The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 10, 1918 Page: 4 of 8
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N. P. HOUX,
Editor and Proprietor.
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■arch 6, 1908, at the poBtoffice at
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gress of March 3, 1879.
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position on all matters are clean
and easy of understanding.
With such a platform, and
with his splendid record al-
ready made'as a safe, and con-
servative business governor,
Mr. Hobby is going to make the
other candidates, whoever they
might be, stand up and take no-
tice, and when the votes are
counted h i s thousands of
friends throughout Texas will
have no cause to regret that
they voted for Will Hobby.
CHATS WITH THE BOYS.
County politics is warming
up as there are already several
announced candidates in the
field. And more in prospect.
Attorney General B. F.
Looney has announced that he
will be a candidate for governor
this year. His platform has
not yet been announced.
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HOBBY ANNOUNCES FOR
GOVERNOR.
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Gov. W. P. Hobby has issued
a formal announcement as a
candidate for governor in the
coming democratic primaries.
He announces a platform that
looks like a winner as it is right
up to now, an Reaping with war
times, and says all of his ener-
ries will be used in bringing the
war to a successful termination.
On this subject he says:
"To win the war and make
Texas the most helpful and th4
, most useful of-all States in
this respect will be the chief ef-
K fort of my official life- and the
principal plank in my platform,
I just as it has been the guiding
spirit: i" my brief administra-
tion, a,nd every other issue and
every Other subject and every
other personal ambition and ev-
ery political iinjbition will be
subordinate to ahd secondary
to the winning of this war. Ev-
ery day and every hour in-
creases the seriousness of the
situation that confronts our
country and emphasizes the
fact that all other issues should
pale into insignificance compar-
ed with this." /
Regarding prohibition he
says:
"I believe prohibition should
be submitted to a vote of the
m , \y people in the form of a constitu-
§§fip i tional amendment at the earli-
est possible moment, which, of
course, will be at the next reg-
ular session of the legislature,
*/*fet and I pledge myself and my ad-
9 ministration, if elected, to rec-
me ommend submission to a vote
f of the people and to use every
Gr proper means to bring about
: submission. It must be borne
L in mind that a constitutional
amendment can be submitted
only at a regular session of the
p legislature.
|, "The federal authorities have
the power at any time to forbid
the sale of liquors in cities and
towns where military camps
and soldiers are located, but
graphy^s does not lessen the obliga-
- 1"* Cibns resting upon the State ad-
ing, ministration to do everything
\ possible to procure clean and
wholesome si/rroundings for
these young men in these en-
campments, and I shall dili-
|f gently exercise every power of
I ' t the governor's office for raising
these conditions to the highest
ir possible moral and physical
2: standards, and to the highest
*grap degree of protection to the
health and morals of our sol-
diers, and if conditions arise
1 under which legislation on this
partcular subject in my judg-
4 ment may become necessary for
the accomplishment of those
purposes I will not hesitate to
recommend, such legislation in
g regular or special session of the
legislature as the necessities
S, may require."
The governor then enters in-
to a discussion of other matters
of interest to th§ people, such
as taxation, appropriations, ed-
ucational matters, etc., and his
The joint investigating com-
mittee has asked the governor
to call a special session of the
legislature not later than Feb.
10 to consider the recommenda-
tions of the committee. The
•governor has not yet acted on
the request.
Editor Lowry of the Honey
Grove Signal boasts of a negro
preacher up there who bought
$4000 worth of liberty bonds.
But then Honey Grove got 20,-
000 bale;? of cotton and the
three banks there contained
something over two million
dollars in deposits at the last
bank statement. And some
farmers up there are going to
come across with income taxes
this spring.
Fort Worth has pulled off
another quick trial. On the
.morning of December 26th J. E.
Mirick was arrested for com-
mitting an assault on a 12-year
old cripple girl. The case went
to the jury last Saturday after-
noon and at 8:30 p. m. a ver-
dict of guilty with a 99 years
term in the pen was assessed.
Mirick was a navy recruiting ot-
ficer and said he had been under
the influence of liquor and did
not know what he had done.
And yet there is a stringent
law forbidding the sale of liquor
to soldiers. If bootlegging
whiskey to soldiers cannot be
stopped any other way, the
saloons can be closed up wher-
ever there is a camp of soldiers.
This can be done either by
Uncle Sam or the state, and is
liable to be done by one of them
unless conditions improve near
camps of our soldiers.
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TERRELL NOT TO RUN FOR
GOVERNOR.
Austin, Texas, Jan. 5.—Hen-
ry B. Terrell, State Comptroll-
er, today announced that he
would not be a candidate for
Governor in the coming July
primaries. Mr. Terrell has
been ill for several months and
at one time his condition was
regarded as critical, and upon
advice of physicians he has
abandoned the idea of making
the race for Governor.
It is understood that upon
advice of his physicians Mr.
Terrell is to leave within a few
days for Johns Hopkins Insti-
tute to take treatment for a
short time.—News Item.
Mr. Terrell's thousands of
friends throughout the state
will regret to learn of his poor
health and hope for him a
speedy recovery that he might
continue to make the best
comptroller Texas has ever
had.
He already had many sup-
porters in his contemplated race
for governor, and it is predicted
that ninety per cent of them
will now support W. P. Hobby
for governor.
It is expected that Mr. Ter-
rell will be a candidate for re-
election as comptroller, and of
course he will be elected with-
out a doubt, for he has made
good and deserves another
term, and the people need just
such a man in this office.
Of course there are excep-
tions to all rules, and a few
jagged points that puncture
every good line of logic, but we
can all go around these without
admitting weak places in our
arguments. For instance, when
we are telling you of the good
things prohibition will do for
people we never cite you to the
Russians. The Russians aren't
people.—Honey Grove Signal.
Just bolsheviks, eh?
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Physicians say that the new
woman is becoming roundshoul-
dered by wearing suspenders to
support heavy skirts.—Lewis-
ville Enterprise.
Not summer skirts. They
are bo light they could not fall
>off if not fastened.
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Thoughtful people are not
surprised at the increase in in-
surance rates which has been
put into effect by the State fire
insurance commission. Texas
is not a profitable fire insurance
State. We have far too many
| fires in this State for the health
I of the companies doing business
here—and the losses increased
materially during 1917. We
have not learned the lesson of
"safety first" and we are doing
little to teach that lesson to the
boys and girls growing up. We
have antique building laws and
what we do have are not en-
forced. The recommendations
of the city and State fire mar-
shals receive as scant attention
as Germany's "scraps of pa-
per." In fact Texas does not
seem to care how many fires
there are. And apparently the
only way to make Texas care is
to put the price of protection so
high that the pocket book will
join in the chorus of "safety
first."—Houston Post.
Good advice. There is entire-
ly too much carelessness about
building fires. A few simple
rules of safety first would pre-
vent many a fire and save thous-
ands of dollars worth of prop-
erty.
XXX
Now, that the holidays are
over and Congress has resumed
its operations, it might not be
a bad idea for the people to be-
gin wearing masks to avoid
being gassed.—Texas Republic.
To say nothing of the cam-
paign just opening.
XXX
While the statements of Miss
Mary E. Gearing at the War
meeting Thursday afternoon
were somewhat startling, they
were never the less true and
would fall short of their pur-
poses should her hearers fail to
give them proper heed. A ra-
tion basis is iminent in Eng-
land, and it is not at all improb-
able that rationing will be or-
dered in the United States if
our people do not unitedly get
down to conservation in its
strictest term.—Dcnison Her-
ald.
Better get down to business
and run this war on business
principles.
XXX
The Times-Herald says a
British tank and a captured
German submarine will soon ar-
rive in Dallas. And we doubt
if Dallas has water enough
either to float the sub or fill the
tank.—Geo. Bailey in Houston
Post.
Is Dallas as dry as that?
Better detour those things and
land them in Fort Worth.
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York, Nebraska, March 25, 1917.
Inner Shoe Tire Company,
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Gentlemen:—I am enclosing a kodak pic-
ture of a tire which Mr. Albert Allen of this
city used on his Buick car, until it was in
this condition by using one of your Red
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You probably see such pictures as this of-
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YORK TIRE AND REPAIR CO.
DALLAS MOTORISTS ARE DELIGHTED
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Durrell Padgitt of Padgitt Bros. Saddlery
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C. Weichsel.—"Since I have put these
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blow-outs or punctures."
We will be glad to furnish you with the
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NOTICE.
Rawleigh Products will be
found at Brooks' Furniture
Store at all times. Also anoth-
er good man wanted to sell
Rawleigh Products.
19wtf C. J. OLIVER.
FOR SALE. — Two good
wilding lots on McKinney
treet. Good location; bargain.
-W. O. Colwell
PAY YOUR POLL TAX
We paid our poll tax this
week and can now advise oth-
ers to do likewise. Our num-
ber is 119, showing that num-
ber to have been paid in the
Mexia precinct.
Remember, this is going to
be an important election year,
and you cannot vote unless you
pay your poll tax, both county
and city.
Pay your poll tax before
February 1st.
STEAM VULCANIZING
Bring your Tires and Tubes
to Hickman's Garage for First
Class Vulcanizing.
SOON OVER HIS COLD.
Everyone speaks well of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
after having used it. Mrs. G.
Lewis, Pittsfield, N. Y., has this
to say regarding it: "Last
winter my ltitle boy, five years
old, was sick with a cold for
two or three weeks. I doctored
him and used various cough
medicines but nothing did him
much good until I began using
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
He then improved rapidly and
in a few days was over his
cold." ______
Mr. L. J. Baker, a thorough
and experienced optician and op
tometrist has opened an office
at Roller's drug store, and
would be pleased to serve you.
Up-to-date optical goods and at
prices that will let you live.
MAGCABEE OFFICERS
At the annual election of
officers held by Mexia Review
No. 5, Ladies of the Maccabees
of the World held Saturday the
following officers were elected
for the ensuing term:
Miss Laura Rogers, Com-
mander.
Mrs. J. W. Kincheloe, Past
Commander.
Mrs. J. Desenberg, Lieuten-
ant Commander.
Mrs. T. M. Robinson, Record
Keeper.
Mrs. John Focke, Finance
Auditor.
Miss Zurna Steele, Chaplain.
Miss Mary Beeson, Sergeant.
Mrs. W. M. White, Sentinel.
Mrs. R. J. Ellington, Picket.
Mrs. W. H. Mayo, Captain of
Guard.
Miss Nan Oates, Musician.
Mrs. John Davis, Lady at
Arms.
"Not a crack nor
pinhole in it!"
Go to jour windows now and ex-
amine the shades.
See if they are specked with those
tiny holes and little ragged cracks
that do so much to mar the looks of
your windows. In
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PREFERS CHAMBERLAIN'S
"In the course of a conversa-
tion with Chamberlain Medi-
cine Co's. representative today,
we had occasion to discuss in a
general way the merits of their
different preparations. At his
suggestion I take pleasure in
expressing my estimation of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
I have a family of six children
and have used this remedy in
my home for years. I consider
it the only cough remedy on the
market, as I have tried nearly
all kinds."—Earl C. Ross, Pub-
lisher Hamilton County Repub-
lican News, Syracuse, Kan.
Read THE WEEKLY HERALD
Window Shades
you will find this great fault of the ordi-
nary shade overcome. It Is made of a
closely woven cloth without that filling of
chalk whicb in the ordinary shade to soon
cracks and falls out in unsightly streaks
and pinholes. Sun won't fade it—nor
water spot it. Made in many rich, lustre-
less tones and In Brenlio Duvici. Coma
see it
John R. Corley
Heartburn, indigestion or dis-
tress of the stomach is instant-
ly relieved by Herbine. It
forces the badly digested food
out of the body and restores
tone in the stomach and bowels.
Price 50c. Sold by Mexia Drug
Company.
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 10, 1918, newspaper, January 10, 1918; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth302516/m1/4/?q=war: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.