The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1922 Page: 1 of 4
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E. DAVIS
MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922.
Vol. XL. No. 27.
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rHE MAIN FEATURE
•f our drug store is of course that it is here to an-
i er to the needs of the sick, but our business is by
o means confined to the filling of prescriptions and
i« #ale of remedies.
Our stock comprises Jewelry, Spectacles, Sta-
onery, Kodaks, Toilet preparations and hundreds of
ther articles used in the homes of this community
very day, and you can absolutely depend on the qual-
y of anything that comes from this store.
CULLOM & PORTER
ITILLIE
I Waxahachie Women 7,913,974 Bales Are Says Poison Lurks In Figures Are Given
Outnumber The Men Ginned To January 16 Moonshine Whiskey On Road Building
.HER GENEROUS
editai h1 >and is so good to his
i s." said Mrs. Youngwed,
M6 *;/• came home late
jht, all tired out, poor boy,
- heard him murmur in his
P AH I'm, I'll raise you ten.'
r . isiness is so dull, too."—
r f'Pran script.
WEN
KNEW HIS WAY
Stranger (at Continental pal-
ace gates)—"This is visitors'
day, is it not?"
Attendant—"Yes, sir. Shall T
show you round?"
Stranger—"Oh, don't trouble.
I used to be King here once."—
The Passing Show.
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IN YOUR CASE
"WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BE-
TWEEN EXPENSE AND INVESTMENT?"
IN YOUR HOME IT'S THE DIFFER-
ENCE BETWEEN RENTING AND OWN-
ING.
THE MONEY YOU HAVE SPENT
FOR RENT IS GONE BEYOND RECALL.
BUT THE MONEY YOU MAY PUT INTO
THE BEST OF INVESTMENTS—A HOME
—WILL REMAIN TO YOUR CREDIT, TO
BE "CASHED IN ON" DAILY IN HAPPI-
NESS AND CONTENTMENT.
A FINE RESOLUTION FOR THE
NEW YAER—I WILL INVEST IN A
HOME BUILT OF QUALITY LUMBER.
JOHN E. QUARLES COMPANY
QUALITY LUMBER
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nding in the shade of the
anging boughs of the tree,
id, "Dear, I have never
another woman; I have
before kissed a girl or
held her hand."
swald, is all this true?"
irling, r swear it is true."
lat being the case, you
Sj go somewhere and learn
e calling on me."
REAL CONSIDERATION
"Yassuh, mah Sambo am a
perfect gemmum, even if we-all
do get into a spat now an agin.
Yassah, he nevah hits me where
it shows."—The Orange Owl.
Girl—Have you hair nets?
Clerk—Yes.
Girl—Invisable ?
Clerk—Yes.
Girl—Let me see one.—Ex.
LET'S GO!
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Sparer;
$2.25 pajamas :
1.50 night shirts
4.00 flannel shirts
3.7,5 flannel shirts
$1.35
1.00
2.50
2.00
Just for a short time only, we
will clean and press suits for
75c and $100. Why not take
advantage of this opportunity.
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Everything Strictly Cash
Nunn & Hicks
c0,.!3|We Show I he New Things First
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By Lucille llagler. £
"Once upon a time ChrlstniHk w«i
OhrUUntin 1 It husn't seamed like It
for the Inst few years. Last year,
you remember, Tlllle, faUier and 1
spent It In a New York kitchenette
with Anna. You know when she came
from France she stayed In New Tork
and continued her nursing there. The
year before we went to Andrew's, apd
aftur traveling tbnt distance the house
was tilled with his In-laws. John's
three children were mere babies the
year before, and I spent all Christinas
day helping Jennie do the housework.
No, a good old Christmas at home la
a cherished memory of the past, Tll-
lle," finished Mrs. Swain, with s sigh.
"Well," Bald the faithful old maid |
of all work, "we all grow old and
Christmas loses the charm It had fot
us In our childhood."
"I suppose so, but father and I both
feel It. He never really grew up. Not
one of his chlldreu ever enjoyed
Christinas any more than he did pre-
paring It for them. He'd like to spend
Christmas at home and have John,
Andrew and Anna, Just as they used
to come home from college on their
vacations."
While mother was pouring the cof-
fee, a few morning* later, Xlllle hand-
ed her a letter from John.
"It Is from John, father," said
mother Swain before she had even
opened It. "Of course we'll have to
go, but I had hoped to stay at home,"
tearing the letter open sharply.
"Why, how sorry I am! The chil-
dren are all In quarantine with tha
measles! No Christmas party there
this year.
The next day a similar letter came
from Andrew.
"Sorry, mother, but the wife and I
children are going to spend Christmas
with her folks in Illinois.
Nothing, not even a Christmas card,
was received from Anna.
"But we could not exp«ct her to
gtve up such a brilliant career for
us," excused mother.
"I suppose not," aald father,
thoughtfully.
"I guess you and Mr. Swain will
upend Christmas at home this year af-
ter all." said Tlllle, with the freedom
of speech born of 85 years of loving
service.
"Well, I'll be glad to," said mother,
looking hastily at father.
"Hang up the stockings Just as we
used to do If you'd think you'd enjoy
It, mother. I'll buy the train of cars
and the Jew's harps, and the Jack-
knives to fill them. You might dresa
at doll and make some candy. Ouess
after the day Is over we rrrfght drag
In somebody off the street to Mike
them off our hands," said Mr. Swain,
thinking he had hit upon a brilliant
Idea.
It began to snow. "A regular old
timerI" exclaimed mother. In delight
"But It's going to be lonesome," warned
Tlllle, watching her make the red tulle
candy bags.
'Til have to put a stop to their
quixotic plans for Christmas, some-
how," Tlllle murmured.
Next morning Tlllle mailed three
letters and then did a little private
shopping of her own.
Christmas eve Mr. and Mrs. Swain
appeared Just In time to hang up the
stockings before the roaring fire. Tll-
lle watched them In silence and then
hung up another one, a gray wool
one that she had Intended fw the Red
Croaa. Mother and father were safe-
ly tucked In bed. Tlllle stole out Into
the kitchen and unlocked every door
that Mr. Swain had so carefully bolt-
ed. Then she went Into John's room,
and Andrew's, arid Anna's and turned
down the sheets. Then softly, on tip
toes, to the little guest room in the
attic next to TUlle's, where the chil-
dren used to pot their overnight
friends.
"It seems Just like heaven," father.
I aeem to hear someone singing." Just
then a full quartet waa heard under
the window, singing "Holy Night."
They dressed end came downstairs in
wonder. The first alght that greeted
their eyes was a gorgeous Christmas
tree, although it was hardly yet dawn.
Tlllle stood by ths stockings, beckon-
ing to the singers. They trooped In
and took mother and father In their
arms. "I was coming as a surprise,"
said Anna, drawing Harold forward.
"But it was Tlllle who got the boys
to come. And see my ring—I am go-
ing to spend every Christinas with
you from now on, for I'm to be mis-
tress of the Wlnslow house."
Mother and father were nearly In
teara.
"The three children are youra
again," said Tlllle.
"Tlllle, you are a Chrlstmaa fairy,"
aald father, "but let ua look at your
stockings, children. I want to spin a
CPrtaln musical top."
"Up to your old tricks, dad," laughed
John.
Small Island Valuable.
Only 300 miles off the north coast
of Australia, Timor la the last link
In an Island chain sweeping from Sing-
apore, the toutheaat corner of Aala, ta
the big south continent, snrl by virtue
of this location, it may become nn Im-
portant way station for aerial traffla
between Auafralla and Asia urn! Eu-
rope. Sir Ross Smith, Australian air-
man, In bis famous (rail-blazing flignt
from London to Australia In 1010, land-
ed In Timor, and from there "hopped
off" on the last leg of bla Interconti-
nental Journey. - National Geographic
Society Bulletin.
Tuition by the month at Bu-
ford Buaincas College, Dallas.
Statistics in regard to the pop-
ulation of Ellis county and the
city of Waxahachie show that
while there are more males in
tht county than there are fe-
males, this is not true of Waxa-
hachie, where the gentler sex
have a lead of 162.
There are 12,24^ families in
the county, and a total popula-
tion of 55,700. In the city of
Waxahachie there are 1,870 fam-
ilies and a population of 7,958.
In the county there are 21,03J
males and 20,340 females. In
Waxahachie there are 3,898
males and 4,060 females.
Opinion Is Given On
Dean Prohibition Law
Austin, Texas, Jan. 25—Since
considerable confusion has ex-
isted among State and County
officers as to the extent of auth-
ority for search and seizure of
intoxicating liquors, containers,
utensils and instrumentalities
provided in the Dean prohibition
act, the Attorney General's De-
partment has worked out the
proper procedure and forms pre-
pared.
The Attorney General holds
that under the Dean law there is
ample authority to search for,
seize and destroy any intoxicat-
ing liquor possessed, sold or to
be sold or transported or manu-
actured in violation of State law.
A search warrant may be issued
for the purpose of searching for,
seizing and destroying such liq-
uor or any containers for the
manufacture or transportation
of liquor, or used or to be used
in the unlawful possession of in-
toxicating liquors,
A warrant may be issued for
the search of any room, house,
building, boat, structure or place,
or any person, where there is
probable cause to believe there is
intoxicating liquor in violation
of State laws. No warrant, how-
ever, may be issued to search a
private dwelling occupied as such
unless some part of it is used as
a store, shop, hotel or boarding-
house, or for some purpose oth-
er than a private residence, or
unless the affidavits of two
Credible persons show that such
residence is a place is sold or
manufactured in violation of the
Dean law.
THE VALUE OF VARIATION
Washington, Jan. 24.—Cotton
I ginned prior to January 16
| amounted to 7,913.971 running
' bales, including 123,569 round
! bales, 32,363 bales of Ainerican-
| Egyptian, and 3,110 bales of Sea
i Island, the census bureau an-
nounced Monday.
Ginnings by states to January
! 16. this year, were: Alabama
585,143; Arizona 38,378; Arkan-
isas 784,278; California 26.687;
Florida 12,117; Georgia 818,502*
Louisiana 282,202; Mississippi
(813,567; Missouri 67,980; North)
Carolina 790,800; Oklahoma
476,700; South Carolina 775,253;
I Tennessee 296,224; Texas 2,121,-
161; .Virginia 16,349. All other
states 8.621.
Tuesday Last Day
To Pay Poll Tax;
Next Tuesday, January 31, is
the last day in which poll taxes
can be paid to entitle the holder
to vote this year.
Attention is again directed to
the fact that where the husband
and wife own property subject
to taxation, they can not avoid
paying their poll tax. And it
makes no difference whether
the property stands in the name
of the husband or wife, as prac-
tically all property owned oy
married people is the community
property of both the husband and
wife. Either of them can pay
the property tax or the poll tax
of the other without any written
order. Poll taxes, not paid by
the last day of January will be
assessed against the property
and will have to be paid anyway.
Those who do not find it con-
venient to go to Dallas to pay
their poll tax can pay it by send-
ing a written order by some oth-
er person.
J. C. Rugel of Mesquite is a
member of the Dallas County
Grand Jury and goes to Dallas
practically every day. Those
who desire to do so, can leave
orders and the money at the
First National Bank, and he will
pay the tax for them. He auth-
orized us to say that he would
do this as a matter of courtesy
and accommodation to the peo-
ple who can not well go to Dal-
. las for that purpose. The or-
ders can be taken by any of the
officers of the bank during his
absence and they will turn them
over to him.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 24—
"Death lurks in white corn liq-
uor," says George H. Blincoe,
bederal prohibition i^gent. "It
all contains fusel oil, one of the
most deadly poisons. First-run
moonshine is 'rank poison' yet
the moonshiner who makes the
stuff—'first shots' it is called by
the legitimate distiller, doesn't
trouble himself to distill it again,
but sells it as it is for drinking
purposes."
Double distillation and aging
in charred barrels for at least
four years is necessary to re-
move the fusel oil, Mr. Blincoe
says.
"No moonshine I have evfir
seen in my experience as a pro-
hibition enforcement officer has
been aged. The bootleggers'
motto seems to be 'full speed
ahead' and never safety first.
Motor Truck Law
To Be Enforced
"Why do you constantly favor j
new methods of taxation?"
"I consider it necessary," saidj
Senator Sorghum, "to enable the
people to look forward to somej
kind of a change. If we can't;
satisfy 'em, we can at least keep j
'em hopeful."—Washington Star.1
DOING HER BEST
"Mary, were you entertaining
a man in the kitchen last night ?"
"That's for him to say, mum.
I was doing my best with the
materials I could find."—Liver-
pool Mercury.
It was announced at the
Sheriff's office in Dallas Mou-
day that county traffice officers,
whose principal duty heretofore
has been to arrest speeders, have
been instructed to make arrests
in all cases of violation of the
State law regulating the opera-
tion of motor trucks on the
county roads.
The law limits the loan on any
truck to 8,000 pounds, unless a
special permit has been obtained
from the State Highway De-
partment, and up to date no
such permits have been passed
by the local road commissioners,
who must sanction their issu-
ance.
Further provisions of the law
make it necessary for every
truck to carry a mirror in which
traffic on the road behind may
be seen. Trucks having solid
rubber tires must keep them in
good condition, so that they are
not worn thinner than one inch
in any spot. In addition to the |
8,000-pound carrying limit, it is
provided that a truck shall not
be loaded in excess of 650 pounds
to the inch of tire width.
A maximum fine of $200 may
be given for violation of the reg-
luations.
SHE KNEW A HOG
A New Orleans lady was wait-
ing to buy a ticket at" the picture
show, when a stranger bumped
her shoulder. She glared at him,
feeling it was done intentionally.
"Well," he growled, "don't eat
me up."
"You are in no danger, sir,"
she said, "I am a Jewess."—The
Lawyer and Banker.
Austin, Texas, Jan. 25—Ac-
cording to figures given out by
D. K. Martin, member of the
State Highway Commission,
over $25,000,000 was spent on
designated highways of Texas
during 1921, more than twice as
much as had been spent during
the four years prior to 1921.
"This amount was spent on
State roads under the direct su-
pervision of the Highway De-
partment and does not include
the amount spent by individual
counties, which is estimated at
between $25,000,000 and $30,000,-
000 additional, making an ap-
proximate total of $50,000,000
spent on the highways of Texas
during 1921, said Mr. Martin.
"Of the $25,000,000 spent un-
der the direction of the Highway
Department there was $2,485,854
State aid and $5,972,440 Federal
aid, making a total of $8,458,295
State and Federal aid, about 35
per cent of the total amount in-
volved. Up to Jan. 1, 1922, there
has been $12,623,306 paid out,
which leaves $13,391,859 State
and Federal aid available, a little
more than half of the original
amount. However, all of this
amount has been allotted and
most of it is now under contract.
"During 1921, the total dis-
bursements for the Highway De-
partment was $8,728,399, ' of
which amount there was $5,972,-
440 Federal aid and $2,248,854
State aid paid out on completed
roads, while the balance of
course was for the operating ex-
penses of both the engineering
andregistration division of the
Highway Department.
"Up to Jan. 1, 1922, thiere was
an unexpended balance of $13,-
391,859 State and Federal aid
and the department's share of
the registration fees for 1922 is
estimated at $1750,000 over and
above operating expenses, which
means that there will be more
than $15,000,000 aid available for
1922 and future road constrution.
The total amount has already
been allotted and at least $7,000,-
000 is under contract at the pres-
ent time. The allotments were
made early in order that the var-
ious counties might get {heir
work under way as soon as pos-
sible and at the same time help
relieve the unemployment situa-
tion in Texas. The $15,000,000
State and Federal aid represents
about 35 per cent of the total
amount that will be expended,
making approximately $50,000.-
000 available foT future road
work under the present road
building program."
"Were you ever pinched for
going too fast?"
"No, but I've been slapped."?—
Ex.
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Cleanup Sale of Shoes
Every Shoe in our entire stock now
on sale at reduced prices, to move
them out and make ready for the
new Spring stocks.
EVERY CHILD'S SHOE IN
STOCK ON SALE AS FOL-
LOWS:
Our $1.00
Our $1.35
Our
Our
Our
Our
Our
Our
Our
$1.50
$2.00.
$2.75
$3.00
$3.25
$3.50
$3.75
Value.
Value.
Value,
Value,
Value,
Value,
Value,
Value,
Value.
now
now
now
now
now
now
now
now
now
pair-
pair,
pair,
pair,
pair,
pair,
pair,
pair,
pair.
..85c
$1.20
$00
$1.65
$2.35
$2.65
$2.75
$2.85
$3.25
CHILDREN'S SHOES, CONT.
Our $4.75 Values, now pair_$3.95
Our $5.00 Value, now pair_$4.25
MEN'S WORK AND DRESS
SHOES
On sale as follows;
Our $2.75 Shoes, now Pair 2.45
Our $3.00 Shoes, now Pair. $2.80
Our $3.85 Shoes, now Pair.. $3.60
Our $4.00 Shoes, now Pair. $3.73
Our $k75 Shoes, now Pair. $4.50
MEN'S SHOES, CONT.
Our $5.00 Shoes, now Pair_$4.25
Our $5.50 Shoes, now Parr.$4.75
Our $6.50 Shoes, now Pair.$5.25
Our $7.00 Shoes, now Pair.$6.25
Our $7.50 Shoes, now Pair.$6.50
Our $8.50 Shoes, now Pair. $7.25
LADIES' DRESS SHOES
Our $3.75
Our $4.00
Our $5.00
Our $6.50
v aiue, pair«
Value, pair.
Value, pair.
Value, pair.
...$3.25
$3.50
$4.50
$5.25
EXTRA SPECIAL
1 Lot Ladies' High Heel Dress Shoes. Shoes sold as high as $14.50,
Special. $2.50.
HUDSON, DAVIS COMPANY
MESQUITE, TEXAS
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1922, newspaper, January 27, 1922; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400515/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mesquite Public Library.