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MEXIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1924.
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LION CLUB HAS PATRIOTIC
ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAM
The Lion Club meeting at noon
Tuesday opened with patriotic selec-
tions sung by the club, led by Lion
V. K. Aubrey, and from the begin-
ning was a soul stirring Armistice
Day program. Lion President Dr. M.
Brown gave a fine talk that brought
back memories of that awful strug-
gle which came to a climax six years
ago yesterday. He told of the joy
and sorrow of an army hospital and
gave a vived picture of the sick and
wounded boys upon receiving word
that the world war was at an end.
The meeting of the club was fur-
nished with excellent music, thanks
to the musicians Chas. Clover, Fran'f
Werner, Fred Scott and Werner
Johnson who assisted in making the
meeting one of the best of recent
months. Many patriotic selections
were played by the orchestra in
which the club joined in singing. Sev-
eral popular songs were also played
which were greatly appreciated by
all present.
Lion Clover Chairman of the pro-
gram introduced Rotarian A. Garland
Adair, who delivered the principal
address.
Mt*. Adair said, in part:
"After this heart stirring, sou!
lifting program already heard, I am j
impressed with my unworthiness to I
say anything on such an occasion as
this day commeorates. There are
many others here more worthy than
I am to stand before you to bring
a message in keeping with the sac-
redness of this hour. I refer parti-
cularly to Major Marion Brown, your
President, to Lions Dr. R. B. Jack-
son, J. K. Hughes, J. Desenberg and
others who performed invaluable ser-
vices, abroad or at home, while the
world war was carried on."
"The remarks by Dr. Brown recall
memories <hat rush to us through six
fleeting years that have passed since
the first armistice day. Because of
these fadeless memories, we trust to
be better Americans and it is grati-
fying for us to consider the fact
that today millions of Americans,
just as patriotic as we can hope to
ba, are celebrating this occasion and
renewing their pletge to their
beloved country. We are glad
that patriotism is not bounded
by municipal limits; not limited by
state boundaries and wo hope the
time will soon come when our love
for humanity will be such that the
coasts and rivers and imaginary lines
that mark the United States will not
confine us to a selfish national pro-
gram, but that our country will do
its bit in making the last world war
the last.
There have been many changes in
our country since the first Armistice
Day, only six years ago. It seems
but yesterday. Our political party
government has changed and recently
elections were held which approved
the change. During the heated cam-
paign, especially in Texas, much hard
feeling was apparent, but the politi-
cal campaign is now over and it
seems timely to us that Armistice
Day should come one week following
the elections, reminding us that the
hour has come for us to bury the
hatchet and to sheath the sword and
all work in unity and in brotherly
love for the one common aim, the
glory of the country for which our
soldiers died. Indeed, this is ar-
mistice day, a day of peace find good
will. Let us catch the spirit of the
times, victor and vanquished alike
and submit in the spirit of America
to the will of the majority.
The speaker paid a tribute to the
mothers of the men who fought with
gun, reminding those present that
the click of knitting needles played
a prominent role in the outcome, the
same as did the crash of armies in
battle array.
He concluded by relating a story
he heard during the war by a French
Aviator, as follows:
"A young French aviator stated
that his father was a veteran of
Prance in the 70's when that nation
lost in its war with Germany. There
then sprang up in the hearts of
Frenchmen a hatred for the German
empire and the German people which
could not be satisfied until the Huns
had felt the heel of a triumphant
French foe. Following that tragic
conflict, this aviator said that his
father lifted him one day tQ his knee
and said to him, 'My son you must
learn to be a soldier; you must learn
to march and obey commands; you
must learn how to shoot straight;
you must learn how to fight. For,
your father fought and lost.'
Then the young Frenchman said,
after this conflict is over, I will
be able to take my son on my knee
and say, 'My son, you may go to
school; you may study and work in
peace; you may equip yourself for
greater service to your country. You
will not have to go to war. For your
father fought and WON."
GROESBECK HAS AGED LIMESTONE
BIG ARMISTICE COUNTY CITIZEN
Noted 20th Infantry Band Coming to Mexia.
The Combined Buying Rwrr
of HCGErWIGGEr
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Will be here on farmers' special.
LIME IS TO BE
AVAILABLE IN
THIS COUNTY
SOON
By J. W. STUBENRAUCH.
At last we are assured by the
gentleman who operates the rock
crusher on the Stroud farm on the
Navasota river that there will
soon be plenty of the best of fine
ground lime for use in cur fields.
This is something to be thankful
for. Using lime is the first step to-
wards recovering some of the fertili-
ty of our fatms, lost during twenty
years in growing cr^p.-s and wasting
humus.
We can all remember the fine
crops that were produced in the ear-
lier days. That was because then
our land was full of organic matter
(humus). By means of lime we are
enabled to restore again quite a good
part of this lost humus as well as
to grow in the meantime better crops
of feed and soforth. Legumes, such
as Sweet Clover, Alfalfa, Soy Beans,
Cowpeas, grow well and yield heavy
where lime is freely used and it just
takes such crops to put once more
life into a good many of our pres-
ent day farms.
All of our land will be helped by
a crop rotation, in other words, by
growing more feed stuff instead of
cotton year after year. While all
of our wide awake farmers realize
this, there are, however, a good
many that have to be shown. And
right here is where a live and effi-
cient county agent, with at least one
good assistant for our county, is in
demand.
We have some good men among
us who can fill the bill allright. If
a graduate from A. & M. College
has to be chosen let our Hon. Com-
missioners Court see to it that the
applicant understands the value of
better seeds, how to terrace and
save land from washing; that he un-
derstands the value and use of lime,
how best to use it.
The right sort of man cannot help
but be a big help to most of us
farmers. There is not one of us
that knows a thing befroe we learn
it and lots of us got a good deal yet
to learn.
Although cotton is a short crop
again this season, yet if all of our
farmers had all the feed they need
for their stock, Texas would be one
of the most prosperous states in the
union.
As matters stand, I cannot see
much chance of improvements in
general farming, unless we do get
the assistance and advice of an in-
telligent, well posted helper
A SURPRISE DINNER FOR
MRS. R. L. BURCHFIELD
DAY PROGRAM
JROESBECK, Texas, Nov. 12.—
This city celebrated Armistico Day
by closing practically every business
house in town and attending the ex-
ercises held by various organizations.
The principal cxercises were held in
the High School Auditorium. There
were exercises y various classes in
the morning at 10 o'clock followed
by the ~i lorical Pageant in the
evening at 7:15. This depicted the
development of the nation from the
rule of the Indians through the com-
ing of Columbus, the landing of the
Pilgrims, the Union of the Blue and
Grey, and the participation of Amer-
icans in the World War and world
peace. The teachers had the assis-
tance of the Shakespeare Club and
others of the city in making this
the great success it was.
It has been estimated that 38,000,-
000 acres must be added to the pres-
ent crop producing lands of the Unit-
ed States to feed the population it is
•xpected to have by 1950.
DIES TUESDAY
GROESBECK, Texas, Nov. 12.—
J. B. Jordan, 86 years of age, and
for more than fifty years a promi-
nent farmer of this county, died at
his residence eight miles west of
Groesbeck Tuesday morning' and was
buried in Glenwood Cemetery in this
city Wednesday afternoon. He be-
longed to no lodges or secret organ-
izations but had been a consistent
member of the Methodist Church iot
the greater part of his life. He ac-
cumulated a competence early in life
ar.d had always taken an active in-
terest in th moral and political wel-
fare of his community, county, state,
and nation. His wife died sevtral
years ago. He leaves the following
children: Four sons, Felix Jordan
and Burns Jordan, now living in
New Mexico, D. C. Jordan of Okla-
homa City, and B. W. Jordan of this
county, and three daughters: Mrs.
J. C. Patterson, Mrs. J. W. Childress
and Mrs. L. G. Gazzaway, nil of
this county.
Mrs. L. A. Lofland and daughter,
Lucile, have returned from a few
days visit in Jacksonville,
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The children of Mrs. R. L. Burch-
field surprised her with a nice tur-
key dinner on her fifty-fourth birth-
day.
Mrs. Burchfield's father, .T. H.
Fife, and brother, H. C. Fife, of
Mexia, were present at the birthday
celebration. Others present were: Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Burchfield and daugh
ter, Lounette; Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Burchfield and son, James; Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Schneider; Mr. and Mrs.
IE. M. Bruce and son, Robert; Mr.
i and Mrs. C. L. Turner and son, Cur-
| tis, Jr.; and Mrs. R. A. Bruce and
j Miss Woodruff.
All of Mrs. Buichfield's children
were there except one daughter,
Mrs. O. F. Pitts of Mexia.
After every one had partaken of
the bour.tiful supply of turkey, dress-
ing, salads, vegetables, cakes and
pies of various kinds, some snap-
rhots were made to remember the
happy occasion.—Contributed by a
Friend.
TRAIN TO BRING
INFORMATION
AS TO OIL
FIELD
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Nov.
10.—Pressure in the Saxet No. 1 gas
well, about two miles from Corpus
Christi, has been increasing gradual-
ly, it was announced here today. In
the past thirty days the increase has
been eighty pounds. The output of
this field is controlled by the city
cf Corpus Christi. The biggest well
in the White Point field is choked
up and for a few days the sur-
rounding towns are being supplied
from the Saxet No. 1.
Location of the gas fields in the
Gulf Coast section is shown in a
contour map, five by ten feet, which
:s being taken in the speciality car
of the Black Land Special which
will leave here Sunday night for
San Antonio to start a tour of 12
days through central and north Tex-
as. Wells lire shown by miniature
| derricks and the location of pipe
lines for distribution are also noted.
The train will be in Mexia Tuesday,
Nov. 18, from 4 to 9:30 p. m.
The first well in the White Point
field, about seven miles from here,
was drilled about ten years ago and
gas was struck at 2,250 feet. The
lirst two wells were not controlled
and the locations are marked by
huge craters filled with water 160
feet deep and 400 feet across. Sev-
eral wells have been drilled in since
by the White Point Development Co.
which recently leased the output to
the Moody-Seagraves interests who
are supplying Sinton, Taft and Odem.
About two years ago the Saxet
Company drilled under contract for
the city three wells in what is
known as the Saxet field. Gas was
found at about 2000 feet and geolo-
gists declare that the supply will
last a third longer than the average
gas field due to the terrific pres-
sure and its extent. Corpus Christi
and Robstown are furnished gas
from this field. The contour map
r.lso shows location of the Kings-
ville and Sandia fields.
The special train will have 11 cars
and is a cooperative venture on the
part of more than a hundred farm-
ers of Nueces, San Patricio, Jim
Wells and Kleberg counties. The
four cars of exhibits are largely of
agricultural products and are a part
of the first train ever run by farm-
ers. A San Antonio army band will
accompany them.
MEXIA EXPECTED
TO JOIN STATE
MUNICIPAL
PIONEER CITIZEN
DIES AT HOME
TUESDAY
A. D. McDonald, 70, pioneer set-
tler and business man and influen-
tial citizen of this city, died at his
home here early Tuesday morning.
The deceased has been in poor
health for sometime, but took an ac-
tive interest in the affairs of the
city until his infirmities called him
to his death bed. He was Vice Pres-
ident of the School Board and was
very much interested in the educa-
tional welfare of the community, as
well as in its church life.
He is survived by his wife and j
ten children, five of whom are boys J
and five of whom are girls.
He was born in Rockford, Ala-
bama, November 19, 1853. He thus
lacked only 8 days of passing his
j reventy first milestone. In youth,
| lie came to Texas, settling at New
I Hope in this counTy in the yearj
| 1869. A few years later he moved j
j to Mexia where he and his family!
have lived for the past 39 years. ]
At first he entered business with j
J. A. Gantz, being in the meat mar- ^
ket business. Later he bought out |
Mr. Gantz and continued the busi-
ness alone for many years.
Sgves i&msy m evesy
215 East Commerce, Mexia, Texas.
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He was a member of the Central
Presbyterian church, Massabees, 1
Woodmen of the World, and Ancient i
Order of United Workers.
Fnueral services were held at
3:30 Wednesday afternoon at the
Central Presbyterian church, of
which he was an active official.
Following the service, he was
laid to rest at the Mexia cemetery,
mourned by a host of loved ones
and friends.
Funeral arrangements were in
charge of the John R. Corley Un-
dertaking Company.
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BODY
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 7.—The
first general snow of the winter fell
over Nebraska last night, ranging
from a light fall in the eastern part
to six inches recorded at Crawford,
Neb.
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 7.—Organi-
zation of an association of the 24
city managers of Texas is . being
planned, according to R. D. Jackson
of the government research division
of the University of Texas. City man-
agership has become a professien, he
I said, and it is planned to have an-
< nual meetings for the purpose of
discussing municipal problems.
A circular letter was recently sent
out which explained the situation to
the various city managers. Replies
from Amarillo, Bryan, San Angelo,
Temple, Tyler and Waco are favor-
able to organization. These towns
are the only ones which have yet
been heard from. The association
may either be independent or may
be a section of the League of Texas
Municipalities.
The following towns will probably
be included: Amarillo, Beaumont,
Brownsville, Brenham, Brownwood,
Bryan, Burkburnett, Denton, East-
land, Highland Park, Longview, Lub-
bock, Lufkin, Mexia, Navasota, San
Angelo, Sherman, Stamford, Taylor,
Teague, Temple, Terrell, Tulia, Tyler,
Waco and Yoakum.
Among the speakers at the sev(;n-
tj'-sixth annual session of the Bap-
tist General Convention of Texas
will be Dr. J. C. Hardy, president j
of Baylor College for Women at Bel-
ton. Dr. Hardy will present his re-
j port on Baylor College and discuss
| Texas Baptists educational affairs.
| He will take an active part in other
affairs at the convention.
, The convention sessions will ba
opened Thursday morning, November
20th in the auditorium of the First
Baptist Church. On the two days
preceding the opening of the conven-
tion the Pastors' and Laymen's con-
ference and the sessions of the Wo-
man's Missionary Union will be held.
A conference of workers in connec- j
tion with the 1925 program of South-1
ern Baptists will be held on the
right of November 17 at which time
several hundred persons are expected
from all parts of the state. Those
who have been asked to attend the
meeting are the members of the ex-,
ecutive board, the field secretaries
and missionaries, associational or-
ganizers and other special workers.
A large number of Baptists of
this city are planning to attend the
convention. The churches of Lime-
stone County will be well represent-
ed.
223 Counties Are
Accounted For In
General Returns
DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 12.—Two
additional counties reporting to the
Texas Election Bureau at noon, in-
creased Mrs. Ferguson's lead over
Dr. Butte to 107,817. Total vote ac-
counted for from 223 counties was
688,751. No additional reports will
be given out pending reports from
all counties, the Bureau announced.
Saturday was the biggest day of
the year in the business district of
Mexia. It was the occasion of ob-
serving the Mexia Trades Day Show-
er, a unique affair suggested by the
Retail Merchants Association ar.d
put over by that organization, the
Mexia Chamber of Commerce and all
other civic clubs working in unison.
The program began about 10:00
o'clock in the morning, when L. S.
Patterson, Master of Ceremonies,
who gave the entire day to put the
program across in splendid fashion,
introduced A. Garlar.d Adair to de-
liver the address of welcome. The
response was made by H. AV. Tol-
sen whom Mr. Patterson introduced
as one of the leading citizens of the
rural communities and of this part
of Texas. Mr. Tolsen grew some-
what reminiscent, recalling the pro-
gress of Mexia from its village days
up to the present and bubbling over
with praise and loyalty for the home
community with every utterance.
Mr. Patterson of the program com
mittee has worked tirelessly for the
success of the first ever.t of its kind
in the history of Texas municipali-
ties. Never has such a trades show-
er been given and he and John Mc-
Elroy, President of the Retail Cre-
dit Association, Jere Cason, Secre-
tai'y of the Chamber of Commerce,
Hardy Eubanks, President of the
Chamber of Commerce, and all other
citizens who had contributed to the
day and given many hours freely to
the cause, wore a smile as broad
as their hospitable welcome when
they saw the thousands gathered
arcund the star.d at the corner of
Commerce and Sherman for the
event of the day.
The Westminster College band
fro mTehuacana furnished the music
for the day without charge, their
renditions being most pleasing to all
and deeply appreciated by the busi.
ness men of the city. They won
many friends here by their day of
service.
Manager "Pat" Box of the local
picture houses and the Opera House
threw open the doors to the public
all during the morning and through-
out those hours they were crowded,
many of the spectators seeing a show
for the first time in years, which
they greatly appreciated.
Many of the restaurants of the
city served meals at the noon hour
to the visitors for 25 cents.
By 12:30 the streets of the busi-
ness district were roped off and
the crowds increased around the
stands and waited patiently through-
out the awarding the prizes.
L. S. Patterson continued his
services during this work, assisted
by Jere Cason, T. B. Haines, John
Corley, Jr. and others.
The awarding of the prizes for the
three prettiest girls present from
out of town points was the first
award. The prizes going to Miss
Berney Lee Garrison of Tehuacana,
Miss Ella Teer of Cotton Gin and
Miss Joe Lindsey of Cotton gin.
These received first, second and
LIMESTONE GINS
PASS 50000
BALES FOR
THE YEAR
Tom L. Cox, Special Agent for
the Government Census Bureau
states that his last report for Lime-
stone County, under date of Novem-
ber 1, showed that the gins of this
county had ginned 49,764 bales from
the cro pofl 924, as compared with
46,558 bales to the same date in
1923. Since then several hundred
additional bales have beer, ginned,
sending the total to more than 50,000
bales already.
He also pointed out that much cot-
ton raised in Limestone county is
ginned outside the county, pointing
to that which is ginned from the
county arcund Mart, and points in
Hill Count}'. The number of bales
girned outside the county which is
raised in the county exceeds that
brought to this county from other
counties by many hundred bales
Should a record be made of all coun-
ty raised cotton, it would likely show
that around 55,000 bales have alreadj
been gathered by Limestoi.e farmers
This is the best year the farmert
have enjoyed since 1920, according
to the census bureau. In 1921 th(
county ginned around 32,000 balei
and in 1922 approximately 38,00(
bales. Those years wete made short,
er by virtue of the oil activity in thir
section of the county. In 1923 thert
were around 49,000 bales.
GIRL BORN TO MR. AND
MRS. R. Z. McGOWAN
News was received here from S
Waco hospital Tuesday morning of
the arrival of a bouncing baby giri
to Mrs. R. Z. McGowan of Mexia.
Mr. McGowan is an official of thi
Pure Oil Company here. The mothei
and babe are reported doing nicely,
third prizes in the order r.amed. The
prizes were a $20 hat by Mrs. C. O.
Anderson. $10 cash and $5 cash.
The oldest settler present, living
in Limestone County, proved to be
Captain Hampton Steele of Thorn-
ton who was awarded the $10.
The oldest married couple prize of
$15 given by Jack Womack went
to Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Bozeman who
had beer married more than 59
years.
The prize for the youngest mar-
ried couple present was awarded to
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lewis of near
Coolidge who have been married
only a little over 58 years. Prize $15
in cash, by Jack Womack.
These two couples were the only
contestants in these events.
R. S. Smith and family won the
prize of $25 in groceries from Tid-
well's for having come the longest
distance. They travelled 80 miles
from Robertson county.
R. E. Bozeman and family receiv-
ed the $25 in groceries from Tid-
well's as being the largest family.
He and his wife and 10 children were
present.
Extended reports of the day will
be given in early issues of The New*.
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1924, newspaper, November 13, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292444/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.