The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, July 29, 1927 Page: 2 of 4
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THE MEXIA WEEKLY HERALD
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WEEKLY HERALD
Office with
hie News Publishing Company
U<5 N. Railroad St., Mexia, Texas
C. L. TATUM, Proprietor
cyiption One Year 91.50
CENTRAL TEXAS PRESS
BY N. P. HOUX
l^red at the postoffice at Mexia, Texas,
■second class mail matter under act of
rch 8, 1879.
'ax Opponents Hold Up
Bugaboo to Defeat People
jjfN an effort to turn the votes of the oil
district against the constructive tax
Amendment opponents of the Moody admin-
istration are telling the iieople that oil cum-
lanies are public utilities, and that oil pro-
Up in Canada a scion of the wealthy Still-
man family fell in love with a poor girl who
was at the time a cook in the Stillman fam-
ily, and they are now happily married and
the poor girl will still look after the kitchen
—in a way—and see that the meals are
properly prepared. Although the heir to mil-
lions that young man seems to know on
which Bide i3 his bread buttered.
ifri'flffljprl v h to be separated and taxed exclusive-
>r state purposes. Where such a silly
ever originated is hard to understand.
SUPPLIES FOR ELECTION OF
NEXT MONDAY ARE SENT OUT
Here is the irony of fate. A world war
aviator was killed in an automobile crash.
Or does it prove that the airship is safer
than the auto?
If oil c( ipanics are public utilities then any
corporation is a public utility and many far-
mers are doing business as corporations. A
fipe line is a public utility, just like a rail-
hu oil production is not a public util-
iffity, but a private business. There has been
■ft io plan to take all of the public utilities for
H tate tax puprpoaes, but rather the purpose
;^>f the tax amendment is to allow all ad va-
lor n tax to go to the counties and for the
State to tax other items. The gasoline tax is
In t miple of a system of collecting tax
(without the ad valorem, and for highway
Building is the only fair method of taxation
pver found.
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lljMEN who have studied the tax amend-
ment without political prejudice see in
ij t a relief for the farmer and the home own-
|*r. Big corporations are fighting the tax
'ipecause they fear it will increase their bur-
JyJleu. The amendment will increase the O'jr-
| ifien of those now escaping and most a'olo to
pay, and relieve the real estate ownev of
some of his altogether too heavy burden. It
I lis inconceivable that any farmer or homo
pwner could scratch the amendment which
5s designed to lift part of the burden from
himself.
|joing to Church Is Not
Punishment but Privilege
ST Wichita Falls a jury wanted to sentence
I a girl to go to church two years regular-
ly as a condition of suspension of jail sen-
1$ tence. The judge refused it because he did
'ii not believe in forcing people to go to church
g|Ke was right, but it's not a punishment to
•jgo to church, but a privilege. To sentence
pi any one to go to church or to close up every-
1 thing to force people to go to church is mak-
|J|ing a punishment out of the greatest privil-
<'•'' ego human beings have. No wise judges,
fl ministers or laymen would advocate that.
Mick Youth Shows More
B than Usual Intelligence
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a ,1 rich young man? marries a poor girl of
Li /J the woods, the daughter of a former ser-
£ vant in the home of the young man's par-
ents. But what of it. The boy married a girl
who has normal intelligence, a healthy and
strong constitution and lota of enthusiasm.
Much better than to marry the cigaret-
smoking, dissapated daughters of wealth.
Out in West Texas rattlesnakes are wear-
ing diamond rings, one having been killed
by a cowboy, when it was found that his
snakeship was clothed in a fine diamond
ring. And now that cowboy is making a spe-
cialty of hunting rattlesnakes.
General Jake Wolters and his calvarymen
are enjoying an encampment near Mineral
Wells, or were until the bootlegger swooped
down on the camp and sold some of the boys
some poisoned pizen. Three of the bootleg-
ged booters were taken to Fort Worth for
treatment, two of them being partially par-
alyzed and the other one blind. "At last it
stingeth like an adder and biteth like a ser-
pent."
Pity the Natives
Call it cool California if you want to, but
why was it necessary to dump five tons of
ice into a community swimming pool in or-
der to make the water comfortable for the
bathers? Come to Texas where we have cool
water gushing from springs all over the
State where bathing is a pleasure more than
a necessity.—Nick Houx in Mexia Daily
News.
In those portions of the world where bath-
ing is not a pleasure there is byt little bath-
ing done. Here in Texas we have wonderful
bathing places and wonderful bathers. There
is hardly a pool in Texas without a home-
grown bathing beauty somewhere about. It
isn't that way in California. Practically all
their bathing beauties are imported with
Hollywood as the clearing-house. The Cali«
fornia natives, the few there are, mostly
stick to the old-fashioned Saturday night
visit to the tin tub. Most of the native Cal-
ifornians live in isolated places. They have
been crowded back to the hlils by the new-
comers. The life of California is made by
those native of elsewheres. The sea beaches
are full of newcomers, the natatoriuihs thick
with them, the hotels crowded with them,
the roads alive with them. The natives are
a conquered people. They hew wood and tote
water for the newcomefs. Practically all the
bragging on California is none by those bora
east of there. The natives brag little be-
cause they have little to brag on. The eon-
questers have taken it all except a few odd
corners. They would do well to come to Tex-
as and be treated as citizens having equal
rights with the rest of us.—State Press.
Yes, come to Texas and do your bathing
where the water is fine. If you want a real
cold swim a plunge in Barton creek, or the
San Marcos river, or the Comal, or the San
Antonio river at Brackenridge park, or num-'
erous other Texas streams fed by cool
springs, will furnish the proper temperature.
If you want a dip in the serf there is no
better place than along the gulf coast. If
you want the "hot stuff'.', the famous Mar-
fan hot wells will give it to you. Anyway,
come to Texas where you can find anything
you want, in any season.
GROESBECK, July 20 (Sp.).—
S ection supplies for all voting
boxes have been sent out by Coun-
ty Judge Fountain Kirby with all j
supplies for the flection of ne:;t
Monday, Aupuat 1, when four
amendments to the constitution of
Texas will be voted on.
A light vote i3 predicted for I
Limestone county, since the farm-
ers are busy and Monday elections
never draw largo numbers.
There is not a great interest In
the election,, officials say. Judjre
Kirby is leading the opposition to
the amendments and has been tho
principal speaker at several meet-
ings."
DOME FARMERS
INTERESTED IN
GRAPE GROWING
Visit Cleburne Farm
with County Agent
to See Grapes
DONIE, July 25.—D. Z. Shelton,
county agent of Freestone county,
accompanied .by D. M. Worthy and
other men of Donie, went to Clo-
burne Thursday to investigate the
methods "used in the cultivation
and marketing of grapes and fruit
at the Dickey farm, four miie3
east of Cleburne.
The Dickey farm consists of
•twenty-five acres, and has twenty-
nine different varieties of grapes,
and from these grapes Mr. Shel-
ton, assisted by Mr. Dickey, select-
ed nine varieties that were thought
to be best suited for Freestone
county. "The idea," Mr. Shelton
said, "is to, put through next year
a diversified farming program,
and a number of men at Donie
have each agreed to plant one acre
of grapes to market in car load
shipments."
The Dickey farm- averages three
tons of grapes to the acre, and
the grapes arenotv ready for har-
vesting. Besides what he ships
Mr. Dickey said that he sold thir-
ty-five dollars worth of fruit per
day at his roadside market on hi*
farm.
His grapes are grown in white
sand of the "blow" variety, one
of the poorest of soils, according
to authorities. Mr. Dickey told
the visiting men Thursday that
grapes could be cultivated and
gathered at the same expenso per
acre as cotton.
The people of Donie are display-
ing great interest in raising
enough products in their commu-
nity to make a living and then to
sell the surplus, according to tho
county agent. They have been
selling monthly 5800 worth of
cream and eggs.
About the first of August Mr.
Shelton and a group of Donie
citizens will go to East Texas tu
make a study of the farming con-
ditions there, and to investlgnte
marketing and financing methods.
PLENTY LABOR
FOR PICKING
COTTON CROP
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I Former league
uEm
Residents Sail
■ for S. America
TEAGUE, July 20 (Sp.).—Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Ncbon, former
Teague residents, lcTt Houston
Friday night for New York Oi;y
to sail July 29 f-r Maracaibo,
Venezuela, in South Amerua
where Mr. Nelson assumes the
duties of Assistant General Man-
ager of the Rio Palmer Oil Pro-
duction Co. Mr. Nelson has sign-
ed a two year coni. act and return1:
after several years absence, hiv-
ing been a resident of Maracaibo
before. He returns as a promo-
tion. Mr. Nelson has been in toe
brokerage business at Houston fir
the past year.
Mrs. Bertha Thompson Nelson,!
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ll
Thompson of Teague, a prominent]
Houston teacher and conccrt pian-
ist,, accompanied Mr. Nelson. Mrs.
Nelson has an enviable record asl
s pianist concertist.
Honors Mother
Honoring her mother, Mr3. J. F]
McCullough of Mesquite, Mrs. Mc-
Neil Drumwright entertained with
a bridge luncheon at her apart!
ments on Main Street.
Personals
E. B. StClair spent last week
end in Houston, joining Mrs. Sv|
Clair who is visiting Mr. and Mrs"
Ernest Alexander there, and re-
turning home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. SewelN
and daughters returned Sunday
from n three week's visit in the
Ozarks, where they met Mrs.
Sewell's relatives and toured into
Oklahoma, reporting an enjoyable
trip made via automobile.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hood Jack-
son of Fort Worth were in Teague
Sunday bring accompanied by
Harston Harrison who will spend
the week here.
Zcno Hale of Alabama who has
been vi. iting the C. M. M.'ddleton
family and other relatives during
the past several weeks left for
l-;s home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Neyland
and family left Saturday for Cor-
pus Christi where they will visit
the Wright Busnell family and
Albert Neyland at Ran Benito.
Mrs. It. H. Carroll and daugh-
ter, Miss Doris, returned Sunday
from Chicago and Milwaukee
where they accompanied Mr. Car
roll three weeks ago. Mr. Car-
roll, who is a representative o.i
the 3. of L. F. and E. wage move-
ment, will return early next week
after a four weeks' attendance.
REDUCE VALUE
OIL STORAGE
TO 70 CENTS
Other Oil Schedules
to Remain Same in
Limestone Co,
OFFER AWARDS
FOR 1ST THREE
BALES IN CITY
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C. of C. Committee Is
Raising Money to
Pay Premiums
The first three bales of cotton
raised within a twelve mile radius
of Mexia will be purchased for a
good price and the growers will
also receive a substantial sum in
premiums, P. R. Cox, chairman of
the Mexia Chamber of Commerce
cotton committee, said Tuesday
Members of the committee arc
busy Tuesday collecting donations
for the prizes to be given for the
first three bales brought to the
city. The first bale will be award
ed 60 per cent of the amount
raised, the second 25 per cent and
the third 15 per cent. Each bale
must weigh better than 400
pounds.
Mexia has four cotton broke:«
established here and has handled
a large quantity of cotton each
year, and it is the intention of the
Chamber of Commerce committee
to encourage the afrmers of this
district to bring their cotton to
the city in even larger quantities
during the coining seas
GROESBECK, July 20 (Sp.).—
Storage oil was assessed at a 70
cent per barrel valuation when tho
county board of commissioners
sitting as a board of equalization
reviewed the assessments of As-
sessor It. W. Steen.
The rate is 18 cents a barrel
below the ra c of last year. All
othu schedules were pet at the
same rate. The reduction in tho
price of crude oil since the lasi
rate was made was the cause of
the reduction in valuation.
Very few changes in the assess-
ed valuations of lands as rendered
were made by the board* of equa'i-
zation. Hearings on all which
wore raised will be held about
August 15.
Sermon Series
at Kosse Reset
for August 15th
KOSSE, July 20 (Sp.).—The
"Trail of Blood" and "Life Win-
ning" sermon lectures by Dr. J.
M. Carroll of San Antonio, sche-
duled to be held here beginning
July 31, have been postponed until
August 15. A conflict of dates be-
tween a revival mnetnig that was
scheduled to begin August 4th at
the town tabernacle whore the lec-
tures were scheduled, are given a*
the reason for the Carroll lecture*
to be postponed. The sermon lec-
tures will continue through several
days, and wide interest is being
shown here in the coming of Dr
Carroll. -
TEAGUE, July 25 (Sp.).—With
the hot sun rapidly bringing cot-
ton along, it appears that by Aug-
ust 1 Freestone County cotton
crops will be beginning to move.
Already at Oakwood, about 30
miles southeast of here, five or
six bales have already been ginned.
The hard natured land around
Oakwood is being rapidly affected
by the hot sun.
Local gins—Tho Farmers, With-
'ow Bros, and Munger—are all in
readiness for the coming season.
The Teague Compress will as in
past years do considerable com-
press work in this section. Cotton
buyers are getting "set" and in
tile opinion of cotton men much
prosperity is in store for this sec-
tion as the crop has been produced
on a short cash outlay basis and
farmei'3 will have more to spend
from their cotton crops.
JEALOUSY IS
BLAMED FOR
DUALMATHS
Teague Man Suicide
after Killing of
Ft. Worth Woman
Federal Labor Bureau
Assures Chamber of
Cotton Pickers
Due to the wonderful prospects
for a splendid cotton crop in thii
socflon and realizing that there is
a shortage.of labor Chambers of
Commerce of this section will
present the matter.to the State,
and Federal Farm Labor Depart-
meht.
This move was started by the
Mexia and Coolidge C. of C. and
the Mexia organization has asked
the co-operation of some fifteen
organizations in presenting the
matter.
The Mexia C. of C. has already
taken the matter up with the de-
partments and has the following
from the United 'States Depart-
ment of Labor; C. W. Woodman,
assistant director. •
"I think we shall be able to
serve you with plenty of pickers.
Will have one of our special agents
call upon you as soon as possible
with instructions how to make
plans for assisting you.
"It will be best for the needs
of the farmers to be registered
with your chamber of commerce
stating how many single-hands can
be employed, whether any nation-
ality is barred, etc. For your in-
formation will state that cotton
pickfcig changed from seventy-five
cents per hundred to one dollar
per hundred without board, south
of San Antonio, last Tuesday.
"It will be best for you to give
me three or four days notice of
about how many pickers you can
use so that they may not arrive
too soon. It is a mistake for
cotton pickers to reach any com-
munity until after the cotton will
permit an average picker to gather
at least one hundred and fifty
pounds per day."
SC0U1S BACK
HOME AFTER
FUN CAMPING
Boy Scouts to Hold
Court of Honor iu
Mexia July 28
TEXASFARMERS FERGUSON IN
GATHERING FOR
SHORT COURSE
Fifty-nine happy and sunburned
boys have returned to Limestone-
Freestone district from Valley
Mills, where they camped for 10
days in the regular rummer camp
of the Boy Scouts of America,
who accompanied thorn, and the
advancement they made while an
the camp.
Tenderfoot scouts bacame second
class, second class scouts passed
tests for first class and there was
one Eagle Scout test passed by a
boy from Teague, Martin Jamison.
The Eagle Scout badge has arrived
and will be presented to him in a
big court of honor at the First
Methodist Church, Mexia, July ^8,
at 8 p. m. Marvin has the distinc-
tion Of being .the only Eagle Scout
in the county, and there are few in
the state. It fs the highest honor
in Scouting.
There will be several star,scout
honors passed out at the big court
of honor plnnned for next Thurs-
day night. Life saving and swim-
ming merit badges were obtained
by a number of scouts on the
camp.
The camp was a big success, the
place ideal and economical and Mr.
Williamson hopes to obtain the
camp for the boys next year. He
expressed his appreciation to the
Waco Y. M. C. A., owners of the
camp, for the use of it, which was
at a very nominal charge.
Expect 3,000 Farmers
to Attend Annual
Conventions
COLLEGE STATION, July 25
(UP).—Several thousand Texas
farmers and others interested in
the welfare of agriculture met
here today for tho annual Farm-
ers' Short Course at A. and M.
college.
Virtually every phase of agri-
culture will be handled by the
various closses to be held during
the five day course. Lecturers dur
ing the course will be experts of
the college and other leaders in
Texas' agriculture.
Attracted by low fares offered
by all railroads, the short course
is expected to attract at loost
3,000 farmers before the end of
the week.
Among the subjects to be taken
up are water conservation, bee
keeping, dairying, agronomy, fruit
growing^ poultry raising, general
livestock raising and home econo-
mics. A conference of bankers in-
terested In agriculture will be held
during the week and several pure-
bred livestock associations will
hold their meetings during ses-
sions of the short course.
DEFY TO DAN
ON ELECTION
SaysAmendments Are
Fergusonism versus
Moodyism
DELAY ASKED
IN TRIAL OF
LYONS CASE
Man Brought Back to
County from Pen
to Face Trial
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District Meet
of Baptists in
Delia on Sunday
DELIA, July 25 (Sp.).—The
Baptist Workers' Council, compos-
ing the 4th District of Limestone
county held their monthly meeting
hefe Sunday. A very interesting
program was rendered to a large
congregation. Rev. J. E. Gore,
pastor of the First Baptist church
at Coolidge presided. A special
song by little Misses Johnnie Gore
and Evelyn Cox of Coolidge was
especially enjoyed. Another en-
joyable part of the program was
the special music by Misses Ethc-
lyn and Eileen Carroll of Watt.
The next meeting will be held with
the Callina church on the 4th Sun-
day in August.
BIG MUSK MELON
HEARNE, July 26.—A thirty-
or.e pound muskmeion is the larg-
est so far exhibited here this sea-
son. The melon was. raised on the
Brazos bottom plantation of Char-
les Carrone. A ninety-pound water-
melon was "marketed recently.
GROESBECK, July 25 (Sp).—
Counsel for the defense filed a
motion for continuance in the case
of W. E. Lyons, alias Slim Lyons,
charged with possession and sale
of liquor when the case was called
in district court here Monday af-
ternoon. They maintained in the
motion that several important wit-
nesses were absent and asked that
the trial be postponed until a later
date. The state announced ready
for trial.
Lyons was charged in connection
with the operation of an alleged
road house in Freestone county,
1,000 feet over the line dividing
Freestone and Limestone counties.
It was raided in August of last
year, by Limestone and Freestone
county officers.
Lyons was brought here for trial
on a bench warrant from the state
penitentiary where he is serving
sentence following conviction on
another liquor charge. Five other
cases are pending against him,
District Attorney Sam McCorkle
said. C. H. Machen is special prose-
cutor in the case.
In Plain Sight
Barber: "Good morning, sir, I
haven't seen your face for a long
time."
Customer: "That's funny. I left
most of it on your razor the last
time I was here."—Progressive
Farmer.
Star Parasite Remover
Given Hen.; during hot weather
will keep them eating heartily, rid
them of Intestinal Worms, Lice,
Mites, Fleas and Blue Bugs, tone
their, .system, prevent disease,
make moulting easy and more eggs
through fall and winter, or money
tack. Tidwell Feed Co., Mexia.
PICKING IS EARLY
HEARNE, July 26.—The ex-
tremely hot weather is causing cot-
ton to mature rapidly in this sec-
tion. Picking is expected to begin
early in August. The promised
yield .is . very encouraging.
AUSTIN. July 25 (UP).—Foi-
mer Governor Jim Ferguson toduy
issued an attack on the four con-
stitutional amendments to l>e voted
upon next Monday. He asks the
people to make it an issue between
"Fergusonism and Moodyism."
As part of his statement Fergu-
son says that the only persona of
prominence now speaking for the
amendments are Governor Moody
and Agricultural Commissioner
Terrell.
He predicts that Governor Mo>
dy will "look like a political or-
phan after the returns come in
Monday."
Ferguson says that contrary to
custom the election has been called
for a time when there will be ill-
tie vote from the laboring c'um«i
either in city or county. He as-
serts each amendment carries with
it a necessary increase in taxes.
He concludes "I appeal to every
friend I ever had in Texas to turn
out and vote against all these
amendments. Let us meat these
politicians at the ballot on the
issue of 'Fergusonism versus Moo-
dyism'."
How He Cured Her
Crank—"How did you cure your
wife of her antique craze?"
Shaft—'O, I just gave her a 1907
model automobile for her birth-
day."—Cornell Widow.
Phone 777
The home of high claaa watch and jewelry repairing.
v
Wesson's watch work works wonders with wrecked
watches.
Cash! Cash!
Take the cork out of a NEH1 crown and look under
it foi any of the letteis N-E-H-and 1 We will give cash
as follows when brought to the NEHI office.
For the letters—N $5.00
For the letters—E $2.50
For the letters—Ii v. EOe
For the letters—1 25c
LUCKY WINNERS MONDAY
MRS. R. L. DILLARD. City
M. H. LOUDER, Jr., City
NATHAN BURT, Hubbard City
DORSEY ADAMS, Coolidge
WATCH FOR THEM!
NEHI BOTTLING COMPANY
503 S. Sherman St. Mexia, Texas
STUDEBAKER'S
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FORT WORTH, July 25 (UP)—
Jealousy was believed to have been
the motive for the killing Friday
night of Mrs. Myrtle Paty, ii7
years old bride of a week by Ad
Harrison, 47, who ended his own
life after shooting Mrs. Paty ta
death.
TEAGUE, July 25 (Sp.).—A. D.
Harrison, formerly of Teague, shot
and killed Mrs. Myrtle Paty, for-
merly Mrs. G. H." Britton, Fort
Worth rooming house operator, in
Fort Worth Friday night and then
turned the gun on himself, accord-
ing to reports here. The shooting
is said to have occurred after Har-
rison learned that Mrs. Britton had
married another man and would
have nothing further to do with
him.
Harrison has been married twice,
he is survived by a married daugh-
ter and a 10-yenr-rld son by his
first wife, and by his second wife
and three small chil,'
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