The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1914 Page: 4 of 4
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CCOUNT
FOR. vouh
boy's
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We wish all our customers and friends
a Merry Christmas
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF MESQUITE
Taking Life Easy
A lumber buyer was staying
overnight in a little farmhouse in
the backwoods of Northern
Georgia. The man of the house
did nothing bqt sit by the fire
and chew tobacco. The lumber-
man had told bow he had held
his job for seven years.
"You got me beat," said the
old cracker. I've only held mine
for six years."
"What is your job?" asked the
lumberman.
"Oh, I set by the fire and watch
dat de kids don't fall in."
"What do you do in summer?"
he asked.
"I set by de well and pull de
kids out when de falls in."
"What will you do when the
children grow up and don't neeo
watching?" he asked.
"Den I s'posel's goner take
things easy and retire," be said.
A Misspent Life
A much-loved Louisiana editor,
in celebrating the anniversary of
his accession to the tripod, the
other day wrote: "Twenty-two
years ago Tuesday last, this edi
tor climed upon the tripod of the
Echo. Who'd a thunk that we'd
stuck it out so long? The truth
is, we have been like the fellow
who caught a bear by the taili
and when told to turn it loose,
said he couldn't. Ab, what a
time we've had! It was predicted
that we'd get licked the first
week, but we hain't been licked
yit. Some sed we'd ride into the
United States Senate, but the
road still looks mighty dusty.
Some said we'd get rich. What
fools! Our wife said we'd make
a donkey of ourself, and she
sticks to it til! yet. We said to
ourself, said we: 'Tom, old boy,
you've got a rough and rugged
road to travel at best, so roll up
your sleeves, spit in your hands
FARMS
in large or small tracts,
for sale and exchange.
also city property to
trade for farm lands.
See me for bargains.
ij D. P HALE ||
and pitch in,' and we did. Somt-
have bragged on us, and that
was stimulating. In fact, that
has been about all the stimulants
we have gotten out of it. Some
have said there w as nothing to it;
that they could throw it up and
read it before it ever hits the
ground. That's because it's
printed so well. Others have
said that—but shucks—what do
we care what people say? Here
we go for another twenty-two
years!"
The quaint humor does not
conceal the philosophy that may
be read between the lines. Any
person who labors continuously
and earnestly for twenty-two
years, whether in making a
newspaper or making Emerson's
mouse-traps, can not fail to suc-
ceed. This success may not be
material, but it may be some-
thing more permanent. Material
things last only for a day, or the
atom of an atom drawn from
eternity. Men who do serious
work, and who make of that work
the very best that is in them con
tribute to the sum total of spiri-
tuality, which is a permanent as-
set that will remain long after
material achievements are lost
and forgotten,— Memphis News
Schmitar.
Plies Cured In 6 to H Days
Your druggist will refund money If PAZO
OINTMKNT (all* to cure any caae of Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles In 6 to Mdaya.
The firitapplication gives Kaic and Kelt. 50c.
Daddy's Bedtime
Th Girl Spelled It
Right.
How They
Used to Have
Spelling Bms.
WISH they had old fashioned spelling mntebes as they did whan wa
I were children." aald mamma.
"Indeed, 1 do. too!" exclaimed daddy "The children would be mnch
better spellers. I am sure. If they did. And this reminds me of a story
about the ureal contest between the two best spellers In our school fighting It
oat to a finish one time.
Til tell yon about It Our village school used to have several spelling
matrbea every winter, to wind np with a great big one In which the best apall-
ara In the previous matches rought It out for a prize, which was usually a
handsome book or aomethlng like that There wns a cheaper prize, too, for tba
—rnnd best, but every one wanted the first best, of course, and there wars
■otne great struggles and much studying was done. All the bard words 1b
the dictionary were looked np.
"This particular winter bad been a very exciting one. and the two beat
spellers in the achool were two boys-Hiram Cuuiiulngs and- let's sea, what
was the other boy'a name? Well, never mind Just now I will think of It in
■ minute, I'm sure.
"Tba night came for the big teat and all the pupils parents were tbere
and the selectmen of the town for judges and the schoolmaster, with bis big
lists of new words that nobody knew Just what he bad selected And the
papllit—all those who had done the best In the other matches -stood up In a
long line and spelled the words In turn as the schooinmster pronounced them.
Tbere were twenty boys and glrla. 1 remember, but the people there all looked
tor the tug of war to be between young Cummlng* nnd this other boy.
"Bat tbere was to be a big surprise that night, one that tba people hadn't
ax pec ted. There waa somebody else In that acbaol that could spell, and at
the and of an hour everybody bad been spelled down but three—Cummlnga
•ad that other boy and a girl.
"Weil, after awhile that girl spelled down young Cummlnga and waa bav-
lac It hot and heavy with the other. They kept It up half an bonr longer,
whea tba schoolmaster put the word Idlosyncrory.' nnd the boy spelled It with
SB T iMtead of the 'a' and had to atep down, but the girl spelled It right and
frt tba price. Now. who was she? Oh, I remember now. to be sure! She was
Jack and Evelyn's mamma."
"Daddy." asked Jack breathlessly, while Bvelyn "oh'd" and Mab'd" with
Voond ayaa. "who was the boy «lie spelled down?"
**Ob." smiled daddy. 1 he wns Jack and Bvelyn'a daddyl
, «faa klddlaa. uuU uuw must ruu aiuug Iv bed."
The Advantage of
Royal Blood
By EUNICE BLAKE
The village of Queen Anne on ttk
south Atlantic coast was named ft
the queen who was on the throne o
England when the place was settled
A natural son of King Charles II. tit-
ted out the expedition that made a
village on what was then an uninhab-
ited ocean shore. He came out him
•elf, and hU progeny now mingled
with that of the other settlers. The
consequence was that at the middle of
the nineteenth century every lnhabl
tunt of Queen Anne could boast that
he had royal blood In his veins.
Notwithstanding the aristocratic at-
mosphere of the place, nearly all th«
men as soon as they became old
enough to strike out for themselve*
left for more active regions, leavlnji
the women behind them. Occasionally
some persons who desired a restful
place to live would settle in Queen
Anne, but after staying there som«
time, finding that none of tho residents
called on them, moved away. Th«
consequence of this considerable going
and inconsiderable coming was that, in
time, the village was reduced to sev-
eral hundred maiden ladies, all of roy-
al blood. |
One of those persons who had at-
tempted to make a home in Queen
Anne was n lady named Rutledge, from
the state of Alabama. She was an In-
valid, and her physician recommended
her to change her residence to the sea-
shore. Her husband was obliged to
make a trip to Europe and left home
the day his wife started for Queen
Anne, he going to New York for the
purpose of crossing the ocean.
Mrs. Rutledge, who was a ladylike
woman, alone and ueediug attention,
was dismayed to Olid that, not having
royal blood in her veins like the others,
she was left out in the cold by the
citizens of Queen Anne. She remained
there, however, till her husband re-
turned to America, then joined him at
their old home in Alabama, where she
died only a few weeks after their re
union.
One day a gentleman aged forty,
well bred and apparently having plen-
ty of money, went to Queen Anne, look-
ed over the place, expressed himself
pleased with it and gave oat that he
intended to settle there. The ladles of
the place soon learned that the new-
comer was a widower. In a place di-
vested of men the matter of royal
blood when an unmarried man waa
considered suddenly ceased to be of
overweening importance. Every maid-
en of marriageable age was in a flut-
ter. Every maiden dived Into old
cheats to get out finery that had been
brought from England long before that
aha might modernise it and make use
of it to catch the widower.
Tba stranger had not been in Queen
Anne a weak before it waa learned
that be was Indisposed. Miss Chal-
mondelay, who lived opposite his
house, first became aware of thla fact
and hastened to aend over delicacies.
Tba news spread down the broad
atreet on either side of which the vil-
lage waa built, and everybody, even to
the uttermost end of the town, sent
broth or Jelly or fruit or some other
delicacy to the invalid.
Had he consumed all he received he
would have soon died of overeating,
but it la questionable If he ate any of
it His servants certainly had such a
feast as never before. The Invalid re-
covered and found nn accumulation of
cards bearing the names of the donors
of the delicacies that bad been Bent
him, which filled a sizable wicker bas-
ket As soon aa be was able he began
calling on the ladles who had favored
him and did not cease till he had
thanked every one of them in person.
Thla required time, but when finlah-
ed the atranger had a calling acquaint-
ance with every lady in Queen Anne.
Some were very old and some very
young. These he favored but once.
Those of a marriageable age he made
a llat of, and there wns not a day or
an evening that he did not make as
many calls as the hours would admit
It was evident to every woman in the
village that he was looking for a wife,
and every unmarried woman was hope-
ful.
What the stranger said to these la-
dles, what hopes he excited in each
Colds Are Often Most Serious.
STOP POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS.
Tho disregard of a Cold has often
brought many a regret. The fact of
Sneezing, Coughing, or a Fever should
be warning enough that your system
needs immediate attention. Certain-
ly Loss of Sleep is most serious. It
Is a warning given by Nature. It Is
man's duty to himself to assist by
doing his part. Dr. King's New Dis-
covery is based on a scientific analy-
sis of Colds. 60c at your Druggist.
Buy a bottle today.
Cotton Ginners Report
The sixth bureau report on cot-
ton ginned—this report covering
to December 1st, issued by the
national government—was wiven
"Ut Wednesday morning. This
report shows a total ginning o'
18,060,105, Texas, as usual, head
ing the list with 3,740.(504 Thi*
was in excess f m me expectations
though the general tradn hau
been discounted to this tigure.
This ginning is in excess of last
yearV this time, by more than
one million bales. The govern
ment estimate will be issued to.
day, Thursday, at high noon.
The estimates from private
sources range from 14.906,790 by
the Memphis Commercial Appeal
to 15,750,000 as given by the New
Orleans Picayune. Each of these
sources are considered very con-
servative and tend to show an
estimate by the government
bureau of Washington at consid-
erable in excess of fifteen million
bales. This with the linters as
formerly counted, would mean
about 10,500,000 crop, by far the
greatest in the history of the
country.
An Old Story
The winter is here, the sleet
and the storm encroachidg on
latitudes warm. The snowfiakes
are leaking from clouds that are
griy, the winds will come shriek-
ing from Hudson's cheap bay.
Then peace to the worker who
toiled in the heat and woe to the
shirker who loafed in the stieet!
The man who kept toiling in June
and July, has cabbage for boiling
and chicken to fry, with grub in
his larder, the storm he may
dare. "Dad burst you, blow
harder—its little I care. With
coal in the cellar, he says to the
storm, "Get busy, old fellow—I'm
comfv and warm!" Bat what of
the neighbor who's not a live
wire, who looks on all labor as
punishment dire! He loafs
through the summer when far-
mer and clerk, and painter and
plumber are doing their work.
He sits in the shadow and
dreams by the day of some
Eldorado where loafing will pay.
And then when the winter is do-
ing its chore, he goes like a
sprinter from door unto doer,
assistance beseecing-some
prunes for a pie; "My chil-
dren," he's screaming, all threat-
en to die!" The generous toiler,
the kindest of men, takes out
from his boiler the wing of alien;
"Give that to the kiddies" he
says, "and by heck, I'll kill some
more biddies to to keep them on
deck"—Walt Mason.
heart, never became common property,
though there was a good deal of spec-
ulation as to what fortunate spinster
would secure the prize. At one time
It would appear after the bee had been
buzzing for awhile on a single flower
that be was about to alight bat the
very next day he would be seen seek-
ing honey from a different source.
One morning Miss Chaimondelay on
rising looked between the slatB at the
house opposite. The doors and win-
dows were closed, and the premises
seemed deserted. That day each and
every marriageable woman received a
note, which read as follows:
I have decided that slno« there ts no
royal blood In ray veins it la not seemly
I should unite with the descendant of a
king.
These notes were signed "Rutledge."
No one could explatn what the stranger
meant by his strange conduct till one
it them discovered that thla was the
name of the Invalid lady who had re-
cently been among them.
For a time each recipient kept her
secret but one after another finally
told, and the whole thing came out
Then they understood that they had
one and all been punished for their
heartleasness to the wife of the man
they bad hoped to catch.
Servic
that
. aeluiyg al 1 the
' - • • •
!'r.iKip cities in
rpoma and
:as, the Katy
l ines can serve
•you best, either
as a traveler or as a
shipper of freight.
Sometimes a Clear
Conscience Needs
No Accuser
By LOUISE B. CUMMINGS
1 was shopping oue day when a wo-
man In the place where 1 was buying
dry goods was arrested for shoplifting.
She seemed to be a lady uud very
much cut up. She endeavored to con-
vince the proprietor that she waa re-
spectable and had uo occasion to steal,
but he was obdurute, and the poor wo-
man was hustled off to a police station
A few days later I saw by a newspa-
per that the lady was the wife of u
wealthy and prominent man. She lived
In unotber city, and, there being no one
at band to vouch for her, she spent the
night In a cell, tier husband came
for her, got her out and commenced
suit against the dry goods firm foi
$100,000 damages.
This matter made so great an lm
presslon on me that I dreaded there-
after getting into such a position my-
self. I never went to a counter to
look over goods but that I felt that the
eyes of a detective were upon me.
One dny while buying some goods 1
laid my bag on the counter to examine
them. Several other persons came tc
tho counter while I was there. When
I tlnlshed making my purchases—they
were to be sent home—I took up my
bag nnd went to another counter,
where I bought & spool of thread and,
opening my bag to put in the purchase,
noticed some bundles that I could not
account for. Either they had been
put In my bag or I had changed bags
with some one else.
Remembering the case I have men
tioned, I became terror stricken leat I
should be arrested as a thief.
And here is where an Innocent per-
son Is liable to incriminate hlmaelf.
Unless very cool and collected there
are nineteen chances in twenty that
bo will do the wrong thing, and there
are nineteen chances In twenty that
one, especially a woman, will not be
cool and collected. I certainly was
not and 1 did not do what I should
have done—that Is, take the bag to
the olllce and report the facta. My
one desire was to get out of that atorv
before the lynx eyed detective on duty
should pounce upon me. I went toward
the door in a great hurry, doubtli
showing by my expression that I was
a thief running away with goods.
I attracted the attention of a woman,
who followed me out I caught sight
of her staring at me and, looking back
on gaining the street saw her coming
behind me. I did not doubt that she
was a detective, employed by the firm
to watch shoplifters, and that 1 would
be arrested as soon as she could se-
cure the services of a policeman. I
hurried on, she following as fast aa she
could But she did not gain on me,
for she was older than 1 and some-
what corpulent
Seeing a cab standing beside the
curb, I jumped in and told the cabman
to drive me to my bouse. The woman,
coming up as we were driving away,
endeavored to attract tho cabman's at-
tention, but he did not see her. I aaw
her plainly enough, but I looked
away, pretending not to see her.
There was no other cab near, and 1
succeeded in getting away from the
woman. When I reached home 1 ran
In as quickly as I could, locked the
door behind me. and after calling to
the maid to admit no one I went np-
stalrs to my room.
I had not been there long before
there was a sharp ring at the door-
bell. I remained in my room, shiver
lng, and the summons was not an-
swered. There was another and an-
other ring, but after that whoever was
there went away. I heard aome one
going down the steps and, looking out
of the window, saw a policeman riding
away on a motorcycle.
1 determined to get away from the
house before he could come back, but
first concluded to examine the bag.
It was not mine and contained a num-
ber of articles of no great value that
were evidently purchases of a woman.
Then I recalled that I had been at my
Jeweler's and brought away a valuable
brooch that I had left there for repair.
I had exchanged my brooch for a yard
of cambric, six handkerchiefs, half a
yard of dress lining nnd a number of
other articles of no more value.
While I was preparing to continue
my flight I heard a latchkey fumbling
In tho keyhole of tho front door. I
knew It wns my hnsband and ran
downstairs, opened the door and when
he entered fell Into his arms. In re-
ply to his agonized appeals to be told
what was the matter I tlnnlly gasped
that I was about to be arrested aa a
shoplifter. This naturally astonished
him, and ho worked hard with me till
he got tho story.
"Nonsense!" he exclaimed. "Some
woman has unintentionally exchanged
bags Doubtless whll* shopping at the
*ame counter with you you both laid
down your hags and ahe picked up the
wrong bag. When you turned for
yours you took what was left"
There was another ring at the door-
bell. and my husband Insisted on going
to the door. I ran upstairs and hid In
the closet Presently I heard him call-
ing, but I remained where I waa till
he came upstairs with my loat bag.
The woman who had followed me.
finding that she had exchanged bags
with some one and seeing me leave
the store, recognized me aa one ahe
had seen shopping beside her and had
tried to catch me. Palling, she had
sent a motorcycle policeman after me.
He had returned, reported that he had
failed to gain admittance, and the wo
man had come to restore my bag with
a $1,000 tirooeh In It for her own con
taining reticles worth very tittle.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local application*, aa they cannot reach
th« diseased portion of the car. There la
only one way to cure dmfnrss, and that ti
by conatltutlonal remedies. Deafness la
cauaed by an Inflamed condition of the mu-
cous llntn* of the Eustachian Tube. When
thla tube la Inflamed you have a rumbling
aound or Imperfect hearing, and when It la
entirely closed, Deafneaa la the result, and
unices the Inflammation can be taken out
and thla tuba reatored to Ita normal condi-
tion, hearing will be deatroyed forever; nine
caeea out of ten are cauaed by Catarrh,
which la nothing but an Inflamed condition
of the mucoua surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollar* for any .
ca*e of Deafneaa (cauaed by catarrh) that i
cannot be cure* by Hall'* Catarrh Cure. 1
Bend for circulars, free.
. r. J. CHHNKT A CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
Sola by Drugglate, t«e.
Xsk* usil's *sally nils for lOMtfctUoa,
AMERICAN FARMERS ARE GETTING WISE ii
1
They have discovered the truth of the old adage,
that "A Stitch In Time Saves Nine." which applied
to the business of farming, means that its a lot cheap-
er in the long run to have good barns, graineries and
other out buildings on the place than to put up with
the rickety, make shift affairs that some farmers used
to think good enough.
Don't you say you can't afford needed improve-
ments till you know what these improvments would
cost. Come in and let us tell you the cost of the
material for anv new building you want. We are
your friend and want your business. Drop in and ask
us to show you.
John E. Quarles Company
Walter W. Walker, Mgr. Mesquite, Texas.
Russia Brought
About Great
European War
By Count VON BERNSTORFF, Gef>
man Ambassador to United States
THIS European war was brought
about by ltuasia. What riglit,
1 ask, have the Russians to
•tand up for Servia? That is the
principle. The only right they
claim to have is on the pan-Slavic
principle, and that meana the de-
struction of Austria.
THE NEXT QUE8TION 18, DID
THE EMPEROR OF RU8SIA OR
DID HE NOT MOBILIZE HI8 ARMY
AGAINST AUSTRIA AND GERMANY
WHEN NEGOTIATIONS WERE
•TILL GOING ON7
I believe everybody has the right
to sympathize with whatever nation
he may, but I expect the American
people will be so fair minded as to
see that RUSSIA STARTED THIS
WAR.
THE QUE8TION OF THE ORIGIN
OF THE WAR HAS BEEN HIDDEN
BY THE FACT THAT THE CABLE
BETWEEN THIS COUNTRY AsNO
GERMANY WAS CUT.
What One Cow Did
Tillie Clinger says the way she
discovered that her new employ-
er is a widower was bv the way
he doesn't go home till he gets
ready—Dallas News.
A cow that Mclntire and Har-
ry Edwards were bringing in
Sunday evening for Jake Brown,
started to run at W. H. Van-
sickle's second boy, who was out
in the street near the Bender &
Jensen store, when the cow was
being brought along. He ran
up on the sidewalk and got John
Scheve's horse and buggy be-
tween him and the cow. The
cow put her head dowa and tried
to go under the horse. Tlie
horse rared back and, pulling the
post up that he was hitched to,
he got loose from the bugg.v,
which was turned bottom-side up
in the mixup, and ran down to
the Markowitz garage, where he
was headed off by George Die-
bolt, who was on his way uptown
Buggy shafts were broken, the
dashboard was bent inward;
some of the top irons were bent
near where the top is fastened
to the seat, the too part of one of
the seats was cracked, the
horse's hind leg was skinned a
little, and some parts of the har
ness were broken. John Brown
paid for the damage. Bill Van-
sickle says the cow will get what
is coming to her when she gets
to Kansas City.—Lamont (Kan.)
Leader.
The Line of
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many other high grade Pianos,
it gives us special advantage in
taking care of the most artistic
musician as well s the ones
who are just starting in music,
and don't care to purchase so
expensive an instrument.
Write us for handsome catalogue.
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Jesse French Piano Co.
Distributors of High-class Pianos and Player Pianos.
The Steloway house J. C. PHELPS, S. W. Mgr. 1021 Elm St. Dallas
The Store With a Consistant Policy.
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