The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1924 Page: 1 of 7
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E. DAVIS
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MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1924.
VOL. XLII. No. 40
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| A. Tosch Is Honored
* At Birthday Dinner
A birthday dinner was given
Tuesday at the home of A. losch
Sr., in honor of his seventy-fifth
birthday. Those present were:
Mr. and Mws- T. N. Tunnell, Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. Tosch. Jr. and
•.amiTy, Mr. and Mrs. Will Tosch
and family, Mr. and Mrs. VV. J.
Porter, A. J. Miller anddaughter
Miss Ruby Miller, Mr. and Mrs-
Chas. Tosch, Mr. and Mrs- Geo.
Miller, Mrs. W- M. Miller and
daughter, Mary Fredna, Miss
Elma Hart, Albert Tosch, Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Tunnell and Mrs.
Lee Brisendine, all of Mesquite.
Mrs. D. M: Burns «f Vickery,
Miss Stelta Ray of Santo.
j Cavin Muse Aspires
To Important Office
AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY
WOULD TRY TO SPEED
UP FELONY CASES.
i>h Came Saturday
o Mrs. J. A. Reeves
|AS
the
Iveling
kth?"
I Irs, J. A. Reeves, aged 32 year
|%n<.rB^K?f the late Mr. and
1 ... s, R. M. 1 lartcr, for many
_^^Mgents of this community
wholhersetf lived here after
marriage, in fact until a year
two ago, died at a hospital in
las Saturday afternoon at 3:30
|>r
id
Her home at that time was at
Lisbon, just south of Dallas.
Mrs. Reeves was a member of
the Christain church and a woman
of many fine qualities.
Mrs. Reeves is survived by her
husband and three children. She
was a sister of Mrs. Sam Mur-
| phree ofl Mesquite.
The children are Alton. 12;
! Maurine, 9; Ray, 6.
J Interment took place at .Grove
! Hill cemetery, Dallas, Monday
i afternoon.
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COMPANY
Quality lumber*
TRUE SYMPATHY
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Client-|-Yes, but you see, I
hink of my sucessor- He de-
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Young Mrs. Green—My hus-
band is a very influential man in
politics-
Calmer—You don't say!
Young Mts. Grees—Yes, in-
deed. Georga has voted in two
presidential elections and both
times it has gone the way George
voted.—Boston Transcript-
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MESQUITE, TEXAS
Mayfield-Peiiuy Case
To Be Heard May 8
The hearing of testimony on
the charge of excessive campaign
expenditures by Senator Earle
H. May-field in his race in 1922,
will start before the Senate Com-
mittee on Privileges and Elec-
tions in Washington beginning
on the afternoon of May 8, as an-
nounced by Senator Spencer of
Missouri, chairman of the com-
mittee, ifjullowing arguments by
counsel for both Mayfield and
I'eddy at a session involving the
senatorial seat held by Senator
Mayfield in tl?e election contest
that was filed with the Senate
more than a year ago.
The determination of the com-
mittee not to take other phases
«)♦ the contest at this time
through the (offering of testimony
1- nds weight to the belief that
.he committee would consider a
v elation of the law regarding
campaign laws as contended by
Peddy at>;..neys as being decis-
i\e.
The committee announced that
at this time it would not take up j
the matter of alleged illegal bal-j
lots as shown by the "recount the
committee recently Completed,
but asked the attorneys, to
submit briefs as to the law points
involing the validity of ballots,
features of the Texas election law
which it has been alleged', declare
specific conditions under which
May field's name oould not go on
theelection ballot, and Ho brief
the coutrt injunctional situation
up to the time the election was
held. The attorneys also were ask
ed to discuss in their briefs wheth
er the Texas la;w is operative in
the contest which now is wholly
before the Senate committee- W.
F. Zumbrunn of Kansas City, at-
torney forMayfield. agreed to
stipulate with Peddy's attorneys
the record in the Corsicana in-
junctkxn case.
Since all of the witnesses will
have to be brought -from Texas
or great distances the committee
asked that care be used in the
right number and the material-
ity of their testimony. It
was indicated by Peddy's attor-
neys that probably fifty witness-
es would be brought to Washing-
ton before the hearings are con-
cluded and 'for the present the
matter of, campaign expendi-
tures would involve fifteen or
twenty, a list of whom wiU be
presented to Senator Spencer
Tuesday morning by attorneys for
the contestant. Peddy. Mr. Zum-
brunn stated that it/might be pos-
sible no witnesses would be dfifer-
ed on behalf of Senator Mayfield,
but that it would depend upon the
character and the details of the
testimony to be offered by Peddy
upon whom the burden ofl proof
rests.
Tht coimmittee was asked by
Luther Nickels and Scott Wood-
ward. attorneys for Peddy, to
name a commissioner to go Texas
to take evidence in the contest,
durijig which proceeding the 9ame
rights to examine and cross-ex-
amint witnesses would obtain as
before the committee itself. This
was in the interest of time and
expense, the attorney stated.
Objection to the plan was of-
fered by Mr- Zumbrunn as afford-
ing no economy as to time, for it,
would still mean the bringing of
the controverted law questions
before the committee for decision
and would permit immaterial ma-
tters to get into the record and be
a part of the history ofi the case.
He alleged to the committee that
there had been scant preserva-
tion of the sanctify of the ballots
since they had been shipped from
j Texas in cigar boxes, short boxes
; chewing gum cartons and that 20
, per cent of the boxes locked had
keys attached which made it pos-
1 sible for the ballots to either be
changed or removed, and that of
the approximate 5,600 precincts
about 2,000 of them were missing
in the recount.
Ben H. Gray Is New
School Superintendent
Ben H. Gray of Commerce, has
been elected Superintendent of
the Mesquite public schools, to
succeed W. I. Stevenson, who has
held that position for two years
New Hope To Vote
On School Tax May 17
Mrs. Sarah Humqhreys
Was Buried Friday
An election has been ordered Mrs. Sarah Humphreys, bet-
held at New Hope, .four miles ter knownn as "Aunt Sis," who
north of Mesquite, on May 17, to
vote on the question of increas-
ing the special school mainten-
Mr. Stevensqn, along with all'ance tax from 50c to 75c on the
other members of the present | $100 property valuation.
laculty, was re-elected by the; The election was ordered fol-
Woman's Missionary
Union To Meet Here
never
a stroke of apoplexy
sus-
.rom
tained on Nov. 11, 1922.
The deceased was born in Hen-
ry County, Tennessee on August
25, 1829 and was married to Hen-
ley Humphreys on Nov. 4, 1848
j and they came to Texas fifty
The Woman's Missionary Un- eight years ago, settling near
ion of Dallas County will hold a | Mesquite, where he died thirty
meeting here Tuesday, May 6, j five years ago, and where she
meeting at the Mesquite Baptist t i.ad lived ever since. Therp
church- were four children, two of whom
Cavin Muse, formerly Assistant
District Attorney, Friday an-
nounced his candidacy for Dis-
trict Attorney. He made the fol-
lowing statement:
In announcing my candacy for
the important offlice of District
Attorney of Dallas County, sub-
ject to tiie action of the July Dem
t era tic primaries, I do so not only
in answer to the earnest solicita-
tion of many friends, but in ans-
wer to the call of ambition, and
the desire to serve all of: the
people of this great country, rich,
p or. high and low alike, in so far
as the office of District Attorney
affects their well-being and happi
njss, This ambition has burned
in my heart since I was 14 years
old, when as but a mere lad I
spent my vacation times at the
courthouse sitting sitting at the
feet of my respected father, who
h: s so faithfully served all c.f the
people <,f this great county as its
District judge. There I watched
in action the great legal lights of
the Dallas Ccti.ity bar, and closely
ol.served the actions, conduct and
demaenor of our then County
Attorney, Walter Limoh, Who, in
my opinion, has never been sur-
passed. if ever equaled, as a prose
cutor in Dallas County. The de-
sire grew on me until it became
my oinbition to so equip myself
that some day I might serve this
great county as its District Attor-
ney in a manner that would not
osly be a credit to myself, but a
credit to the law enforcement of
this State.
I was born in Texas, in Bren-
liam, Washington County, in 1888
in the shadow almost of old Wash
ington, the first capitol of this
great State. My father moved to
Dallas when I was 5 years old.
The legal profession iras been the
choice of lx*th my father and my
mother's family, as far back as I
can trace, and as a natural consc-
quence of this fact I, in my early
teens, chose this great profession
as my life's work. I received my
education and training in the pub- bcen more loosel handled and
lie schools Of this county, later at-, f b| ^ d ^ her
tending lexas Christain Lniver- . . * T . .. , ...
sky, Washington and Lee Univer-' statute" 1 beheve that a11 of{ense
sity at Lexington, Va., and the
The program for the njeeting is
as follows:
10:00 a. m. Devotional
Mrs. Sadie Helton, Dallas
service,
survive, Mrs. Amanda Sheppard
and Mrs. N. A. Holley, both of
Mesquite.
She joined the Baptist church
10:30 a. m. VVelcome Address, I in Tennessee ot an early age and
Mirs. J. 1". McCullough. was a chanter member of the
would have been ninety five
years of age had she lived until
the 25th of next August, passed
away at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. N. A. Holley, with
. .. . , - . „ , whom she had lived for a num-
>oord of trustees, but declined (lowing the filing with County, j)er Df yeairs, Thursday evening,
iheposition. j Judge Arch C. Allen of a petition April 25, at'6:30 o'clock. She
The news that Mr. Stevenson by a number of school patrons at jia<j been in bad health for a long
is not to continue as head of the New Hope, asking for the elec- time, never having recovered
ichools will cause regret, as he tion.
has done good work and has en-
joyed a high standing in the com-
munity.
He has not made definite ar-
rangements for the future, but
lias several propositions under
advisement and will continue to
teoch, of course.
Of the other teachers re-elect-
ed, two more have declined, these
aeing Horace M. King, princi-
pal of the high school, and Mrs.
iL M. King, teacher in the gram-
mar school. Miss Eva Robertson
has been elected to succeed Mrs.
King, but no one has yet been
elected to take Mr. King's
place.
Of the other teachers, all have
accepted except Welborn Black*
1 rincipal >fi thi grammar school
who will give the board an an-
swer soon.
Those who have accepted are
W. A. Hinds, Miss Lois Robbins
and Mrs K. B. Culloin of the high
school, and Misses Elizabeth
Glenn, Rosa Gibson and Laura
Wilson, and Mrs. Allie Brown of
the grammar school. This leaves
only one vacancy unless Mr.
Black should decline, in which
event there will be two places to
fill.
Of the teachers, Miss Wilson
and Mrs. Brown have had the
longest continuous service with
the school, each of them having I
taught here the past four terms.'
Mirs. E. B. Cullom taught several
terms prior to her marriage and!
again became a member of the
faculty at the beginning of last
term. Miss Robertson, who is a
home girl, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Robertson, taught
two terms, but is attending
school, herself*, this term, at the
Cannon City Teachers' College.
This is Miss Robbins' second
year and it is the first year far all
the others.
For the first time in many
years the school will start the
next term with adequate room,
ing has been completed. This
more than doubles the room, and
the attendance next year will
likely be much larger than this.
for at the beginning of thtf term,
trie old luildrng. now used r the
gr: p n ar school, was Soi nowded
.hat there was little inducement
for those living outside the dis-
trict to either transfer their chil-
dren or move to Mesquite to send
them to school here. This is all
changed now. however for a bet-
ter building and better facilities
means a better school.
10:45 a. in
come address
i >aHas.
11:00 a. m. Benefits of the
(.ounty Union to the Local Union
Mrs. VV. H. Perry and Mrs. S.
J . Boyd, l uth . if Dallas.
Noon. DINNER on the Ground.
1:30 p. in. Devotional service,
Mrs. Earl Skiles, Carroltoii.
2:00 p. m- Srfot, Miss Ella Rob-
bins.
.2:10 p. ni. Report ol Each Aux-
iliary of their Different problems,
lead by Mrs- Geo. Oxford, of Dal-
las and Mrs. Dr. Manning of
Richardson.
3:00 p. m M' w tot Make the
Weekly Meeting the Most Bene-
ficial, Mrs, Al. S. Fitzhugh of
I'orney-
3:30 p. m. How can the
iary Best Aid the Church and
I astor, Mrs J. A Glenn and Mr.*
Harry Leggett, of Dallas.
All the Ladies of the Church
are invited to come and bring
well filled baskets; The Mace-
donia and Tripp Churches are
alsioi specially invited to attend
this meeting.
Woman's Auxiliary, Committ
Response t« wel- Mesquite Baptist church and a
Mrs. C. C Hayley, devout Christian, as well as a wo-
man of. most kindly disposition.
Funeral services were held at
the grave Friday afternoon at
3 00 o'clock, services being con-
ducted b\ her pastor, Rev. E. T.
Howard, interment took place
at the Ben ett cemetery, where
l.er husband was buried.
In add-tion to the two daugh-
ters named she is survived by
"ven gran*! children and eleven
,vi eat grandchildren. Also by a
i < ther and sister, J H, C it$ o{
i i ryear, IVnn., and Mrs. H. I'.
Burnett of Mesquite.
The following out of town peo-
ple attended the funeral were: Mr
and Mrs. Jiin Wilson Mr. and
| Mrs. B. S. Wilson, all of Seago-
\uxil-j ville; Mesdames Jno. Lynch, Al-
va Mannings . and Alice Thomp-
son . Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lander
and Mrs. Gulf Payne, all of Dal-
las.
Cat ham (Ont:) Daily News: If you
wish to ktupw whether a man has be
at work, look at his palms: If you
wish to know whether a girl has been
at work, look at the third finger on
her left hand.
w mc >s > «• -se- •:«*. .-x-
Simmer Time
APPAREL
against the statutes should be
given the close, careful attention
of the District Attorney, and that
,io one particular violation of the
State University of Texas. Since
entering my profession in 1912 I
practic^ of "K w^th ^ exc£ |
tion practically two years spent j . d ? t'he . f
1" iVhT6! Pni"!*hat are returned by the Dallas
las County as°*cheW Assistant
District Attorney under Mike T. ^ ^Tdmtis^n,^ aSd
vcar/'r (^h'^Criminal nLtrict t'iat there will not appear the ap-
ST, No. 1 ,Xnl.£T.:!
veteran Judge, Robert B. Seay.
I feel sure that Mike Lively's
administration was a credit not
only to Mr. Lively, but to each
and all of his assistants who ser-
ved under him, and I assert, with-
out fear of successful contradic-j
tion, that record made in that of- j
fice is a standard set for ambiti-
] murder cases pending on the doc-
kets untried- I believe that human
life should be protected first, and
then property, and that all viola-
tions of our statutes should be
vigorously prosecuted in proport-
ion to the gravity of the offenses
committed- •
When elected I promise to sur-
ous prosecutors to strive emulate roun<' capable assis
and equal I feel I am qualified to ft*, who shall have the ability to
hold the office of District Attor-, '°°k after the interest of the
nev and critising I feel that I can?p^e equally as well Us the vio-
and ifl elected I promise to give j 'atic«s of the law shall have his
niv entire time and energy to the j,J"'ghts protected by the counsel of
duties of that of fice. While I am'h,s choice. I fieel sure that I wilt
Sandals! Sandals!
FOR ALL THE FAMILY
For Children, $1.25, $1.35 $1.50
For Ladies 2.25
For Men - - - - - . 3.25
That cool, pin-check
Pants for men . . $1.45
Men's Summer time check Jump-
ers, a good one - - $1.00
not oritising I feel that 1 can and
will inaugurate a system in that
offlicc that will serve all the peo-
ple alike irrespective of their
color, race political or religious
affiliations. I believe that the
murder statute is the most im-
portant that appears on the stat-
ute books, and I know that it has
CATARRH
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flVMMMt by Consttlnlloiiftl condition*.
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Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which *ete
through th* Blood on Hie Mucoua Bur-
facte and a**l*U In ridding your Sy«t«m
of Catarrh.
$
have no trouble in having liar
mony and co-operation with the
Sheriff's office and police depart-
ment, as I will attend strictly to
my own business and the duties
ofl my office, and let the heads of
those two departments look after
their own business so long as „
their actions do not interfere with lj|
the due administration of my of- g
Dice. I have always been friendly 1
to the peace officers of this coun- 1
ty and city, coming to their aid , ^
in the time of need, and I fieel that' j
I have as many friends in the S
Jaw-enforcement . departments), |
both police. Sheriffs office and *
constabulary of this county. I feel
(.Continued on page 2.)
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i
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Price $12.50
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1924, newspaper, May 2, 1924; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400435/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mesquite Public Library.