The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, September 17, 1920 Page: 4 of 8
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THE WEEKLY HERALD
Published Every Friday by
DE WITT LAMB,
R. E. HUCHINGSON
Owners and Publishers
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One year $1.50
Eight Months $1.00
Six Months 75
Strictly in Advance
Entered as second-class matter
March 5, 1908, at the postoffice at
Mexia, TexaB, under the act of Con-
gress of March 3, 1879.
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naturally the watchful waiters
began to multiply in numbers,
until this condition began to al-
arm certain merchants through-
out the country whose stock-
rooms were filled to overflowing.
"Then along comes the Feder-
al Reserve Bank, in its program
of deflation, and withdraws the
credit that supported the above
accumulations of merchandise,
together with the stocks of un-
finished and raw materials held
by mills and manufacturers.
Liquidation was the inevitable
consequence—and the public
won the "first fall," so to speaV
We can't get over that dollar
and six bits we threw away
when we paid our poll tax.
There is much being said
about trading in fall merchan-
dise. Remember, Mexia is your
logical market—buy it in Mexia.
About the time we get to feel-
ing good over the thought that
soon we will be enjoying the
long nights and the absence of
mosquitoes—that coal bill bobs
up.
A large number of home-lov-
ing people have kept their prem-
ises clean of weeds and rubbish
this year under difficult, as well
as expensive circumstances.
Many residents have had their
weeds cut at an expense of $10
or $12. They are to be com-
mended.
In a drive to Wortham Satur-
day only one lone cotton picker
was observed in the hundreds of
acres of white cotton fields be-
tween Mexia and that point.
The fields are snow white with-
out a single exception and the
gins can not take care of that
which is being harvested.
If the good done in this world
was as well known as the bad it
would not be difficult to convince
everyone that it is getting bet-
ter all the time. Crime is sen-
sational and is heralded by pop-
ular clamor while a good deed,
if recognized, is taken as a mat-
ter of course.—Waco Times-
Herald.
Under a new ruling by the
Comptroller, no one can know
from the bank statements as be-
ing published now, how much
cash money there is in the
State banks. This is one way
to fool the bank robbers, who
are forced to guess at whether
they may make a rich haul be-
fore they blow up a bank vault.
Some fear is entertained over
the sweet potato crop in Lime-
stone county, due to the exces-
sive rainfall just when the tub-
ers were maturing. Too much
rain caused heavy losses last
year during the harvest. While
there is no large acreage here in
sweet potatoes there is plenty
r. for home use with some to spare
if they do not rot in the ground.
Mexia is not jealous of Groes-
beck. There is enough business
for all the towns in the county.
Those who visited the county
seat Saturday report a tremen-
dous amount of business and
record-breaking crowds on the
occasion of Groesbeck's first
trade's day. Those who remain-
ed in Mexia also observed a reg-
ular fall trading day. There is
enough business to go around,
we suppose, but the town that j
forges ahead will be the one;
which remains awake 365 days|
a year—the one which goes out
after that which has to be gone
out after. We congratulate the
Groesbeck Chamber of Com-
merce.
TEXAS MUST WAKE UP.
A Hopkiris County stockman
sold a big Hereford steer for
$140 in Chicago. During the
recent republican national con-
vention this steer was served to
the delegates and brought
$2,875.50.
One hundred heads of lettuce
were sold at Corpus Christi to
the Pullman Company for 4c a
head, or $4.00. These heads
were cut in four portions and
served at 40 cents each, some
within an hour, and the consum-
er paid $160 for the $4.00 worth
of lettuce.
In San Augustine tomatoes
netted the raisers $1.10 per
crate and were served by the
Dallas cafes to the diners for
$287.50 at prevailing prices.
A bale of Texas cotton at $150
or 30 cents per pound, is made
into Valenciennes lace at $3,000,-
1000 per bale.
■ Texas cottonseed oil valued at
$50 is of times sold in Paris'for
$1500 and classified as high
Mass olive oil.
I East Texas peaches, finest El-
bertas in the world, raised at
Sulphur Springs, Tyler, Pales-
tine, Mt. Vernon and other
points, are canned and labeled
"New York" so that the Texas
people will eat their own prod-
ucts, believing they are better
on account of the label being
"New York."
Our patriotism needs some
"pep." We need iron in our
blood, and it is time to "get up
steam." • The unrestia and im-
practicable diseases going with
it should cease and Texas should
get in the saddle and meet the
issue.—Bryan Daily Eagle.
Gambling used to be looked
upon by the better element as
the chief of vices. This was
when gambling houses and'
horse racing were licensed und-
er the law. Nowadays, gambl-
ing has been succeeded by bet-
ting. Every ball game, political
election or contest of whatever
nature is made interesting and
lively by betting. It is surpris-
ing at the number of men who
indulge in betting, especially on
election day. Not ashamed of
the evil, they openly boast of
their winnings, even before our
boys and girls, thus exonerating
in their own minds, themselves
and their sin. The News-Her-
ald believes in clean sports and
baseball is a clean sport when
played on week days and away
from an environment of gambl-
ing or "betting." "Betting" is
gambling pure and simple and
should be condemned.—Mexia
News-Herald.
Our friend Lamb ia "back-
woodsy"—way behind the times.
There are only two kinds of
gambling now. One is in man-
ipulating little white square ob-
jects called dice or "bones" and
most generally indulged in by
the colored people. The second
is the use of patsteboard squares
illustrated, commonly used by
poor "white trash." You find
these wicked gamblers usually
in huckleberry thickets or deep
gulleys far away from the
haunts of men. Betting on ball
games, elections, matching for
drinks, etc., is sport pure and
simple, because church members
and high class men and women
take part in this sport. An ed-
itor living in an up-to-date town
like Mexik must crawl out of his
shell, get in the line of progres-
siveness. Learn to distinguish
a gentlemanly "sport" from a
dirty sinful gambler. Didn't
you read in a Houston paper the
other morning where the sports
won over two hundred thousand
dollars on Pat Neff's nomination
for governor. This was society
news. In the police report in the
same issue we noted where the
police crawled through three
dark allies, battered down sev-
eral doors and caught four po-
ker players with $15.00 in sight
and they were fined $19.80 each.
Anybody ought to see the differ-
ence in this case between bet-
ting and gambling. And, one
time, in a small town, they had
a ball game, a good game, and
anybody could see them betting
money—we were told that .sev-
eral dollars were won and lost—
that was sport. But four or five
fellows got off in a thicket and
went to hard down gambling,
had as much as six bits in the
"pot" when caught by the offi-
cer. They were gambling and
were fined of course. We could
give you illustrations of 'match-
ing' for drinks and spitting at a
crack for a dollar a shot and oth-
er kinds of high-toned "sports,"
friend Lamb, but we hope the
above is sufficient to enable you
to easily distinguish between
"betting" for sport, and hard
down "gambling."—Jewett Mes-
senger.
C. H. Forsythe, of Hubtfard,
son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. A. D.
McDonald, died in a sanitarium
at Waco oMnday night about
midnight, after an operation.
His remains will be interred at
Hubbard, Wednesday, Septem-
ber 15th. Mr. and Mrs. McDon-
ald left for Hubbard Tuesday
morning and the remainder of
the family will go over on Wed-
nesday. The sorrowing ones
have the sincere condolence of a
host of friends.
Be Optimistic
Here's Good News for Mexia Resi-
dents
Have you a pain in the small of the
back?
Headaches, dizziness, and nervous
spells?
Are you languid, irritable and
weak?
Annoyed by urinary disorders?
Don't despair—profit by Mexia ex-
periences.
Mexia people know Doan's Kidney
Pills—have used them—recommend
them. Ask your neighbor.
Here's a Mexia resident's state-
ment:
B. P. Thompson, blacksmith, says:
"Getting ovre-heated at my work cau-
sed my kidneys to become disordered.
1 was bothered by sorieness and a dull
ache in the small of my back. I had
headaches and dizziness and my kid-
neys acted too freely at times. Read-
ing of Doan's Kidney Pills, I got a
supply at the Mexia Drug Co., and
they soon put my back and kidneys in
good shape, ridding me of the kidney
complaint."
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't sim-
ply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that
Mr. Thompson had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Ability and Reliability
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Ability and reliability
make a great team, and
the greatest aid to both
is hea! hi. You may be
eating right, sleeping
right, playing and recre-
ating right and turning
out enough hard work to
deserve success, and yet
not have it.
Health depends upon
the equal distribution of
nervous energy to all
parts of the body, and if
you have a chronic trou-
ble that will not leave
you, look for the cause
in nerve pressure at the
spine. Adjusting re-
moves the pressure and
health follows as a mat-
ter of course.
NO CHARGE
Consultation is without
charge or obligation.
Hermann Pedersen,
Chiropractor.
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CORRECTS
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Ellis county has had this year
the same experience Limestone
county had once before. The
farmers around Ennis met ear-
ly in the season and bound
themselves to pay $1.50 per
hundred for cotton picking and
no more. As soon as the pick-
ers learned of a possibility of
earning more than this price
elsewhere they began to leave
for other parts. Now the Com-
mercial Club at Ennis is adver-
tising in the daily newspapers
for cotton pickers, and the far-
mers have raised their "limit"
to $2.00 per hundred, while over
here in Limestone county, farm-
ers are bidding against one an-
other and some paying as high
as $3.00. "It's a great life if
you don't weaken."
A Dallas man explains the in-
dustrial situation thusly:
"If a thing is stated and re-
lated often enough, that thing
becomes a matter for belief, j
whether or not it has any basis
in fact. Every day, for months]
and months, the public has been,
told through various sources, j
that prices were cpzrJnr down:1
What Is Home Without Music?
NO HOME IS COMPLETE WITHOUT MUSIC. YOU CAN HAVE THE WORLD'S GREATEST MUSIC IN YOUR
OWN HOME WITH A GENUINE—
COLUMBIA GRAFANOLA
FIFTEEN DIFFERENT MODELS AND FINISHES TO CHOOSE FROM. HERE ARE THREE POPULAR ONES.
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Beware; Demand the genu-
ine. All phonographs are not
Grafanolas. Look for this trade
mark on the machine you buy.
TYPE C-2
Substantial, beautiful in tone
and lines, complete in every de-
tail. It will brighten any room
with its companionship and its
good cheer. Mahogany or selec-
ted quartered golden oak. Size,
16 7-8 inches at base, 11 11-16
inches high.
PRICE $50.00
£-
TYPE E-2
This Grafonola is very large
for the price and is of a design
that is very pleasing to the eye
and one that will perfectly har-
monize with almost any design
of furniture. Finished in red
mahogany, English brown ma-
hogany, American walnut (sat-
in .finish), golden oak, fumed
oak and early English oak. Com-
partments with a capacity for
seventy-five records. Size, 47
7-8 inches high, 19 1-8 inches
wide, 21 3-8 inches deep.
PRICE $120.00
TYPE G-2
A Grafonola of exceedingly
artistic appearance. An exam-
ple in design and finish of the
best American craftsmanship.
Finished in red mahogany, Eng-
lish brown mahogany, American
walnut (satin finish), golden
oak, fumed oak and early Eng-'
lish oak. Equipped .with shelves
adequate for seven albums, each
with a capacity for twelve rec-
ords. Size, 46 1-2 inches high,
19 5-8 inches wide, 21 inches
deep.
PRICE $150.00
NEW RECORDS ON 10th AND 20th OF EACH MONTH.
YOUR CHOICE.
COME IN TODAY AND SELECT THE GRAFANOLA OF
Grafanola
Records
Furniture
Undertaking
MEXIA
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The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, September 17, 1920, newspaper, September 17, 1920; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth302606/m1/4/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.