The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1925 Page: 1 of 4
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"A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE"
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1925.
MEXIA, TEXAS,
-SEVENTH YEAR. NO. 29
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PEED THE WORLD
SURVEY REVEALS
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Foodstuffs Exports of
United States Show
Large Increase
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(I. N. S. Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, July 29.—In spite
of the great increase in priccs
since the World War, foodstuffs ex-
ports from the United States in the
last five years are over 50 per cent
heavier in volume than they were
during the period to 1913.
Although the United States con-
sumes more than 90 per cent of its
products—raw and manufactured—
the* farms and factories of this
country, engaged in the production
of food, are continuing to "feed the
•world," according to a general sur-
vey conducted by the Department
of Commerce.
Before the war foodstuffs made
up' 20 per cent of the total domes-
tic exports of the United States,
whereas during the 1920-1924 period,
the proportion was almost 20 per
ccnt.
"In other words," said an official
statement from Secretary Hoover's
department, "the foodstuffs exports
are more than keeping pace with
the total export trade of the coun- 11920
try."
From 1910 to 1914 the average
value of fond exports was $435,-
603,000. Values for the last five
years wore:
For the year 1920, $2,007,000,000;
1021, 51.388,000,COO; 1922, ¥1.004,-
000,000; 1323, $300,000,000; 1924,
£9,493,000.
Large? shipments of cereals, par-
ticularly wheat and rye, and f"e ::h,
dried and canned fruits, together
generally higher export prices
were the factors chiefly rcrpons-ible
for the increase from 192! to If21.
Moat exports in 1921 were slight-
Important'Dates
in Bryan's Life
I860—Born in Salem, 111., March 19.
1881—Graduated from Illinois Col-
lege.
1884—Married Mary Blair of Perry,
111.
1,887—Moved to Lincoln, Neb.
1890—Elected to Congress.
1894—Defeated as candidate for U.
S. Senate by Thurston.
1896—Nominated by the Democratic
National Convention and de-
feated by Wm. McKinley.
1898—Raised Third Nebraska Volun-
teers and was its colonel dur-
ing the Spanish-American war.
1900—Again ran agair.st McKniley
and was defeated.
1901—Started "The Commoner"
Lincoln, Neb.
1904—Saw the defeat of Alton
Parker for President.
1906—Made a tour of the world.
1908—Was again defeated for Pres-
ident, this time by Wm. H.
Taft.
1912—Secured the nomination of the
Democratic party of Woodrow
Wilson icfr President.
1913 to 1915—Was named as Secre-
tary of State in the Wilson
Cabinet but disagreed with his
chief and resigned.
1916—Was a Woodrow Wilson dele-
gate at the Democratic Na-
tional Convention.
Held a proxy as a delegate to
the Democratic National Con-
vention at San Francisco and
made an unsuccessful fight for
a dry platform.
1925—Led fight for anti-evolution
laws in states and aided in
prosecution of John T. Scopes,
at Dayton, Tenn., on chargr.
of violation of Tennessee's
anti-evolution laws.
at
B.
RAILROAD GINS
WILL GET BULK
OF FALL TRADE
Mexia Expects as Much
Cotton as Last Year
as Gins Close
mailer, but those cf lard in-
sequent heavy drawing on pro-
ducers of this country; second, the
! wcr buying power in Eurcpas
shown by the gradual drop from
1920 to 1923, and then, in 1924
a
crcr.scd.
The compara';-
the indicated,
beginning of increased buying
power, resulting from improvew con- j black land and reports are that the
Although estimates from Lime-
stone county's crop of cotton this
year run at from 25,000 to 30,000
bales, or slightly more than half a
normal crop, Mexia will gin at
least as much cotton as during
previous years, a survey of the
situation showed.
One half of the 40 gins of Lime-
stone county will not operate this
year, the interior gins being forced
to remain closed because of water
shortage.
At Mexia two large gins will
operate the same as usual and only
places on the railroads are t? be
served with ginning services, cotton
men declared.
Munger Cotton and Oil Comr.nny,
operator of half the gins in Lime-
stone courvty, as well as many other
gins in this part of the state, will
not operate 10 gins stationed tway
from the railroads, a statement from
the head offices of the concern says.
Lack of water to operate the
steam engines, and the inability of
getting electric lines built in Time
are give as the reason. Save for
one gin at Prairie Ilill and the gins
of Personville, no away-from-the-
railroad gins will be operated, it is
declared.
At Coolidge oil engines have been
installed and at Thornton and Kosse
the ?ame equipment will be used.
Wortham is ginning with the same
equipment, while electric motorr are
ready to be installed at Mexia should
the water system fail.
While Freestone county crops look
well, estimates showing about a
normal crop, Limestone county will
be hard hit, there is no doubt. The
randy land is doing better than the
BRYAN'S BODY
REACHES NATION
CAPITAL TODAY
Thousands Waiting at
Station to Meet
Dead Commoner
By PAUL. R. MALLON
(United Press Star; Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, July 30.- Sur-
rounded by loving members of his
family, William Jennings Bryan re-
turned to Washington today on his
last pilgrimage to the grave.
The funeral train which bore him
from the Tennessee mountain village
where he died drew into the Ut ion
Station at 7:40 a. m.
The journey's end wrote off the
last triumphal march of the Com-
moner, as remarkable in its tributes
to the fallen leader as ever he re-
ceived when he sought the popular
favor in the vigor of his prime.
Approximately one thousand peo-
ple crowded the vast concourse of
the station to bid tfie body hail and
farewell. A large detail of police
patrolled the station and a mounted
squadron kept the exit clear for the
movement of the body.
The funeral party was met by an
informal reception committee
eluding Ben G. Davis, former sec-
I retary to the Commoner; Charles
Cook, representing unofficially the
State Department, which Bryan
headed for two years; Representative
W. C. Upshaw of Georgia, and Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel McBride, c'.ose
friends of the Bryans.
Mrs. Bryan left the train and
proceeded to her hotel before the
body was borne from the funeral car.
She was carried to the rear platform,
placed in a wheel chair and raised
to the main level of the station in
an elevator. She was accompanicd
by ushers.
The body was not moved unti' all
passengers from the train to w'lich
the funeral car was attached had
been cleared from the platform.
TOURISTS ARE
FINDING ROADS
MUCH IMPROV'D
Various Trails Outlined
for Mexia Motoring
Vacationists
According to reports of Mexia
parties who have joined America's
summer tourist army, roads over the
•
state are now generally fair to good.
The tourists reaching Mexia over
the Lone Star Trail are constantly
increasing and it is pointed out
frequently that had Freestone coun-
ty not received a setback in building
a good road to connect Limestone
county with Anderson county, by
next year, the traffic over this East-
West artery would have been doubled
By the completion of this strip of
road, much travel over the Bank-
head highway would be pulled south-
ward to the trail through Mexia and
and also some shifting would have
taken place from the Old Spanish
Trail southward from Houston, thru
Beaumont to New Orleans. This old
trail is now said to be rough going
through Liberty county where some
development work is in
ODD FELLOWS
IN CONTESTS
AT BIG MEET
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Congressman Address
Chief Event of Two
County Session
•e figure
first, the
food
lack of food
Europe, with con- '
x'nec j ditions abroad, with its demand for ] Pervonville
articles which a year or two
bsforc had been considered luxuiies.
district has had suf-
ficient rain to make a normal crop.
Farmers of the western county
are hard hit for stock water. ool-
idge is shipping in water in freight
cars. Farmers in some cases 1 aul
water for 14 miles, while others
| are digging holes in the ban.es of
the Navasota river and using the
seepage for stock water.
Grccsbeck's municipal system is
practically a failure, due to the
drouth, and two hours a day is the
limit of the water system there.
Private wells, however, help con-
siderably.
With a good rain any time be-
tween n6w and August 15, it be-
lieved that an improvement in the
cotton crop will be seen. Cotton
soaking rain.
can make in 45 days after a general
Farmers declare that the moisture
of the cotton season would have
been sufficient had there been a
winter season of rains to wet the
ground thoroughly before spring
came.
MISS K1RGAN IN BOSTON*
SCHOOL OF EXPRESSION
Sadie Kirgan of Fairfield is now
in Boston where she is taking ad-
vanced work in expression. She will
tour the North and Canada helore
returning home. Miss Kirgan i the
daughter of Editor Lee Kirgan of
The Fairfield Recorder. She whs a
member of the Sumpter Street School
faculty in 1923-24 and many of her
poems and other literary productions
have appeared in The Mexia Daily
News.
in- oil field
progress.
At Orange the Sabine riv"r is
crossed on a ferry then a rough
stretch to Vinton. The Trinity river,
bordering Freestone county, between
here and Palestine is now crossed
on a ferry, whereas the bond iuuse
was to have provided a bridge
The route to Houston is through
Groesbeck, Thornton, Kosse and to
Bremond. At the latter place con-
nection is established with the King
of Trails through Hearne, Bryan,
Hempstead and Navasota.
Tourists coming from points near
Galveston and Houston are warned
not to come by Mexia on excursions
northward, the roads of Navarro
county coming in for much crit'cism
j and turning thousands to roads west
GROESBECK, July 29.—Hon. Tom
L. Connaliy, congressman of Marlin,
spoke to 1,000 people at the Munici-
pal park here Wednesday morning
on fraternalism and national issues.
His address was delivered at the an-
nual gathering of the Limestone and
Freestone counties Odd Fellows con-
vention in the second day of its ses-
sion.
A barbecue dinner was served at
noon to the largest crowd of the
session and at 2 p. m. the Corsicana
Odd Fellows Orphanage band gave
a well received concert.
A business meeting at 4 p. m.
and team contest at 7 p. m., b«.th at
the I. O. O. F. hall here were to
close the program. The 12 lodges of
the two counties were well repre-
sented.
PREDICT 56
PERCENTOF
COTTON CROP
Central Texas Cutting:
Down Production of
Texas, Report
TESTING FOR
HEADLIGHTS TO
BEGIN AUGUST 1
Enforcement but Month
Away; Fee Small but
New Parts Needed
full swing.
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have just returned from Waco where I had
special instructions from Mrs. fioggins of the Gold-
tein-Megil Beauty Shop on Permanent Marcel
Waving, u*ing the Eugene Method.
invite
Shoppe and let
It's something practical
us talk to you
and new.
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W ater Exclusively
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MAR1NELLO PREPARATIONS
Your Beauty Our Business"
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The crowd in the concourse grew j by way of Waco and Hillsboro an-
steadily in number and ropes were nually.
put up as people pressed forward to j The route to California contiues
view the casket as it rolled on its j through San Antonio, El Paso,
small truck through the pavilion. All i Phoenix, Yuma to San Bernardino,
classes of life were represented, j This is the lower route, being the
noticeably clergymen. Many were | Old Spanish Trail as far as Yuma.
travelers who risked miss- I The upper route, over the Old Santa
outgoing
ing a train for a last glimpse of
the Commoner.
Scores of floral pieces, enough to
j fill a separate hearse, were removed
j with the coffin. Some were enor-
mous. One, from the Knoxville, Ten-
nessee chamber of commerce, bore
a quotation of Bryan's, "I have i
enough religion to live by and die |
by."
Mrs. Bryan showed plainly the j
effect of her sorrow. Her face was
pale and lined. She wore deep
mourning and a thick black veil.
Fe Trail, is used at this season of
the year by
much cooler.
a. great many, it being
Chick Zaccro on
u
ay
Frank Zaccro, familiarly known to
all Mexia as "Chick" left Tuesday
for a visit to friends and relatives
in New York City after which he
will accept a position in a glove
fcatory at Gloversville.
For two years during the "boom"
days Frank was in the produce busi-
ness here.
After he closed out his produce
FAIRFIELD, July 30.—The cotton j business he was engaged by pro-
yield is fairly good in the Central, duction department of one oC the
P
Yield Fairly Good j
Eastern and Southern parts of F)ee- , large oil companies until recently,
stone county and cotton picking is in I Frank is a naturalized American
citizen of Italian parentage.
DROUTH OF PANHANDLE, PARIS OF
OKLAHOMA AND NEW MEXICO ENDS
(By International News Service)
FORT WORTH, July 30.—-The
drouth in the Panhandle, Southwest-
ern Oklahoma and New Mexico was
effectively broken by rains yester-
day and last night, according to re-
ports.
In some sections the downpour
reached torrential proportions.
No change of condition in south
and eastern sections.
Garages and automobile supply
I stations in Mexia, throughout Lime-
stone county and over the state as
well, are making ready to reap a
I rich harvest as a result of the new
headlight law passed by the last
legislature, which went into effect
June 19.
A number of stations have been
designated for Limestone county and
their operations are expected to
follow on or soon after August 1.
No penalty can be enforced for
non-confirmity with the law until
after September 1, 1925. Ample
opportunity to conform to the re-
quirements of the act is thus s>iven,
it is pointed out, before the ensuing
penalties become effective.
A fee of 25 cents will be made
for testing the lights of a car, in
accordance with the act, but the
greater portion of this will go into
the county, since the only revenues
for paying county expenses of test-
ing comes from this source.
Testing stations can look for 1'ttle
remuneration from the fee chnrged.
The 25 cent fee is to pay only for
focusing the lights
lamp if necessary.
duty of the test man to see that
an approved device is being used, [ //
together with the proper size bulb
and whether or not the reflectors
are in satisfactory condition.
It is declared that the headlight
equipment of many cars will require
a considerable amount of time and
labor to put them in condition to be
adjusted. It will
it is claimed by
the tester to do all this work for
the 25 cent fee allotted by the law.
Many Mexia and Limestone county
auto owners will find it necessary
to refit completely their lighting
system at an additional expense and
at current prices.
No car can escape having its head-
light put in order for the reason that
in addition to the penalties for non-
conformity with the law, no high-
way license can be taken out to drive
a car
Rain fall in the cotton growing
counties of Texas was just about
half of normal for the first four
weeks of July. About the sam«
deficit existed in June.
The failure of rain and th«
intense heat during these months,
when moisture was needed desperate-
ly, after the long spring drouth, hal
brought the Texas cotton crop down
to an average of about 56 per cent
of normal, with a predicted yieJd of
only 101 pounds per acre, according
to the mid-monthly report of H. H.
Schutz, statistician for the United
States department of Agriculture at
Houston.
This condition is about 13 points
below that of 1924-25, and the fore-
cast is 37 pounds less per acre than
a year ago.
In the drouth-stricken South Cen-
tral counties, the cotton has received
very little relief from the scattered
showers of the early part of July
and much of it has died. Much of
the crop remains small, is blooming
at the top and opening prematurely.
Twenty-eight counties in the Hous-
ton territory, according to the latest
reports, are 30 per cent below
normal, and 64 which ranged from
50 per cent downward, with some
reported as practical failures.
Conditions remain fair to ™ood
in most of the Northwest, North
and Northeast part of Texas, and
there are good areas scattered in
other districts. However, little head-
way has been made by the crops
in the last few weeks.
No district shows more weevil
than were present at this time last
year; the dry weather and high
temperature have had the good
effect of holding them in check.
Lice have been bad in sections this
year, and some have reported the
appearance of the flea, the boll
worm and the leaf worm.
In the Panhandle country, the
crop does not loom any too pramis-
ing. Some good prospects appear
between Wichita Falls and Claren-
don, according to parties returning
from Colorado through that section.
Clarendon's precipitation has been
80 per cent of normal.
The precipitation at Mexia, in
this, Limestone county for the* month
of July was slightly above normal,
normal being 1.79 while the precipita
tion for the period has been 1 86.
A most optimistic estimate of
prospects for Limestone county is
and tilting the ! *hat there wiU be Sinned in thia
It will b* the i county this season approximately
' 35,000
i '
bales.
be unreasonable,
some, to expect
Bobbed Hair"
Play by W. B. A.
"Bobbed Hair," a three-act dram-
atic play, will be presented by the
Mexia Review, No. 5, Women's Bene-
fit Association, at the First Meth-
odist Church Friday evening at 8:15
o'clock, according to an announce-
ment by the order.
In addition to the three act play
featuring Miss Mittie Glover ther«
will be other readings and musical
selections.
Mrs. Oscar Denning will present
a instrumental solo, Miss Iucile
Preddy will be presented in a vocal
solo and Master Neil Evens will
give a reading. Little Miss Dorothy
Cogdell will give a vocal solo.
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Cheeves Bros. & Co. have the only Economy Basement in this section of the country. We have just recently enlarged it in order to take care of a much larger stock
for the Fall Season.
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"Mexia's Greatest Department Store"
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The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1925, newspaper, July 31, 1925; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292478/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.