi'iii liiii eouti st IVr
Governor. But courtesy to m.v
fri'enid-- and fra.ukne - to the
Diaiioci'iits el' Texas require. a
stat.cmeai of my Att it ude. It is
tirade plain in a letter which i
have written to several friends
and. I run net. d bet,1er'than pub-
lish lies h 11 r and 1" a k ;■
•V ■ * . |
who have communicated with in
on tli is: subject or have pol< n
about, me in this connection to
accept iit- as a perwnal reply ''
The letter follows:
"Fort Worth. Texas. March 11.
—My Dear Friend: Replying t<i
your communication requesting'
live t<> bieoime a candidate for
Governor. I beg to say that i
" !
am. deeply moved by your expr<
sious of esteem and. confidi two.
1 wouLii regard them uiamifoi>.-
tatians of an over-fond friend-
ship if I had not received during
the last few wc ks. and especial-;
ly during the. last few days, si/m-j
ilar expressions from many men;
to whose personal friendship I
have no claims.
• "As you know, 1 have not in-
. diilged the ambition to be Gover-
nor, not because T. lack apprecia-
tion of the high honor of serv-
ing the people in that responsi-
ble office, but because my as-
pirations and purposes in life are
quite apart from political profoi-
nvent. For this reason 1 have re-
fused until now to entertain the
idea of becoming a candidate, 1101
can I yet obtain my consent to
become a candidate upon my own
motion.
"But I would not he the duti-
; ful citizen i believe 1 am if I
j could not subordinate my per-
sonal wishes to the performance
| of any reasonable public duty
that thoughtful and patriotic
fellow citizens might lay upon
inc.
"Therefore, if it iis the deliber-
ate judgment of the constructive
Democrats, such a* wore repre-
s ated ai the Dallas conference
on Mancli 7, 'hat I - hould b 'conic j
;.-i candidate a"d if 'hev indicate |
, their wish in a manner sati-dying
;is cvdience of concerted opinion.
! will have no option but to eom-
' p]y.
•' ('Ian nee Ousley."
Wliile stopping in n small Texas town not long
ago, I overheard a remark, the significance of which
impressed me very much. A prosperous-looking,
middle-aged man casually stated to a local "merch-
ant:" "No, 1. am not in the market this year for any
farm implements, as I. am preparing to lease or sell
my place and move to the city. My children are get-
ting along, you know, and I feel that I should locate
where educational facilities arc tictter than here."
To the ordinary person this incident would seem
most commonplace: in fact, similar conditions, no
doubt, exist in many Southern small town cornunities
but cause for same should not bo allowed to exist,
and the remedy is to a large extent in the hands of
those people residing in and around the towns.
ft stands to reason that the town whose merchants
are prosperous will afford a good market for the pro-
ducts of its vicinity, and the town wiiose buying and
selling activities will naturally afford ample educa-
tional facilities, theivby not only holding its old re-
sidents, but offering strong inducements to contem-
plative newcomers.
The number of stores (and (lie financial condition
of same) in a town depends entirely on Uie amount
of patronage accorded to the lfroui merchants, and
where all wants are.supplied by these local mercan-
tile establishments, the Condition is governed by the
law of supply and demand. Every dollar spent in
your local stores benefits you as well as every other
individual res'idinintr in your community, as a por-
tion of that dollar will lind its way to some munici-
pal development. It should require no argument to
convince the most skeptical persons that they are do-
ing their community a serious injury every time they
make a purchase elsewhere.
If a resident of some distant city should ask you
for a donation to a fund to be used for the develop-
ment of his city, you would, no doubt, refuse to com-
ply with his request, with the explanation that you
are interested only in the upbuilding of your own
town and community and that he should confine his
solicitations to his particular locality alone. You
would be absolutely right in so doing, and your act-
ion in the matter would receive the endorsement of
every right-thinking person in your neighborhood.
In the very face of these facts, a certain per cent of
small-town people accede lo identically the same re-
quest above mentioned, but a little differently put: in
fact, they make donations of this kind every time
they make a purchase away from home, and when
the articles wanted can be had to as good advantage
in their local markets, there is absolutely no plausi-
or going away for them,
■reliant can and should
bis particular line as y-ooi
H
$1.00 Per Yea*
Let us Show your our Latest im=
proved Farm Implements
Riding Planters with or without Fertilzer At-
tachment, Wiggletail Cultivators that are
dandies. We carry the following Standard
lines: AVERY, MOL1NE and KINGMAN, none
better
Be sure to see us before you buy.
Your Friends,
ble excuse for sendin
F.very small-town i
merchandis
obtained elsewhere, and e
There many people Itvii
towns who prefer to shop
Their impression seems tt
WE WANT
YOUH HELP
To our friends in Limestone
County:—
As you already know thefriendw
of the .saloon are endeavoring to
vote saloons baick in Limestone
county. If .they succeed the on-
ly places where saloons can be
put are itt Mexia, Groes'bcek,
Thornton and Datura. Thus we
make this appeal to you for help.
You will not have them at your
doors. Will you not help usi keep
them from our doons? Vote for
prohibition on the 28th.
Jackson Bros. Co.
Gardner & Stevens.
Karner & Phillips. Inc.
Means & Means.
•I. I. Riddle & Co.
Prcmdergast. Smith & Co.
llO till
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hoi ng" loss
ups, styles*
fact, that s
oftfoods<
for the >ui
<rest. city
merchant *
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etc. i I." t
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ffur tin* S3
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their
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the same,
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tank tin
it mav Concern
C. B Edwards.
P. B. -lorn s.
YV. I). Pittman.
• I. R Xe.ece Lbr. Co.
llondrir: Bros.
II. 'lioller J)i*ng Store,.
S. W. Jt'snn, Jeweler.
(J. W. But!' r. Real Estate.
Norman. Dry Goods Go.
R. .J, Ellington. Real Est;, .
J. I j. Metcalf, D. D. S.
h CHEAT SUCCESS
Young men and women desir-
ing to achieve a great success
| should not waste their summer
vacation. One vacation spent
properly will protect , them
against poverty and enable them
to earn am honest Living and liv'e
a. respectable citizen. There is
no use in idling away the sum-
mer months. Business men and
farmers alike, work during the
summer. Ambitious boys and
girls would rather spend their va-
cation with a large and enthu-
siastic student body, mastering
a eours of bookkeeping and
shorthand or telegraphy that
they may work their way
through some college or ac-
cept a go.nl paying position in
a business office. lie who cares
more for sure than heat, goes
a long way- ahead of him who
waits until eon I weather to study.
i enti red
Tyle
ler,
. ar*
• uni
or irirl .who
l la.at year, .
Commercial
..•s to ••• nd
in one
. ea,ra-
iding a
or in
Where
'tiler
'■-tees
rtii s very much fori
^cav'j'A my Batte'ibur^ a' Jos.
.\fus, ba tint's store. 1 would be I
very tiiamki'ul if" you also would j
leave the. collar there and 1 will j
make y.,u a prc.se.nt of the' bread,|
butter tied eigtgw, but would in*
Hi' lui v • li e bowl the butter was
in.
Mrs. A. E. P.er hiIscfli.
Let us do your Job Printing?
Mr. J. 0. W. Sanders, night j
engine* r at the oil mill requests
us to correct. - an error in the
statement regarding the cause of i
the explosion a.'., the oil mill;
Monday morning. lie states
that he lit the gas and got tip
steam ' s u.sufil and - when he went
to hli w the early morning whis-
tle the explosion occurred, anid
he Hi inks it. was caused by the
regulator not working Tight and j
when the whistle was blown it I
caused the regulator to turn intoi
the boiler too much gas, thus
vausing the explosion. The boil-
er head was not blown out, but
the furnace was cracked in a few
places and some glass in the
boiler room was broken. We
make this statement in justice to
Mr. Sandersff
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E. V. llardw:
W. M. VV'hiti
lli't's Rackv
Attorn
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No. 1Z Cotton Planter
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•The most successful Com-
bined Cotton Planter and Mid-
dle Breaker ever made.
It has ample strength for
four horses, and it is
Backed by an
Unqualified
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Guarantee
Thr* only Cotton Plan*.-r mndo whero the hitch retains the snmr* relative position
inv; clct'p or #bfj!ov., avc i«linu: all iiet'k ivelffht,which is accom|, i-s'":d
> v the' inall lover on th< c^d < I tlu; tonuuo. 'J'ho only planter made which throws
the feed nic< hanism automatically out of year without separating the ,ir wl. avoid*
in!* all liahility « f hr<-aicint,r th.? teeth in the trears. These and other evcellent foaturo.s,
protected by jiatcnm, can l;u found only on the I*. Ai O. Canton Planter*
The liMtom ahvnvs remains at the « nnie anj;lo whether set ooep or shallow.
This angle can ho instantly changed by the lover on the tongue. Has detachable hop-
per with the plates and agitator moving in opposite directions, preventing the seed
lrorrl bunching. The fiuest Cottou and Corn Planter made.
CANTON PLOWS C&NTON PLOWS CANTON PLOWS CANTON PLOWS
That free Kitchen Cabinet is a
daisy. Sec it nmv on display at
the Consumers "Wholesale Oro-
cry company's store.
V. Wolverton Co.
H'-,".Jqii rteri for
All Kinas of Up tc Date Farm Machinery c
Mexia Candy K l-di<:n.
R. L. Admits, Hardware.
A. 1). MeDonnld, City Marl
0. F. Witt p. Bakery.
J. •!. Heckhatn.
Mexia Drug Store.
Mexiia Oarage Co.
(lone Sinclair. Shoe. Store,
V. Wolverton Co.
Tracy "McKcirzie.
A. J. Hutkr, Contractor.
J. F. M'uddox. the tailor.
The Firs! National Bank.
Btickner & Wright.
W. 1). Freeman Co.
W. H. Wallace.
!•'. W. llouser, Market.
E. Watscii Gnocifl'v store.
•T. 31, Tidwell Harbor Shop.
W. A. llussell, Real Estate.
Hilt's Barber Shop.
K. B. •lackson, M. D.
J. F. Denning.
James P. Westniorelaaid, M.
IT. Clay Watson, D. D. S.
•T. W. Kincheloo, Groceries.
Peytmm & Sons.
.I. E. Phillips, Real Estate.
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Read THE WEEKLY HERALD.
others borrowed the monvy and
made it pay thein bl.g dh*klc9 lis^
how . ' 11ers quit jobs at small -sal-
arics, compleli-.d their courses and
Wont back to" tin same firm, at
two and three l ine- their previ-
ous salary. G t a salary raising
education. It i.s yours if you ave
willing to make the effort. Writ"
today for catalogue and make ar-
rangements to enter as sooti as
your school closes. The Tl. S.
Government has held two oxami-
naiiotys here in Tyler this Spring
enabling our graduates to go im-
to nice civil service positions at
entrance salary of froim $000 to
$1020.
The Tyler Commercial College
building is one of the largest,
most sanitary, best lighted and
von I dated, in the state.
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1914, newspaper, March 19, 1914; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292247/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.