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Enterad at cbe postot'fice at Mexia, Texas, as second
4 ass mail matter under act of March 8. 1879.
The Groesbeck-Mart Road
Some two years ago the editor of this newspaper hap-
paned to be parsing throgh the country through which the
new Groesbeek-Maxt road will pass and was impressed with
the wonderful country and the wonderful opportunities
which would come to the people of this section when an all-
weather road could be built through this section of Lime-
stone county. ,[ .• •• ••
We doubt if there is a more fertile land in our country
and a'more thrifty people but they have not been able to
keep apace with other fine sections of the country simply
because they did not have all-weather roads over which to
travels- • ■ ll-ffit't
■^o js.ll who had a hand in the securing of this re^d we
extend "our^and." It is "a1 worthy cause, to a worthy people,
in one of the inest sections of Texas. £
Belief from -Hay Fever Often Obtained by
Avoiding Offending Plant Pollens
There, are certain times of the
•year when the pollens begin to
blow and persons who are sensi-
tive to them begin to suffer with
the sneezing, coughing and mu-
bous membrane congestion typical
. ®£ hay fever."
JDuring the spring, the pollens
®f tress are like most cpmmon of-
fenders Jn causing hay fever. In
the early,, s.ummer, the jollens
tome from' grasses, roses, corn;
each flowers as the daisy, dande-
lion and lily, and such weeds as
the pigweed and- dock *
—' Timothy is an.- important cause
of hay fever from June through
August. Dedtop is a frequent
cause from June through Septem-
ber, and orchard grass from
March through August.
The hay fever that occurs in
the fall usually is more severe,
lasts longer and affects more peo-
ple than that occurring in the
early spring and summer. Fall
hay fever is caused mostly by the
pollens of the ragweed and sage-
brush, which flower at that time.
The pigweed and tumbleweed may
also go to seed and'spread their
pollens.
Many of the grasses have a
eoeond period of pollination late
fa the summer. These are, of
course, windblowfs plants and
„weeds.
There are other plants in which
the pollen is not blown about by
the wind. In such cases the pa-
tient gets the pollen by putting
kis nose down into the flower to
Hassriell it siid tbas inhaks the pol-
len.
Symptoms of hay fever usually
continue until the flowers of the
ragweed are killed by frost in
September or: October. If the
autumn is unusually hot, the hay
fever may last much longer.
In some people, symptoms con-
tinue even after the first frost be-
cause enough of the pollens have
been taken into the body and
enough, disturbance caused to
carry the discomfort over until
proper treatment is applied.
Sesitivity to pollens is . not
exclusively a condition associ-
ated with the rich or the poor, the
proud Or the humble, the aristo-
crat or the commener. It has af-
fected all alike.
Daniel Webster, it is said, suf-
fered from hay fever 20 years but
did not have the smyptoms during
one summer which he spent in
Scotland. Henry Ward Beecher
had hay fever and obtained re-
lief when he went to the Cats-
kill mountains.
Judge Gary said that he got re-
lief from his hay fever in north-
ern Michigan. But Henry ilonch-
en has had hay fever for a good
many years and claims that he
has not had relief anywhere.
As people have traveled about
and as intercommunication has
frown, certain districts which
formerly had the reputation of
being free from hay fever have
lost that distinction because peo-
ple from other sections have
brought ragweed and other prod-
ucts of civilization in with them.
China Clutches
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:|f to Prevent War
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*7! SHANGHAI, Aug...7, CU.R)—The
pro-gaverr.:r.ent newspaper, the
China Press, indicated today that
-China was clutching it the last
straw of Occidental mediation or
diplomatic pressure to avert a
general Chino-Japanese war.
The newspaper • demanded, thf
application of the Kellogg nine-
power non-aggression pact, signed
also by Japan and now being vio-
lated in her latest North China
adventure.
"In view of Japan's unrelent-
aggressions are other signatures
of the nine-power pact content
to remain idle and 'countenance
an action inimical to the security'
of China's sovereignty and inde-
pendence and territorial as well as
administrative integrity?" the ed-
itorial asked.
Port of Houston
l Now Ready For
IU Grain Movement
(£"*■ _
• HOUSTON, Aug. 7, (UP)—The
gran elevator at Port Houston
has been brought into condtion to-
handle its first export movements
in five years.
Port Director J. Russell Wait
sent George S. Colby, elevator su-
perintendent, on a tour of the
grain belt including the export
centers of Chicago, Omaha, Min-
neapolis, Kansas City and St
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Colby reported that he obtained
commitments from exporters in
all the principal grain centers.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wright have
as. their guest their niece Miss
Mary Wier' of Kemp.
Flowers
For A1J Occasions
Sparks B Jenkins
NURSERY
Mexia, Texas
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V. S. Takes Two
Rocks Vicinity
S. Francisco Bay
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7, (U.R)
—The United States today took
j formal possession of two rocks
covering 15/100 of an acre in San
Francisco Bay.
Three federal officials formed
the landing party which ousted
a caretaker on the rocks—known
as Mission rock—and raised the
American flag. The officials were
carrying out an almost forgotten
executive order of the late Pres-
ident William McKinley issued in
1899.
The governmet however owns
only thos6 parts of the rocks be-
longing to Mission Rock Corp.,
which has fought government oc-
cupancy for 38 years.
Mission rock is one of the his-
toric sites in San Francisco Bay.
Sailing vessels in early days used
the rocks as a docking place. More
recantly a warehouse and storage
plant were put there. They were
damaged by fire this summer.
The rocks belonged to the State
of California until 1872 when
Henry P. Pichener acquired them
j by legislative grant. He sold them
to the California Drydock Co.
! which in turn sold them to the
Mission Rock Corp. Then Presi-
dent McKinley issued his order
J and a long period of litigation
| follov.-ed.
! The Supreme Court decided the
United States owned the parts
above water and the corporation
the parts below.
The rocks will be converted to
Navy uses. U. S. Marshall George
Rice, Deputy District Attorney
William Licking and Lieat. Harry
Zolles of the U. S. Navy comprised
the landing party.
Third Teeth, Second
Sight Come To
Easterner, 95
JPERRY N. Y., Aug 7, <UP)-
At 95, D. W. Alward, Perry's old-
est business man Is beginning to
eiit h}3 third set of teeth. He. has
three new ones already.
"They have grown out just
enough so I can't wear my false
uppers, and not enough to be of
any use in eating." 'Alward said.
He reported that hit eyesight
which began to fail him several
years ago, alio is improving. Now
he only has to wear glaases occa-
sionally, while formerly he wort
them all the time.
"I gyess it ii a ease of secoad
sight" he remark#"*
U. S. May Curb
Japans Fishing
SAN FRANCISCO, (U.R) —The
question of Japanese fishing off
the Alaskan coast is becoming
more acute daily between the
United States and Japan. -
What make the situation more
d.fficult it the fact that, legally,
the Japanese are within their In-
ternational rights and there is
nothing to prevent them from
fishing outside of the three-mile
limit. But what complicates the
situation is that all of the Amer-
ican , fisheries concerned, includ-
ing those of Washington, Oregon
and Alaska, as well as thofce of
Canada, insist that the salmon
caught by the Japanese are Am-
erican or Canadian fish and that
they ought to have the protection
of their respective countries.
All of these salmon are said
t? come from the streams of Or-
egon, Washington, Alaska and
Canadian waters where extensive
measures for conservation have
been taken and the fishing sea-
son limited, but nevertheless, as
soon as they go out to sea beyond
the three-mile limit, they become
the legitimate prey for Japanese
boats the year around.
Japanese Catch Not Known
To what extent the Japanese
are catching these salmon is not
known. Tokio fisheries officials
insist that Japan has never had
more than 6,000-ton ships in Alas,
kan waters. On other hand, a
group of commercial fisherman
who flew over the waters on be-
half of the Association of Pacific
Fisheries insisted they were. able
to identify at least four Japan-
ese floating canneries in opera-
tion. ,
To make the situation worse,
it is charged by Pacific Fisheries
that the Japanese are able to of-
fer their catch of American and
Canadian salmon at 3 cents a
salmon, while the best the Am-
erican plants can do is a price of
14 cents a salmon.
According, to union spokesmen,
the Japanese are able to keep up
their year-round fishing—always
outside of the three-mile limit-
by establishing camps on shore
where they can come and. shoot
reindeer for meat as food becomes
necessary and replenish their sup-
ply of water.
While numerous protests have
been made by the fishing indus-
try both of Canada and of the
United States, no official action
has been taken, the principal ob-
stacle always being that under
internation law the Japanese are
still within their rights.
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MOUSERY MEETS
SCIENCE'S NEED
THRUOUT U. S.
BILLINGS, Mo., Aug. 9, (UP)—
What is believed to be the country's
only commercial mousery is going
full blast here supplying the needs
of laboratories and scientisst.
Recently 1,050 of the 30,000 white
mice bred here were shiped to an
Indianapolis labartory for experi-
mental purposes.
Kept in breeding hatches, the
mice £re divided into lots of one
male and six females. A normal
increase permits the shipping of
approximately 4,000 a month to all
states.
The chief disturbing element oc-
curs when a common grey mouse
invades the pens.
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save you money.
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Wiley Flint, Prop.
114 So. McKinney St.
FOR SALE - High Grade Usea
Ioe Refrigerators, at greatly re-
duced prises to move at once. First
olaas condition. LAIRD FURNI-
TURE EXCHANGE, Mexia.
PRICES DOWN! • Bran $1.36;
Shorts $1.65; Maize $1.75; Lay-
ing Mash $2.50; Moco $1.05.
; KING'S FEED STORE
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Enough lumber was used in the
construction of the San Franisco
Oakland Bay bridge to build homes
for 15,000 people.
Radical Change
Seen in Hiring
Prison Guards
HOUSTON, Aug. 10, (U.R)—
The Texas prison system, har-
'asssd in the past several years
by convict mutilations end char-
ges of brutalities against guards,
will make radical changes in the
manner of employing guards with-
in the next two mohths.
Applicants for positions as
prison guards will be given ex-
aminations patterned after civil
service tests. The policy has been
adopted by the state prison
board.
Several members of the board,
it was learned, complained that
an undue percentage of the sys-
tem's 400 guards were unable to
read or write.
It was indicated that some of
the guards of lesser experience
would be dismissed, but that
those of long service, who are un-
able to read or write, would not
be penalized by the new policy.
W. A. Paddock, chairman of
the board, has appointed a com-
mittee of board members to
draft a sample examination, to be
Submitted at a called meeting be-
fore Sept. 1, when 40 or more
guards will be employed.
The new guards will be a&ignad
to picket duty and win wort
in three eight-hour shifts daily.
Salary schedules for new guards
will begin at $30 monthly.
Wife on Job Daily
Builds 7-room House
OBERLIN, O., Aug. 9, (UP)—
Threugh the tireless efforts of Mrs.
Harry Freed, whose husband is em-
ployed as a garage mechanic, the
Seven room home which the couple
started to build in April is nearing
completion.
Tha twenty-five year old wife
has worked through rain and sun-
shine, tilded only by her husband
on his off days in the evenings.
"It's hard work sometimes, but
I enjoy it," said Mrs. Freed, whose
2-year-old daughter pl3ys around
handing her mother hammers, nails
and other tools as she works each
day until sundown. "Some days it
rained hard and I got all wet and
muddy, but I didnt mind. We expect
to save nearly $1,000 by doing the
work ourselves.
The Freeds built a frame house
in Oberlin four years ago. The
one now ujjder construction is of
tile with a wooden upper story.
A greater percentage of people
own their own homes in Des Moines
la., than in any other city, accord-
ing to authorities.
Singer Sewing Machines
Sold on three year terms. No interest.
Repairs and Parts far All Machines.
AH work guaranteed. Bargains in Used Machines
Get Our Prices on Repairs and Machines.
We go anywhere ... No charge
Singer Sewing Machine Co
111 N. Sherman St. MEXIA, TEXAS
Museum Party to
. Visit on Islands
HONOLULU, Aug. 9, (UP)—
Bishop Museum has announced the
sailing in the near future of its 21st
expedition to throw further light
on the jungles and jungle life of the
Pacific islands. The one this year
will be directed especially to the Fi-
ji islands. '< •
Since the museum was founded
in 1889 one of its principal objec-
tives has been to organize scien-
tific expeditons to unravel tha
gradual development of the islands
and life in the Pacific.
In this instance, for example,
the expedition which will be head-
ed by Dr. Howard St. John, will
endeavor to establish dow in the
great unexplored mountain ranges
of tha big island of. Vifci Levu the
secret of how the Hawaiian islands
were propagated by flowers and
trees from the Fiji islands.
In 20 expeditions, men from the
museum have risked their lives for
science as far south as Papua on
South Latitude 27 degrees and as
far west as Fiji on the l&Otlj Me-
ridian,
The result has been that Bishop
Museum is gradually building up a
Pacific collection that is without
parallel in the world today. The
museum is being aided greatly by
the fact that foreign governments
are permitting establishment of
research centers on islands belong-
ing to them. Great Britain has
granted permission for the com-
ing trip, to the Fiji Islands and Ja-
pan also has permitted visits to
some of its mandated islands.
The most prolific expedition to
date is regarded as that of 1934 to
Mangareva, which lasted seven
months, covered a distance of 9,000
miles and returned with specimens
of 15,000 plants, 40,000 insects,
160,000 land shells and a tremen-
dous amount of ethonologieal data.
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Vessel Aground
Off Coast Isle
SEATTLE, Aug. 9, (UP)—'Two
rescue vessels, the U. S. coast
guard cutter Redwing and the
Salvage King, today stood by the
jteam freighter Nereus, caught
v.v. ngged rocks off the west
coast of Vancouver Island.
Small Canadian boast rescued
26 members of the vessels crew
but her captain and five others
remained aboard at their own re-
quest. The ship's engine room
was filled with water and she
was listing at a wide starboard
angle.
The Nereus, of 6,000 tons and
en route to Vancouver, B. C.,
from Shanghai, struck the rock*
today in a thick fog
The cutter Redwing radioed
guard headquarters here that the
sea was calm and there was little
threat that the Nereus would be
battered by heavy seas tonight.
Attempts will be made to-
morrow to repair the 427-foot
vessel and pull her off the rocks.
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Greater Area in
Grass Lands Need
of United States
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, (UP)-
The Department of Agriculture is
laying the groundwork for return
of millions of acrea of farm lands
to grasses through study of this
neglected plant at home and abroad.
Agronomists have been sent to
all parts of the world to study
grasses in their native land. Seeds
and plants of hundreds of differ-
ent varieties have been brought
back and are being tested in exper-
imental farms.
"The importance of grass to the
agriculture of the United States is
appreciated more now than at any
time in tha history of the country"
P. V. Cardon, pasture specialist of
the department told the Fourth In-
ternational Grassland Congress at
Aberatwyth, Wales, in July.
Although the interest in pasture
plants is in breeding new varieties,
there is no lessening of interest in
the problems of management and
aoil fertility, Cardon said. Rather,
he said, scientists are engaged in
perfecting .a grass breeding tech-
nique that will integrate & clarify
broad objectives in all interdepend-
ent fields of activity.
- As guide-posts in the breeding
program, Cardon listed eight spe.
cific objectives:-More dependable
aappliea of viable seed, production
of grasses whioh will help to ex-
tend the summer grazing period,
grasses resistant to disease deter-
mination of competitive values of
important species, study of quick
recevary values, tolerance to ex-
treme soil conditions palatability
and nutritive values.
Grass breeding also is expected
to fill another gap—the summer
period when most common grasses
stop growing. Agronomists hope to
find or develop pasture plants
which because they mature later
or because of some other quality,
are able to thrive when other gras-
ses are dormant.
BANDITS IN CHAIN GANG
SPRINGFIELD IiU. Aug. 0, —
Outfielder Kenny Miller and
Shortstop Frank Mabvey of the
Springfield Western Asociation
team, St. Louis Cardinals' farm,
have stolen B7 and 36 bases, re-
spectively, this season.
1 —_
When a bullfrog dives, he closes
his protruding eyes ana lowers
them into his head, thus stream-
lining himself.
The origin of tea has become a
part of Chineee mythology. It's dis-
covery dates back to several thous-
and years B. C.
The province of New Brunswick
has 988 fox fur farms.
The reformatory managed under
legislative control in the United
States was established in New
York in 1824 and was known as
the New York House of Refuge.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wright- have
as their guests Mr. and Mrs. Lyna;
Wright and Mr. and Mrs. S|,u~
Wright of Opelika. Alabama- '
Mr. and Mrs. A- H. Cabinet
have returned to their home in Dal-
las after spending the week-enc
with friends in Mexia.
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Dr. Harry Eiell of Corsicana wa*
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Eieii Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G- Oliver o
Waxahachie visited Mr, and Mrsj
Oliver's mother, Mrs. C. M. Oliver^
and other relatives in Mexia dux'M
ing tha week-end.
Miss Texie Palmer spent thfl
week-end visiting in San Augustine;
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Dr. and Mrs. H- R. Martin hav j
as their guest Mrs. Martin')
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At opposite er.ds of the earth
there are birds curiously similar
in appearance, yet entirely unrelat-
ed; the Auk of the north polar re-
gions, and the penguin of the south
polar areas. Seme species of auk
now are extinct.
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Road Work Opens
HILLSBORO, Tex., Aug. 10,—
Work was started on Highway
171, from Hubbard to Munger,
Thursday and teh topping of
Highway 22, east from HillsborO
to the Navarro County line, will
get under way on Aug. 25.
The work on Highway 171 will
include grading and drainage
work for six miles, four of which
is in Hill County. Oran Speer of
Fort Worth is the contractor.
Ex-nest -Lloyd of Fort Worth
is the contractor on the Highway
22 improvement which will in-
clude a three-coat asphalt top-
png for a distance of a little
more than trirteen miles.
Coin Collector Sleeps
Beside Prize Treasure
STOP! LOOK!
We Offer You -
MAIZE $1.50
SHORTS $i,5o
BEAN $1.25
LAYING MASH $2.40
WHEAT $2.15
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Mexia, Texas <f
RACINE, Wis., Aug. 10, (UP)—
So cherished is Edward Yanny's
coin collection that he keeps the
coins tucked between the covers of
a second bed in his room.
Yanny has twin beds. He sleeps
in one and stows his coins in the
other. Between the beds stands a
safe where Jia keeps his most val-
uable pieces.
Included in Yanny's collection is
a complete set of all American
pennies issued since 1793. Among
unusual coins there are early %
and 2-cent pieces, a 3-cent coin and
20-cent pieces.
Two Persian coins are dated
1820 and 1S21. Yanny believes that
oddest of all his collection is a set
of African meney carved from solid
bone.
When a feather reaches matur-
ity, the opening at the base of the
quill closes and cuta off the flow
of blood. From then on it is a dead
organism, but it then begins its
period of greatest usefulness. Un-
til a feather is mature, it is of lit-
tle use to its owner except as a
weather protection.
Our Gins Are
READY
"And We CordialSy Invite ALL
of You Farmers In This Com-
munity To Bring Us Your
Cotton!
Our Gins Are in Excellent Con-
dition, Which Insures You The
Very Best Quality and Turn-
outs.
We Appreciate Your
Business!
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