Lipscomb Lime Light and Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1929 Page: 3 of 8
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Howdy,
We' re your new neighbors
and we're glad to be here!
Not only are we glad to be here, but we're going to do everything, we can to make
everybody here just a little happier that they ARE here, and make- others want to
oome here, • V v~
Not so many years ago, a' few "pioneers armed with courage,'vision and faith, set-
tled here and started the pageant of progress and prosperity. We want to join you
now in carrying on with the work of these pioneers.
How?
By giving you the finest kind of electric service that is humanly possible under the
circumstances. Not only that, but"we're'goiiig to'keep on trjnrig to improve this ser-
vice day by day . . . we're going to plan tojday for the future, far-in advance of
our present needs. ~
Knowing*that we cannot grow until the communities We serve grow, we must "do
everything in our power to make prosperity our permanent guest. To this end, every
one of our managers is given following'instructions:
As a business man of your community you have bu t one 'commodity to; sell—elect-
ric service. It is not a product that can be wi^pipe^ packed and shipped. Your
% market is confined to your'own'community.. Aridthe demand for your product is in-
r creased only in proportion to the abrRfv of^^f^ffelgffbor^ to buy it. ^
If you, as a citizen, can in any way help to bring prosperity to your neighbors, you
will naturally do so. "
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If, as a business man, you can cooperate with your lellow-kuBiness-men, your cham-
ber of commerce, ^our newspaper, to'bring industry' and prosperity to your com-
munity, you are acting according to the best'principles of good business.
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Always bear in mind, however, that regardless of (the quantity
of service supplied, your greatest responsibility is to continually
improve the service you have to offer to your neighbors.
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To this end the entire facilities of this organizational^ at your back and call when-
every service may be bettered or prosperity /urthered in your community.
We're glad to be here. We hope that you are glad to have us. We want to know
you/and we want "you to know us. And we want you to come to see -us! V
ANSWERING
THE CALL FOR
SERVICE
TEXA
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DAMASCUS FACES
MODERN PROBLEM
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Ancient City Disturbed by
Agitation Over New Form
of Government
-Washington. —^Damascus. venerable
•lean of nil Jiving cities, finds Its
patriarchal peace disturbed by a very
modern problem.
Shall Syria be a republic or a raou
Mvlty? Cleft out of Turkey by the
World war Into unex-pected Independ-
ence, and given that curious new
."tatus of a mandate by the-peucemak
«rs, ji now, in effect, is looking about
for u permanent form of government.
And while the question Is discussed
ail through the land made famous
cvnturies ago by the Cedars of Leb-
ujon: it is especially acute along the
Street Called Straight—the Derb-eb
Mustaklm—where Saul of Tarsus,
later St. Paul, met Ananias, immort-tl-
I;:ed oy Ids fabrication. The reason
being, explains h bulletin from the
' Washington headquarters of the Na-
tional Geographical society, that an
. Hent Damascus Is i<eopled both by
<'Jirls;ti#ns and .lewish groups who
favor a republic, and also by powerful
I>d< Un - sheiks who adhere to rhe
iiiorifttf'hlc tradition?.
A Logical View.
■"i'Ne latter arc perfectly lugicai,
frutn their point of view,'.' the bullet lit
<-..j)tinu««. "An cmi;:. u sherlf, or h
..chief ruler, cull him what you will,
. cannot under Moslem practice be n
silin-ied official appointed for a term
• f years. Despite the modernism • f
.Mustapha Kemal. who hn* sought to
y«parate church ami state, it stilt is
on!(linkable to the orthodox Moslems
that a ruler should not combine pollt-
I and religious authority, and oner
j at in power, ir !> fwpwlly unthinkuhx.
.+hax -he-should l - removed except fur
.ittractloD of law—meaning eapecij- >
an'Infraction orthe^^«&h«^'ofrBn.
"Damascus is located lu-s^ilriwes!-
cm Syria. It was old in tho days of
Abraham. When Babylon aihOftiieveh
were hamlets, Damascus was a queen
city of the East. It Is still a city of
importance but the advent of the rail-
way has crippled the tfnrfcvan trade.
S:r-tiu;shlps on the RedJsea trsn.^ort
Mc«.ca pilgrims as Ihr as Jidda whence
they can easily reach Mecca. Fdr
North African Moslems this obviates
the overland voyflgdf from which
Damascus was the starting point, and
the city suffers a crffisequent loss in
p.tie.rim trade.
"The bazaar!" of Damascus, move
celebrated even than tjios' < f Cairn
o." Algiers. rollect the change brought,
by modern transportation. Prints
from Manchester, machinery from
Birmingham and talking machines
from the United States now crowd the
market. In Damascus each street is
devoted to some special trade and nil
the,shops on that tbnjfoughfsre s *U
ore type of article.
'The silk bazaar has a wide scop.-
!n its merchandise as its product* ran
from lengths of silk and harem* ve!is
to kafflyehs, the flowing* headdiess r>l
I he Bedouins. The shoe haz.uu* baa
l«>f.Is «if goatskin tfyed red an 1 yt-ii av
will; heels of camelhlde. Woolen s;.n-
.la'K are Inlaid with mother of porn I
for wealthy women customers. «."uri
ouslv enough the famed Damascus
blades are found in the Oreek bazaar.
"The old clothes bazaar l< also
known as the louse'-"market and this,
appellation ceveala its CflflseqtieDLneg-
lect by tourists. It is always a center
of activity for the people, of Damascus
and Arab and Jew haggle over Ur-
comparatlve worth of hand-Hie-down
burnouses and kaffiyehs arid"occidrnln'
! suUi.
Are Shrewd Bargainere.
"IfLors of bargaining precede f t
purchase "f tlif l>amnseenftn. Tltf*
! owner or « bazaar squats on itie floo^
with the prospective customer #eated
eposs-legged opposite him. They smoke
Mie narghile, the long Turkish pipe,
.Hid" t?at sweetmenf* and drink tiny
cups of black eoffee Curretrr polttfcs
titrt Xhf local scaadai may coje-
prisy the'flrst hour's conversation. Ju-
nue.:does Yin the part of each lead up
to the haggling which attend* the
actual purchase... When a customer
signifies assent "he 'shake* his head
from siite to side." Tf he does rot
agree on the price he says 'ho,' ;-y
putting Itis head backwnrd and clhi!;
Ixii his tongue like a c&tanet
"The venders of food and drink are
not limited to one baztar.« They stroll
tntcugh the streets erying their w-ir ?
One may buy Turkish <lellghr, «• fa-
mous' -sweetmeat, lemo/nade, raisin
water,;./pistachio- nuts, pomegranates
and Heorlco water. The; venders cry
to heaven that "Allah 'w9H bless their
custom'er.^ A sweetmeat veniitr de-
clares. tbfii his wares will make.young
women beautiful, a drink seller
avows"that his lemonade wilt cheer
a downcast heart. Other claims
equally* extravagant are ns.<j$gijed their
wares by the itinerant - merchants.
• \ commercial center of |>amascns
1.x tjie Derb-el-Mustakim. the Street
Called Straight, mad^ foruous by Saut
of Tarsus. Here in former days
walked emirs of Araby, khan* frotr.
Bokbawt and Tunisian beys. Along
Its sides are Arabian cafes of which
tho city possesses the most nutKrou?
and largest In the East. The Da-
mascene 'man in the street* may be
found puffing his ttar/ihile anf sipping?
coffee or cinnamon in the oafe. He
will sit crosslegged on a bench play-
ing backgammon or listening .for iour.j
to a professional story teller-
"Despite modern Improvements and
transportation methods, Damascus A*
•till en iutrinsieaKv oriental eitv"
Behind It All
■ N\> may lau^h at. the negro who
stole ji watch "to look respectable."
but the same ttioughf. worked In a
wholesale way, lias been ltie founds*
Hon of rit;rn.Vf a tilue book- sterns,—
N'cu nrleaiis Times-Pica 'rune
Earliest Pin*
When pins ...were. Invented, In the
Fourteenth century, the maker was al-
lowed to sell them only on the Hrst
two days jn January. Cpon those
days women iloeked to'buy them. The
pins were expensive that It was
the custom to give as a present a sum
ot money to .be used us pin-money.
Hence the term.
Dignity in AaimaU
A ganie l lrd or animal can be e*
'•essively cautious, strangely tlmiC
But It Is never cringing. When to
secretest hiding, ft malofalm a cer-
tain aristocratic distinction. The onlf
true elegance, Indeed, is natural be-
havfor.— American Magazine.
FUhing by Electricity
Electricity is used to catch fish In
i F«rts of Germany. < ine. cupper cable
ji Ss laid ot the bottom of the water to
j fished, and the i>tliet field near the
| .-surface bv floats. An oleclrlc curre.n
| ipasses through the cables, and all the
iflsh tn their neighborhood are pain
Mewrty electrocuted
Grow* in Many Place*
|i' The pecan is one of the most cos
irnopolifart ot nil the native trees. If
il ;grows well on bigh. -dry lands, in clay ,
{ fioant and light sniidv noiis. and in
il n'irer boltoiftf* whotv water dues .not
|f .-^tsnd during tiul-'-..growiii-.g season
Time for Everythiny
The man who says: "I'd do such-
and-such u hl^ thing, if only I had
time!" would do oothing great If he
bad all ihe time r>n the calendar.
There always U time at the disposal
>f every human lielng who has tht-
^ner>.'\ to use il.—American Magazine.
Cbioe G«U|«i illiteracy
lu China a person able to read only
one or two thousand characters la
nevertheless considered to be tlllter
ate, for the reason that he Is sttl?
unable to read an ordinary book or
news paper, snrs fins i.oglc Magazine.
Forever dW « D«y
Alchemist—Th^ EW*^ of u/% is ub
solutely guaranteed fo 'i«ubie you t«j
live forever, but I tuive u better
Draud at 60 groats a bottle.
NOTICE
Mr. Claude Wells has
been employed to see
to the Collectionsof the
light company, those
desiring to mail checks
may mail same to him.
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Skaggs, Ethel. Lipscomb Lime Light and Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1929, newspaper, February 21, 1929; Follett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth390099/m1/3/?q=war: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Higgins Public Library.