The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1921 Page: 2 of 4
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terurban. We want Editor Hert-
ford to ride on.the first car out
of Dallas as our guest.
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After reading an article en-
titled "Ford's Folly," in an ex-
change, and recalling other crit-
icisms of the maker of automo-
biles, we are still of the opinion
that Henry Ford is smarter and
better than most of his critics.
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One of the most futile things
that can be done, in our opinion,
is for a Judge to charge the jury
not to take certain testimony, or
remarks into consideratiop.
Things said in a trial may be or-
dered excluded, but whatever
impression they may have made
_ ( wiil linger in the minds of the
If you want to bunco a negro( jurymen.
do not offer him oil stock. Sell oo ■
him something to whiten his i Hon. Clarence Ousley has fav-
skin and straighten his hair. I ored us with his views as to the
oo [United States Senatorship from
To illustrate how men may go Texas. In some respects Mr.
Ouslcy is a brilliant man, but his
case is another demonstration of
the fact that smart men are of-
ten lacking in common sense,
else he would realize that he has
about as much chance of* being
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THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
Friday, November 4, 1921.
up and then come down, a form-
er governor of Idaho died in the
Shawnee county (Kansas) poor
farm several days ago.
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Garland is drilling an artesian
well to obtain a source of supply' elected Senator from Texas as
for a system of waterworks. But
just suppose they strike oil in-
stead of water, where would
their waterworks be?
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A prominent Oregon citizen
was in Dallas the other day, and
was quoted as saying that Ore-
gon, strongly Republican State
as a rule, would go Democratic
today if an election were held.
Other signs point to a drift back
to the Democratic party. The
belief is growing over the coun
the Sultan of Sulu has of being
elected mayor of Fonney.
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Edward F. Goltra. member of
the National Democratic execu-
tive committee from Missouri,
refused to resign in order that
Breckenridge Long might be ap-
pointed in his place and elected
chairman of the committee, on
the ground that his resignation
would injure the party. Evident-
ly Mr. Goltra has a higher opin-
ion of the value of his services
to the party as committeeman
try that the Republicans are not
and will not "deliver the goods" j than has his fellow members oi
according to pre-election prom- > the committee who sought his
ises. * ] resignation.
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And if the women do take a
notion to join the Ku Klux Klan
we sincerely hope they won't
wear the long flowing robes.
Such garments would knok all
the pleasure and interest out of
a parade of the ladies' Ku Klux
Klan.
* *
Congress has refused to lower
income tax rates. Upon reading
the announcement our first im-
pulse was td get real man and
hurl a few gems of profanity at
Congress. But why sho«ld we
worry over something that does
not concern us or our people?
Ouly the railroad presidents, oil
promoters and a few of the most
prominent evangelists are inter-
ested ill income tax rates this
year.
* * *
In Western Texas and in Ne-
braska the people are burning
corn for fuel. Coal is high at the
mines, and very high, in the local
markets, on account of excessive
freight charges. Corn is very
18w, and so the people find it
cheaper to make fires of corn.
We know nothing of the fuel
value of corn, but we do know
that it seems a pity to destroy
corn by fire. Corn is a food, and
the world needs foo'd, both for
man and beast. /
* * .*
The total attendance at the
Dallas Fair this year was 650,-
000. The weather was ideal and
under the old regime of low rail-
road rates and a dollar a night
for lodging the attendance would
have reached a million. The peo-
ple Jike the Dallas Fair and even
though times were close many
would have attended if they
could have done so without be-
ing held up by the railroads and
the lodging houses.
♦ * *
A Lubbock county farmar
cleared $204 an acre this year
from his crop of turnips. This
farmer is not only a financial
success but a benefactor' of his
race. He grew enough turnips
to feed every person in his coun-
ty, to say nothing of making
several million gallons of turnip
soup, which is undoubtedly the
best beverage ever brewed in a
pot. Nothing is said of the sale
of turnip greens, but we are sure
the good man gave his neighbors
all they could use without
charge. If he did his gift touched
more joy into the people of the
world than all the gifts of Car-
negie and Rockefeller. The man
who raises turnip, turnip greens
and turnip soup should be
knighted, canonized and exempt-
ed from the provisions of the
Volstead act.
* * *
A few months since a pretty
woman walked into a Paris res-
taurant where a man was at
work and without ceremony shot
the man as dead as a mackerel.
The woman was tried last week
and set free. On the stand the
woman testified that the man
had promised to marry her, but
later on had told her he was
already married. The Signal, in
the interest of safety, has given
much of its space to warning
men not to try to beat trains to
railroad crossings, but it must
point out another great danger
that constantly threatens the life
of men. If you would live to a
ripe old age don't incur the ill
will of a female. The women
always know where to find guns,
they are straight shooters and
they have no more fear of courts
than a Holland Dutchman has of
limburger cheese.
* *
Thank heaven, the grammar
of the good old South has been
vindicated and endorsed. A
grammarian, writing to the Dal-
las News, declares the expres-
sion "you all" pure English, used
by all the best writers of the En-
glish language. We knew "you
all" was good English all 'the
time and we are truly glad that
we never dropped its use at the
behest of a half-baked gram-
marian who declared it a South-
ern provincialism. Now that
you all" has been ok'd by lin-
guists, we would like to have
their opinion of "yoti-uns" and
"we-uns." These words are
firmly established in o-\r Vocabu-
lary and we are going to stay
with them until the grammar-
ians do them justice. "Us-es" is
another plural noun that falls
sweetly oh the ear and we should
like very much for the grammar-
ians to give it a front seat in the
galaxy of pure English words.
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Notice this delicious
flavor when you
smoke Lucky Strike
— it's sealed in by
the toasting process
CHURCH NOTES o
Christian
There will be regular monthly
services at the Christian church
Services in the morning at 11 KX)
o'clock and in the evening at
7:00 by the pastor, Rev. W. J.
Spreen.
• Sunday School at 10:00 o'clock
The public have a cordial invita-
tion to attend all these services.
Cow Violated Lsw |T .
Railrosd Won Suit J Qur Frie
And the Public Genen
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Presbyterian
For study in the book of
Nehemiah. Chapters 5-8, Wed-
nesday night, Nov. 9:
1. What distress had come to
the Jews and why? Neh. 5: 1-6.
2. How did Nehemiah seek to
remedy this bad situation? Neh.
5: 7-19.
3. In what way did Sanballat
seek to deceive and with what
result? Neh. 6: 1-14.
4. How did their enemies feel
when that temple was finished?
: 'eh. 6: 15-19.
5. Who was appointed to rule
Jerusalem and whv? What
about the Genealogy? Neh, 7th
Chapter.
6. What was the attitude of
the people when the^ law was
read? Neh. 8: 1-8.
7. How did this reading of the
law effect them? Neh. 8: 9-18.
All read the Book of Ezra for
it is a companion Book to Nehe-
miah.
Dave McGaughey of New
Hope, was here yesterday.
So far as we have heard there
were very few Halloween pranks
here Monday night, and no
damage was done. Quite a num-
ber of Mesquite people went to
Dallas, to witness the Halloween
festivities on the streets and to
attend shows. The Mesquiter
family and some friends went up
and saw the bill at the Majestic,
and we saw some other "Mes-
quiters" there.
Vicar (at village concert)—
Miss Jones will sing again—"I
Can Not Tell You Why."—Ex.
"I don't believe she liked your
jelly."
"Why not She praised it very
highly."
"I know that, but I notice sh
didn't ask you for the receipe."—
Detroit Free Press.
Dr. GEO. M. JONES
DENTIST
Will Be At Gullem & Porter's
DRUG STORE EVERY
TUESDAY
DIDNT KNOW
TRUE PRAISE
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Old newspapers fo} sale at the
Mesquiter office.
Notice—No hunting allowed on
my premises. S. D. Lawrence.
Fof Sale—Cord wood. $2.50 on
ground. J. T. Smith, phone
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Good work mare# for sale
cheap for cash. A. L.'Paschall at
banners Hardware Co.
ANNUAL white sweet Clover
seed, hulled and scarrified $2.00
per pound. L. H. Terry.
Cord wood for Sale on the
ground, or delivered. The price
is right. Tosch & Gross
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
Baptist church will have a Christ
mas Bazaar at tykrCullough's
store.
For Sale or trade—1220 Em-
erson Brantingham Tractor,
model Q, slightly used. Geo. F,
Dasch. R*^4, Mesquite, Texas.
For Sale Cheap—Wagon,
farming implements and three
mules, two horses and colt, also
Jersey bull. Herschel Wyatt.
Phone 59-1-3. f
ForSalJ^-2 ^ar old filly,
gentle broken, good natured,
suitable for \buggy pony for
school children. Price reasonable.
Robt. J. Scott.
The railroads have always con-
etnded that if a cow or other an-
imal got on the track in the way
of a train and was killed, it was
tresspassing, but a new angle
was given in a justice court tria
at Blossom, Fannin county,
Tuesday. . .
A citizen of that town had
sued the receiver of the lexas &
Pacific railroad for the loss of a
cow that the railroad had killed.
The defendant did not deny
killing the cow, but set up the
claim that the plaintiff was not
entitled to damages for the rea-
son that the animal was violating
a city ordinance by running at
large, and that the cow was guil-
tv of contributory negligence.
The company won the suit.
Road Bonds Sold By
Commissioners' Court
The $2,700,000 road bonds re-
cently offered for sale by Dallas
county, the first bids on which
were all rejected because the
price offered was too low, have
been sold to bond companies rep-
resented by Hobby Investment
Co. of Dallas at a price that will
yield $96 on the $100, which is
above the usual market price for
similar bonds at this time. The
accrued interest, however, will
more than make up for the dif-
ference between the sum real-
ized and the par value, so that
more than $2,700,000 will be
available for the building of the
four roads for which this issue
was sold, these roads being the
East Pike from Dallas through
Mesquite to the Kaufman coun-
ty line, the Irving, Lancaster and
Preston roads.
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Hank Potts announced at the
postoffice yesterday that he nev-
er reads; that reading only tends
to upset one's own ideas of
things.
* * *
Bulger Smothers has gone up
to Possum Hollow moonshine
still house after change sfor a
dollar. He will return in a few
days.
* * *
Bill Hellwanger who is in the
Pumpkinville jail has the mumps.
Dag Smith has been arrested for
shooting on the highway and
sentenced to ten days in jail and
a case of mumps.
* * *
Bub Smothers, the gracer, got
up yesterday morning with a
crick in his neck and has since
been meeting his customers
sidewise.
* * *
If it is true that all mankind
loves a liar, it can not be under-
stood why Zero Peck has never
been more popular. He has never
been much more thought of than
the Old Miser of Petunia Ridge.
* * *
Dag Smith says he dreamed so
much of the old days and drink-
ing sure enough whiskey one
night last week that after awak-
ing he imagined he could taste
liquor and would not get close
to his wife for fear she would
smell it on his breath. He hur-
ried off to sleep again to see if
he could pick up the dream
where he left off, but it was gone
gone, possibly forever.
•
Nobody around here seemed
to want the Allsop girls until a
bunch of Pumpkinville boys be-
gan calling on them. Now the
eligible men of Hogville and
hereabouts are beginning to want
to get in with them. The Post-
master says it's the law and de-
mand beginning to operate.
* * *
Bub Smothers, the grocer,
worked off an old loaf of Graham
bread on the Blind* Man yester-
day. He was glad to get it off
on what would be a satisfied
customer. He will not be able
to tell what color it is by the
taste.
* * *
The Old Miser got most of his
money by saving the change out
of nickels until he got a dollar.
• * * ■
Zero Peck is a very popular
fisherman. He never brings in
any fish, but can delightfully en-
tertain an audience for an hour
or so explaining why he did not
catch any. Zero scratched his
head and was as dumb as an oys-
ter for an hour when he read this
item in the Kansas City Star:
Prise Yarn—"While fishing in
Salt River recently, Joe Johnson
caught a small fish on his hook.
Thinking it would make good
bait he left it on the hook and
along came a sun perch and
swallowed the fish. Thinking
the perch would better his
chances, he continued fishing
with the new bait and had only
waited a few minutes until a
river rat came along and drove
the two fishes up the line and
was caught on the hook."
We extend you a cordial in
tion to come to see us and
us a share of your trade.
We have a nice, clean stoc!
staple and fancy groceries r
will be kept complete, an
offer you prompt service,
goods and courteous treat]
Mesquite Grocery Ci
J. L. Webb
Lawson Locals
Cal Baker and family have
moved on the Wilkerson Ranch,
just vacated by T. C. Smith, who
moved to Reinhardt.
Charlie Prewitt and wife vis-
ited W. B. Miller and family at
ustin Sunday. Mr. Miller came
home with them.
Johnnie thinks the most pleas-
ant surprise she has ever had
was on the 26th. Mrs. D. P. H.
Csfrtwright, who has been ill the
last six or eight months, was
out enjoying her 79th birthday
and came by and stopped a min-
ute, accompanied by the children,
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Terry -and lit-
tle Josephine/ Mrs. Cart-
wright's little granddaughter.
Mrs. Cartwright says she is feel-
ing well and we hope she will en-
joy many more happy birthdays.
Mrs. Mollie Johnson of Dal-
las, is visiting her son, Grovcr
Johnson and his family for a
couple of weeks.
Miss Ellendcr Terry has gone
to Grand Prairie where she will
teach school for the next term.
Some moving in our part this
week. Hunter Stark has moved
to Mrs. Joyce farm and Frank
and Louis Usrey have moved to
the Mrs. Nettie Parker place and
Bob Cady has moved to Kleburg.
J. E. Moore and family and
Miss Jennie Moon attended the
M. E. conference at Dallas last
week.
Miss Winnie Lasater attended
a bridal shower of Miss Bessie
Sullivan near Kleburg Tuesday.
Miss Sullivan is to marry Henry
Sewell Thursday.
A few of the patrons of our
school worked on the school
grounds Tuesday, which made
the play grounds much prettier.
It is the aim of all to beautify
the play grounds as much as pos-
sible.
Mrs. Wade, who has been ill
for a long time died in Dallas at
a local sanitarium and was bur-
ied. at the Lee cemetery Monday.
Mrs. Wade leaves a husband and
several grown children. She had
lived at Lawson a long time and
was a good wife and mother.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Summers
and children visited the former's
brother, Mr. John Summers,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Bowers .visit-
ed Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Hazelip
Sunday.
Mrs. Earl Buchanan and Mrs.
Truman Buchanan visited G. A.
Buchanan a few days the past
week.
Miss Lorene McKenzie visited
Miss Olya Miller of Seagoville
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hum-
phreys visited C .E. McKenzie
Sunday.
Miss Estelle Jones entertained
a few of her friends Saturday
night with a party. Everyone
had an enjoyable time.
Mrs. Johnnie.
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money, examine ya
after you've been h'aJ
tie time."—Ex.
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1921, newspaper, November 4, 1921; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400360/m1/2/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mesquite Public Library.