The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. [39], No. [34], Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1921 Page: 1 of 5
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STORAGE BATTERIES
Must be well cared for. Let us assist
you in caring for yours. Our curb
service is free and we also recharge
and repair. Reasonable charges and
first class work. *
We sell and guarantee Eveready stor-
age batteries for all maites of cars.
See us and save money.
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TheTexasMesquiter
John E. Davis, Editor and Publisher
Published Every Friday
at Mesquite, Texas
Entered at the postoffice at Mes-
quite, Texas as mail matter of the
sesond class.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION
One Year $150
Six Mouths .75
Three Months-... .40
Foreign Advertising Representative
THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
Friday, March 18, 1921.
And the old town is taking on
new life.
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Yes, and they are building the
Scyene road.
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And they have started work
on the Dallas-Terrell Interurban
line. Hurrah!
oo
Even the Mesquite Telephone
Exchange is getting in line with
the spirit of improvement by
replacing the old crooked line
poles in town with taller and
straighter ones that look much
more citified.
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While most of us are permitted
to go about our business, free
from political discussions, the
city of Dallas is engaged in a
red hot municipal campaign.
There is always something do-
ing politically, there. When
they are not engaged in a cam-
paign they are laying plans for
the future.
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Pitchfork Smith says he can
imagine why the Mesquiter edit-
or would like to hear Col. Henry
Watterson speak, for he says
that he does not ntertain a sin-
gle political conviction to which
we would agree. Smithjs mis-
taken, that's all. Col. wdttcrson
and the Mesquiter editor are
both Democrats, and while we
differ as to things, we have
much in common, and Col. Wat-
terson is a brilliant man and well
■worth listening to, whether one
agrees with him in everything
or not.
There are ample evidences of
the fact that County Commis-
sioner Jim Miller has been and
is still on the job.
President Harding still retains
ownership of the Marion (Ohio)
Star. The income from that ad-
ded to his annual salary as Pres-
ident of $75,000.00 a year, in-
sures him at least a comfortable
living.
— oo
Mr. Harding is President but
we are still technically at war
with Germany. Since we can
not adopt the Peace Treaty with
the Allies or in- honor make a
separate treaty, the question is
how are we going to handle the
situation. The Mesquiter still
believes that accept for partisan
politics and personal animosity
towards Woodrow Wilson, the
Peace Treaty and League of Na-
tions would have been ratified
long ago.
Dallas Has Negro
Population Of 24,023
If the 134,88# white people of
the city of Dallas should all
move away, together with the
65 not classed as either negroes
or whites, the rown would still
be a fair sized village, as the
Census Department at Washing-
ton has reported that the negro
population of that city is 24,023,
or a gain of 5,999 over the fig-
ures of ten years ago.
Elam News
Mrs. ]. D. Bruton has been
very sick but is better at this
writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Hong of Dallas,
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Bruton Sunday.
Misses Ola and Francis Lee
were the guests of Miss Lillian
McCain Sunday.
Mrs. Jack Carver has been on
the sick list but is up again.
Miss Violet Dasch of Dallas,
spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dasch.
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CHURCH NOTES *
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Methodist
HIS ARGUMENT
Johnnie hated his early bed-
time. In the course of one of his
nightly arguments his mother
told him how all the little chicks
wept to sleep with the sun. For
the moment he was silent, then
he piped up: "But the old hen
goes to bed with them, you know
mamma."
The extra half hour wast con-
ceded.
It may be considered impolite
to speak of the "end-seat hog"
at a chruch wedding.—Ex.
AT ONE STROKE
"And how much would you say
this colt was worth?" asked the
railroad claim agent of the farm-
er.
"Not a cent less than $500!"
emphatically declared that stru-
dy son of the soil.
"Pedigreed stock, I suppose?"
"Well, no," the bereaved ad-
mitted reluctantly. "But you
could never judge a colt like that
by its parents."
"No. "the attorney agreed dry-
ly. "I've often noticed how
crossing it with a locomotive
will improrve the breed."—
Country Gentleman. %
There will be Sunday School
at 9:45.
Our second Quarterly meeting
will be held at Long Creek.
There will be preaching at 11:00
o'clock and preaching again in
the afternoon at 2 o'clock, fol-
lowed by Quarterly Conference.
Preaching both morning and
night on Sunday. These serv
ices will all be at Long Creek
and there will be no services at
Mesquite except Sunday school.
Everybody is cordially invited
to attend these services.
C. C. Childress, Pastor.
Presbyterian
There will be services at the
church Sunday night at 7:30.
The Sunday school and the en-
tire church will meet at the
entire church will meet at the
church Sunday morning at nine
o'clock and from there go to
Forney to visit them for the
Sunday School and church hours.
Every member who has a car
is urged to bring it so that all
may go. We are anxious that
every one shall go to Forney on
this trip. But if it is impossible
to do so then come on to the
church and some one will be
there at 9:45 to conduct Sunday
School.
Edgar Hubbard, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
SOCIETY PROGRAM
Christian progress in Alaska,
Isa. 9: 2-7.
Leader—Walter Hanby.
Leader's talk.
A hunter speaks, Karon Grubb
A tourist speaks, Ivan Palmer.
A fisherman speaks, Myrtle
Glenn.
A hunter speaks, Karin Grubb.
Sentence prayers.
Mizpah.
FOR SALE
Ask The Man
Who has had a fire which destroyed
his property and which was insured by
our Agency. Settlements are satisfac-
torily made and promptly, thus prov-
ing that an insurance policy, if written
correctly, is a valuable asset. We write
them right and you get paid promptly
—THAT IS REAL INSURANCE
Here is what we can iusure for you.
AUTOMOBILES, DIRECT OR INDIRECT LOSS
BONDS-EVERY KIND
* BURGLARY AND ROBBERY
FIRE—ON EVERY KIND OF PROPERTY
HEALTH AND ACCIDENT '
LIVESTOCK
PLATE GLASS
TORNADO
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
HAIL ON GROWING CROPS
CROP EXPENSE INSURANCE
LIFE INSURANCE—EVERY FORM
R. S. KIMBROUGH INSURANCE AGENCY
YOU ARE NOT INSURED UNLESS YOUR POLICY
IS CORRECTLY WRITTEN
JK'DCWXOWS! XSO<" '
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We have bought out the fire
company harness and are chang-
ing them to dray and farm har-
ness., Come while they last and
get a bargain. Can't be duplicat-
ed for the price.
M. A. BROWN & SON,
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to thus express our
profound gratitude for the gen-
erous kindness of our friends at
the time of our great bereave
ment in the death of our beloved
father. We assure you that we
will ever hold each of you in
grateful remembrance.
A. H. Rouse.
W. P. Rouse.
Mrs. Leola Coats.
666 breaks a cold quicker than
any remedy we know.
FORCE OF HABIT
One of these dear gentlemen
who do get loose every now and
again noticed a laborer walkinj
along by a railroad train an
carefully tapping the wheels.
Having nothing better to do,
the old gentleman approached
and asked:
"How many years have you
been working for this railway,
my man?"
"Thirty-nine, sir," replied the
laborer, still continuing his work.
"I suppose you have had many
varid experiences in your time;
plertty of changes of occupation,
I expect.".
No, sir; I've always 'ah this
same lob. I've tapped tlte
wheels of trains for nine and
thirty years, sir."
"A long time, my man—a very
long time—and. if I may say so,
is shows a very steady character.
And, by the way, what is the rea-
son for tapping the wheels? Why
do you do it ?"
The man looked up, scratched
his head, and said:
"I'll be darned if I know."—
Exchange. . *
Eating More
Bread
How much Bread do you eat?
One slice to a meal, two slices
to a meal
Eat twice as much and you
will not only benefit in health
but save money on other foods.
AUNT BETY'S BREAD
Represents such concentrated
food-goodness that it is the
most economical of all foods, as
well as the most delicious.
Ask for it by name—
Aunt Betty's Bread. The new
home-loaf with the old home
flavor.
Ask Your Grocer
City Bakery
Geo. Utz, Proprietor
"MINSTREL" IN AUDIENCE
At an amateur minstrel show
one of the minstrels asked what
was the difference between a
man in love and a woman in love.
"I don't know," said the inter-
locutor, ''what is it?"
"Well," replied Rastus, "a wo-
man in love acts like a darn fool
and a man isn't acting."
There was a pause and then a
voice in the audience said in a
tone loud enough to be heard by
all around: "You must be in love
then."—Exchange.
BASEBALL "OVER THERE"
A game of baseball was being
played "over there." American
boys on one side and English and
Colonials on the other. A criti-
cal moment came in the ^ame
and an East Indian stepped up to
the plate. He. looked upward
and said: "Allah, give thou me
strength to make a hit."
He struck out.
The next man up was an Irish-
man. He spat on the plate, made
faces at the pitcher, and yelled:
"You know me, Al."
He made a home run.—Labor
Journal. >
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Corn for sale at Mesquite Mil-
ling Co.
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Bees in patent frame hives for
sale. Guy Berry.
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For Sale—Corn at Mesquite
Milling Co.
For Sale—Ancona eggs, $1.50
per 15. L. C. Ebrite.
For Sale—Nice dresser, per-
fect condition. Phone 45.
For Sale—Mebane cotton seed
Only been planted one year. Guy
Berry.
For Sale—Genuine Mebane
cotton seed from Lockhart, Tex-
as. H. D. Humphreys.
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For Sale—One J. I. Case ridin
planter, good as new. Price $1
F. M. Joyce, R. 1, Mesquite.
Auto in first class condition to
trade for mules or good team
horses. Amos Paschall.
Breed to full blooded Jersey.
Fee $1.50 cash, with return priv-
ileges. J. B. Wyatt.
Plenty of good, dry cook wood
and chunk wood for sale on the
Lawson pike. Call H. W. Law-
son.
For Sale—All kinds of garden
£lants, 3612 Second ave, north
agow school house. T. L.
d'Ablemont.
I positively pay highest prices
calves and yearlings.
Call me before you sell. Chas. C.
Cole, Phone 68-1-3.
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_ Tl)e subscription price of the
Sunday Times Herald is $2.50 per
year, and the Mesquiter $1.50,
making a total of $4.00. Our
Club price for both papers is
$Z.o5.
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Frost Proof Cabbage Plants—
We have millions of the finest
open field grown plants ready
f,a.r,y Jersey> Charleston
Wakefields. Flat Dutch. Parcel
post paid, 300 $1.00, 500 $1.50
1,000 $2.50. Express 2,000 $3 50
5,000 $7.50, 10,000 $12.50. Send
for price list, Sweet potato and
tomato plants. Parker Farms,
Moultrie, Georgia.
Baptist Ladies Are
Entertained Wednesday
On Wednesday, March 16,
Mrs. E. T. Howard entertained
the ladies of the Baptist church.
At 12:00 o'clock a variety of
good "cats" were served in pic-
nic style to twenty seven la-
After dinner Rev. Howard
took pictures of the guests tor a,
souvenir of the enjoyable occa-l
sion. , , . '
Then the ladies should their,
appreciation to the hostess by
quilting a quilt for her. A ladies
aid society was also organized.^
Those present were: Mrs. S.
P. Lively, Mrs. John Bowser,
Mrs. L. B. New so in, Mrs. M. C.
Snyder, Mrs. Will Murphy, Mrs.
E. V. Paschall, Mrs. Maude
Rhodes, Mrs. A. M. Shelton,
Mrs. W. C. Cullom, Mrs. Hop-
kins, Mrs. Lee Coats, Mrs. Willis
Robertson, Mrs. Albert losch,
Mrs. Cora Bowery, Miss Rosa
Dickson, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. A. J.
Galloway, Mrs. Henry Guymes,
Mrs. Mattie Bennett, Mrs. Joe
Maloiie. Mrs. R. Y. Bobbitt, Mrs.
Lee Kirkland, Mrs. Jim Webb,
Mrs. Garnet Maples, Mrs. Tom
Anders. Mrs. J. J. Tillery, and
Mrs. Griffey of Crandall.
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To prevent a cold take 666.
City Election To
Be Held On April 5
Early next month, or to be ex-
act, an election will be held in
Mesquite for the purpose of
electing a mayor, marshal and
two aldermen *to serve the ensu-
ing term "of two years.
Mayor Jno. S. Lawrence,
whose term will expire at that
time, has served two terms of
two years each, or a total of four
years. Prior to his incumbency
of the office, the mayor and all
officers served one-year terms,
but in September, 1916 the form
of government was changed so
that the terms were two years
in length, with part of the of-
ficials going out one year and
the others the next. Aldermen
H. II. Bennett and Perry Le-
master are the ones whose terms
expire this time along with that
of Mayor Lawrence and Mar-
shal J. T. Davis. The aldermen
who hold over another year are
J. A. Girdley, J. C. Smith and J.
F. Asberry. Of those whose
terms end, Mr. Lemaster has
served only part of a term, as he
was appointed to fill out the un-
expired term of E. B. Cullom
when the latter moved to Gar-
land last year.
Doesn't it stand to reason that
a floor varnish made particular-
ly for floors ought to be partic-
ularly good for floors. Of course
we mean Lowe Brothers Dura
ble Floor Varnish. It makes
floors easy to clean; easier to
keep clean. John E. Quarles Co
A BILL FOR CHICKEN FEED
"To think they call this chick-
en feed!" mourned the collegian
as he mulled over a handful of
nickels and dimes. "I never fed a
chicken on less than a five-dol-
lar bill in my life."—Judge.
NOTICE
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Less Than Coi
To close out these lines, we
the following prices:
1 Cell Drop Case Riding Planter
1 Moline Dutchess Riding Planter;
Case, 6 Shovel Riding Cultivator S
P. & 0. Wiggletail Cultivator •
Glenn Hardm
Company
MUSIC
Ignatius—A pretty girl is like
a melody.
Ignatz—Yeli, I saw one the
other night that
sharp, and she knr9
so I sent for
Ignatius—What J
Ignatz—Oh, tht J
play around.—CalilJ
There was a man in olden
times by the name of Job, so my
book teaches me. lie was per-
secuted by the people of that
day. Finally his wife told him
to curse God and die.
Please tell me what became of
poor Job.
L. W. WILSON.
NO NEED TO HURRY
At the San Quentin prison in
California a baseball game was
being played by the white pris-
oners and the black prisoners.
The game was very close, but in
the lastinning the "whites loaded
the bases, and the pitcher for the
blacks—who was serving a thir-
ty-year sentence—began to
show signs of nerviousness. No-
ticing the black pitcher's tend-
ency to hurry the delivery of
the ball, a black prisoner in the
bleachers yelled:
"Take yo' time, blao,k boy, take
yo' time! You got plenty ob
time—you got thirtv years yet I"
—Judge.
QUICK~WORK
The editor happened to men-
tion to C. M. Hart Monday that
we had a young co# and calf we
would like to sell, and within
two hours he had sold them to
J. C Wright. We intended to
advertise them in th'is week's
Mesquiter, but Hart got results
before we could have printed a
daily paper, so if you want to
buy or sell, we suggest you see
him. and if he hasn't a buyer or
seller, then you can advertise.
CCZEHA!
M"npy bneW wfttu >it qu.ti u n *
I' HUNT'S OUARANTRKD
■KIN DIUMI RKMEDIBS
(Hunt «•*!«« •ndSaapl.foll In
tfMtOMnt of Itch, Kfiiem*.
RJncworm,T*tt«ror other Itch-
lac Ma T,r tfelt
treatment at our ruk.
Mesquite Drug Store
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Corn, per bushel,
Flour, 48 pound sack
Chops, 100 pounds
Bran, 100 pounds
Meal, 10 pound sack
Meal, 25 pound sack
Chicken Feed at at
able piice.
Our Flour and Meal
| Just being milled every day.
1 products are the very best and!
1 prices reasonable. Try usai
| convinced.
Flavo Flour is both good and
| some. Buy at the mill and si\
1 merchant's profit.
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Don't think that every fool is
capable of writing a farce-com-
edy.—Exchange.
No, Alfred, family jars do not
come under the head of bric-a-
brac.—Exchange.
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Art Critic—'
been done in oil?'
Vanderlop—'"No
steel common."
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UNIVERSAL C01
We have a complete line of
these celebrated tires and tubes,
all sizes both Cord and Fabric
Type.
Remember that when you are
buying tires and tubes, mileage
and service is the thing to be
considered above dollars and
cents, this is the economical
viewpoint.
Call and see us, we have some-
thing interesting to tell you
about tires and tubes.
# Bedford Galloway
MESQUITE, TEXAS
KASCH
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COTTON Si
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It does not matter what the price of cotton %
going to plant any, Kasch Cotton will positively
an 1
five to fifteen dollars more per acre than
through increased yield and difference in Pickin,j
neighbor for testimonial.
Our seed are here and are the best Mr. Kasch bwjl
test as follows, germination 95 per cent, purity <n|
cent. We kindly ask all our friends who |
call and get them as soon as possible.
BOBBITT & GALl4
Mesquite Gin Co.
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. [39], No. [34], Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1921, newspaper, March 18, 1921; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400183/m1/1/?q=peddler: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mesquite Public Library.