Mexia Evening News (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 204, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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YOUR BUSINESS APPRECIATED TIDWELL'S HARPER SHOP.
MEXIA EVENING NEWS
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. XXI. No. 204.
MEXIA, TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPT. 25,1919.
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OPERA HOUSE
TONIGHT
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PATHE NEWS
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TOMORROW
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"THE SAVAGE WOMAN"
and Christie Comedy
CARE OF COT-
TON WILL PAY
SATURDAY
MONROE SALISBURY
in
"THE SLEEPING LION"
But Look Out When he Wakes
and Sennett two-reeler
MONDAY
"THE DELICIOUS LITTLE DEVIL"
STRIKE IS
YAQUIS GET
INVESTIGATED
WILL SEE WHY STRIKE WAS
NOT POSTPONED
Associated Press Report.
Washington, Sept. 25.—The
investigation of the nationwide
Steel strike*by the Senate Labor
Committee, which begins today,
is called to determine if the sit-
uation can be relieved by Federal
action. John Fitzpartrick, Chair-
man of the workers organization,
will present labor's side of the
question and their failure to ne-
gotiate in order to avoid the
strike.
The committeemen said it
would also be investigated and
why the strike was not post-
poned at President Wilson's re-
quest and why Chairman Gai*y,
of the Steel Corporation, refused
to deal with union organizers.
Even should the Uniter Stat.es
Steel corporation consent to meet
the representatives of the Na-
tionwide strike, the seel workers
could not be called off, Fitzpat-
rick told the committee that the
men on strike are going to de-
mand from the United States
Government decent justice, he
declared.
SUPPLIES
CRISIS AT T. C. U.
PRESIDENT WAITS TO GO
BEFORE COURT
Associated Press Report.
Fort Worth, Sept. 25.—The
faculty of Texas Christian Uni-
versity is apparently in full con-
trol of the campus today. The
students who were expelled re-
fused to leave school and took
the case to the courts. The fac-
ulty issued a statement saying
that the fight against hazing is a
showdown and that all partici-
pants must leave school. The
students filed injunctions and
President Waits has been order-
ed to appear before court Friday
to show why the students will
not be reinstated.
Associated Press Report.
Douglas', Ariz., Sept. 25.—
Americans were not molested'
but Mexicans were literally
■ "stripped to the shoe strings" by
the Yaqui Indians who recently
raided the mining camp at San
Nicholas, Sonora, 140 miles
southwest of Douglas. Food was
taken from the Mexican miners
cabins and even their clothing
was seized, according to Lee G.
Cloud, managing director of the
mining properties, who has ar-
rived here.
The Indians were led by two
men with skins as white as any
, American. Mexicans said they
were Moro Indians.
| Members of the band were
j poorly clothed, some having no
covering above the waist. All
were armed, some with modern
high powered rifles, and others
with older, cruder weapons.
There were no Mexicans in the
party.
The efforts of Mrs. Carl Hud-
son, who had charge of the com-
missary, alone kept the camp
from being left altogether with
out provisions. After the com-
missary was looted of $1400 in
gold and practically all its goods
Mrs. Knudson pleaded with the
leader for food, saying that it
would be strange for the great
chief to leave the camp starving.
The chief turned back two
sacks of flour.
When Mrs. Vetch, wife of the
American mill superintendent,
became hysterical with fright
during the raid the Indians ask-
ed her husband to remain with
her until they had left and to
assure her she would not be
harmed. However the Mexicans
were roughly treated and nearly
everything they possessed was
carried away.
The News stands for the best
interests of the City of Mexia.
We want the co-operation of ev-
ery loyal citizen. Others need
not subscribe; you will regret it.
Associated Press Report.
Dallas, Texas., Sept. 15.—Care
in picking, handling nad ginning
cotton, or the lack of it, may
mean a gain or loss of from $10
to $30 a bale this season, accord-
ing to Walton Peteet, who repre-
sents the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College and the United
States Bureau of Markets in cot-
ton classing and marketing work
in Texas.
"Much of the early cotton in
Central, South and Eeast Texas
is of very low grade," asserts Mr.
Peteet, "and farmers are find-
ing it difficult to sell these low
grades except at ruinous dis-
count.
"While weather conditions af-
fect grades, the care and atten-
tion of picking, handling and gin-
ning are of greatest importance.
Cotton should be picked only
when it is dry, kept off the
ground, and ginned dry. There
are many damaged bolls in the
fields this season and many far-
mers are picking them and there
by damaging their cotton from
$7.50 to $20 a bale. Labor is
scarce and high priced, but it will
be found profitable to farmers to
take extra precautions to keep
out trash, dirt and damaged
bolls.
"The wide difference in the
price for the various grades of
cotton emphasizes the impor-
tance of proper grading, as the
undergrading of even one grade
may mean to farmers the differ-
ence between a profit and a loss
on their year's labor.
"I wish to advise farmers who
intend to purchase and plant
pure seed of good staple varie-
ties of cotton next season that
they do not delay in placing their
orders with reliable dealers."
The A. & M. College and the
Federal Bureau of Markets now
have cotton classing and market-
ing offices in the following
places :■
College Station, Dallas, Hous-
ton, Vernon, Memphis, Weather-
ford, Cameron, Tyler, Honey
Grove, Marshall, Marlin, Navaso-
ta, Bay City, Port Lavaca, Aust-
well, Sinton, Lubbock, Round
Rock, Georgetown, Taylor, Gran-
ger, Waco, Harlingen, Sulphur
Springs and Seguin.
RECLAIMING
ARID LAND
TELLS OP STORM
MRS. F. E. DUNLAP GETS A
LETTER FROM CORPUS
CHRISTI
The following letter was re-
ceived Wednesday by Mrs. F. E.
Dunlap from W. R. Norton of
that place. It gives a very good
idea of what occured there dur-
ing the storm.
Corpus Christi, Sept. 21.
Dear Sister:
You, of course have read the
newspaper reports of the storm,
but from that, you cannot half
way gather an idea of the great
destruction wrought.
The loss of life will be from
five hundred to a thousand and
four or five thousand homeless.
We are very happy that we
were all spared. We have no
lights, phone or street car ser-
vice. The town is under martial
law.
The loss in property will be be-
tween ten and fifteen millions of
dollars.
i The water got up into the prin-
cipal streets, six to ten feet deep
and all business houses had se-
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vere losses.
The water was up in the banks
and hotels from four to five feet
deep. We did not open the bank
for business all last week, but
i hope to do so tomorrow.
Love to all.
W. R. Norton,
j Mr. Norton's son who is mar-
Iried and keeping house in Corpus
I lost everything they had.
SOMETHING
PRACTICAL
-IS—
PRACTICAL GROCERIES
-AND-
Practical People Should
Buy At a Practical Store
C. FELZ & SON.
PHONE 62.
PHONE 79
C. B. Beal, of Palestine, is in It is said that the Connecticut
the city on business. Retail Liquor Dealers' Associa-
tion has decided that no mtfre
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beer containing more than one-
A large new and prosperous
soda fountain is reported to have
been opened in Picadilly, London.
half of one per cent will be , ,
in that state by their members.
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Associated Tress Report.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 25—Con-
struction of a fourteen-mile tun-
nel through solid granite—the
largest of its kind in the world—
is to be part of the engineering
feats connected with the Methow
Okanogan irrigation project in
Washington. This project when
completed, will furnish irrigation
for approximately 45,000 acres
of land. The cost of the develop-
ment voted by districts em-
braced in the project, and to be
aided by the State, is estimated
at $8,000,000.
The Methow-Okanogan pro-
ject is but part of an ambitious
program or reclamation work
undertaken by Washington, and
made possible by the recently
passed State reclamation act.
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He said that tonight and Fri-
day would be partly cloudy.
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—All the season's newer styles and colorings,
—They arrived by express this moraine*.
—And include some of the snappiest models yet shown .
—Pick yours now while the assortment is complete.
We received today another shipment of Georgette Waists
—in the popular colors as:Navy, Taupe, Brown, Champagne
Mahogany, Flesh, and White.
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