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THE TEXAS MESQUITER
John Z. Davit, Editor and Prop.
Published Every Friday
at Mesquite, Texas
Subscription, $1.00 Per Tear
Entered at the postoffice at Mesquite,
Texaa, as mall matter of the second
class. ' ■ '
Getting Villa appears to be
some job. The trouble is in 3nd-
in# him.
Somebody has wisely said
that everything has gone Up ex-
cept kind words. And the best
thin# about it is that kindness is
just as effective as ever.
Pridav. April 21. 1916
It looks very much like that
Roosevelt is to be the victim,
which serves to impress us with
the advantages of being a Demo-
crat.
Next Sunday is Easter Sun-
day, and a lot of folk will go to
church on that day, thinking
more about their new clothes
than of the sermons they hear.
Cyclone Davis has withd rawn
his remarks about Jefferson
Davis and other beloved men of
the South, but unfortunately for
him, he cannot make people for-
get that he said it.
Announcement is made by
the style makers that women's
skirts are to continue to be short.
Well, it seems sensible to have
them short enough to keep the
lower part of them from drag-
ging the floor.
Wednesday was "Straw Hat"
day in Dallas, and a good many
people purchased new "lids,"
paying tbereforgood, stiff prices,
which will enable the fellows who
have to swing on the old wool hat
a while longer to purchase a new
straw a little later at half price
and still later at "choice for one
dollar."
It looks like the United States
and Germany have about reached
the parting of the ways. If it be-
comes necessary to sever diplo-
matic relations and Germany
thereafter sinks any more ships
with Americans aboard, we will
not send any notes, but a battle-
ship or two. It is to be hoped,
however, that the break will not
come.
We were about to wire one of
the Dallas newspapers congratu-
lations over its enterprise in
printing a picture of President
Wilson as he appeared Wednes-
dap while addressing Congress
on the submarine crisis, an hour
or two after the message wa*
delivered, but v:e decioed not to
•end tb« telegram when we no
ticed the line underneath the pic-
tore, reading, "Photo copyright,
1914."
Govkhnok Ferguson recently
made the statement that there
appeared to be a conspiracy to
prevent the nomination of a can-
didate for United States Senator
by a direct vote of the people
[• and added that he was going to
attend the meeting of the State
Democratic executive committee
and insist that the law be car-
ried out. The Mesquiter com-
mended the Governor and it still
luriher commends him for the
success of his efforts. The Den-
!*oo Herald, however, says that
the Governor failed to expose the
'conspiracy" and calls on the
Meuquiter to do so. Since the
jovernor has exploded it, it is
,.tr«uy necessary to expose it.
One .vlr. 8tubbs of Galveston ap-
peared to be the leader and ex-
pressions from other members
of the committee, including the
chairman and Mr. Cecil Smith,
the member from the county in
which Denison is located, indi-
cated, in interviews that thev
were in sympathy with Mr.
Stubbs* plans. The committee
ia made up largely of the same
men who denied Julius Germany
membership on the committee
when ho was so chosen by his
Congressional District, beciu.se
he waa not in harmony with
tbem as to? the value of Mr.
Bailey's public service, and it is
practically the same committee
which denied the Wil>on men a
preferential primary in 1012, be-
i cause thev thought that under
the contention system, Texas
[might be delivered to either
rk or Harmon.
This year's campaign may be
interesting, but not what it
would have been if Hon. Dwight
Lewelling and Judge Barry Mil-
ler had been opposing candidates
for the Legislature.
The Texas editors who were
so worried about the moDe.v that
Evangelist Billy Sunday would
get for holding a revival in Dal-
las will doubtless get great con
solation out of the announce-
ment that hs is not coming to
Texa* until 1920. This is a long
time off, and he may never come.
There has been a good deal of
discussion recently about the
necessity for changing the
course of study in the schools
and the MESQUITER is inclined to
believe that something ought to
be done. Tne chief value of an
education, under the present
system, is that it provides train-
ing for the mind. Most of the
graduates, if they chose a pro-
fession where it is necessary to
use correct language, spell cor-
rectly or be able to punctuate
properly, have to learn all over
again. Too much time is spent
on things that are not worth a
whoopee except in the mental pro-
cess necessary to master the
lesson.
Port Collector Dudley Field
Malono, said to a New York re-
porter:
"We exported $1,000,000,000
worth of food last year. No star
vation there, eh? No such grow!
coming there as the wounded
soldier made.
"A wounded soldier in French
hospital developed a fever, and
every little while his nurse put a
thermometer in his mouth to
register his temperature.
"Presently a do 'tor came in to
see him.
" 'Well, how are you getting
on?' the doctor asked.
" 'Fairish, sir,1 said the soldier.
"'Have vou had any nourish-
ment?'
" !A fair amount sir, a fair
amount.'
",What did you have?"
"'A lady gimme a piece of
glass to suck, sir.' "—Washing-
ton Post.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
For Sale—Sudan grass seed.
A. O. Allen.
Carbon copying paper for sale
at Mesquiter office.
For Sale—Corn and hay; also
good team work horses. Phone
79-1-3. J. M. DoZIER.
Wanted to buy 10 or 12 cows;
must te first class.—J. W. Davis,
Trinity Valley Farm.
Pole wood for sale, $1 per load.
J. R. Paschall, Hock hold place,
2 miles south Mesquite.
Farm Loans—$11,000 and up at
7 per cunt, and a* small amount
as $500 at 8 per cent. F. C. liugel.
Cord wood and stove w> od for
sale on Triniiy Valley farm, near
Lawson pike. Phone 8G-3.—.).
W. Davis.
After May 1, on account of iron
and sleel advances, we will be
forced to charge $1.25 for horse
shoeing. Respt, l):in Robertson.
Effective May 1, I will have to
charge $1.25 for horseshoeing,
because of the advance in the
price of iron and steel.—J. T.
Davis.
Wanted—To pay lor cold
drinks for biggest load of adults
coming to see "Girl and the
Game," from the country each
Saturday night. U)ad them up
and come in.
Wanted you to read the "Girl
and the Game" and see the show
at the Cozv matinee Saturday,
April 22, 2:30 p. m. for the
benefit of those that can't he on
hand at the night show.
MM wiuuMis | HNED ORCHESTRA
10 PUT IN DMUIS ,
APRIL 30 UNO MAT 1
The following announcements are
made, subject to the Democratic Pri-
mary Election, Saturday, July 22,
1916:
for congress, 5th dist:
• Hatton W. Sum neks.
For County Judge:
Quentin D. Corley.
For County Commissioner, Diet. No. 2:
Jeff D. Bruton.
W. L. Paschall.
Fred Dice man.
Alfred F. Gross.
For Justice ef the Peace, Precint No. 4
J. L. Fly
For Constable, Precinct No. 4:
T. J. Skwell.
R. L. Lasater.
For Public Weigher, Precinct No. 4:
J. R. Caldwell.
T. A. Jett.
A.Tactless
Wooing
By EDWARD J. STEWART
To whom this may concern:—
All parties wishing to favor a
poor, penniless widow on suf-
frage, would do well to see Mrs.
Laura Groves Residence on
Kimbrough street, northeast of
Baptist church. The Bible says
that pure religion and undettled
before God and the Father, is
this, to visit the widows and
fatherless in their afflictions and
to keep thyself unspotted from
the world.
Tha evacuation of Vera Cruz had
taken place, and the fleet was ready to
sail. The surgeon in charge of the hos-
pital approached" the medical director
to report that all invalids had been re-
moved.
"There's a man," said the former,
"who, I think, must have died without
his death getting on to the list. He
was dying yesterday afternoon. I
haven't seen hitn since and presume
his body was removed. Conover should
have seen to it that the record was
made."
"Well, there's no time now," said the
medical director, "to investigate the
case* We must go aboard."
So It was that when the ships reach-
ed the United States the name of Hor-
ace Morton, petty officer, was reported.
"Died In hospital."
Now, it happened that the elimina-
tion of Horace Morton was very ac-
ceptable to Mrs. Martha Jones, the
mother of Ethel Jones, who had been
betrothed to the sailor before he de-
parted for Vera Crui!. He had nothing
to marry on. while Fhillp Thompson, a
plumber, who also wanted Ethel, had
made considerable funds in his busi-
ness and was able to take care of her
In good style. Mrs. Jones had set her
face against her daughter's marrying
Morton, and to quiet the old lady Ethel
promised that if her lover lost his life
in Mexico she would marry Thompson.
After this promise there was peace in
the Jones family, Mrs. Jones hoping
that the man who she considered stood
in the way of her daughter's welfare
would be snuffed out by a Mexican bul-
let.
But there was only a small scrap at
the landing at Vera Cruz, and greatly
to Mrs. Jones' disappointment, Morton
was not among the killed. Then enme
the evacuation, and with it the mother
made prestations to renew the tight
In ,the matter of a son-in-law. But
when she read in a morning paper that
Morton had died at Vera Cruz she mut-
tered silent thanks and with every ap-
pearance of heartfelt sympathy broke
the sad news to her daughter, all the
while laying plans for a wedding with
the plumber.
Ethel shut herself up in her room for
a week, then came out with a surren-
der, telling her mother that since her
lover was dead she cared not whom she
married and was perfectly willing to
take the plumber or any one else. Such
being the case, Mrs. Jones sent Mr.
Thompson word that the way was open
for him to win her daughter, but she
advised him to be very circumspect
and proceed slowly. She believed that
Ethel thought she loved auother, but
that the girl was deceiving herself. A
few weeks' courtship would do the
business.
Mr. Thompson, who was not an adept
In wooing a woman who had Just lost
the man she loved, began by sending
Ethel an Invitation to a plumbers' ball.
Fortunately, he sent It* through Mrs.
Jones, who threw it in the tire with all
hasle and wrote her daughter's non-
acceptanee on account of indisposition.
Mr. Thompson's next move was send-
ing a bouquet of flowers. Mrs. Jones
intercepted them, separated the posy,
put them In a box and gave them to
Ethel as an offering of sympathy from
the donor.
This was a beginning, and Mrs.
Jones hoped that by carefully heading
off the indelicate attentions of Mr.
Thompson to bring the affair to a suc-
cessful termination in duo time. Why
she took so much pains to prevent her
daughter's being ruffled by the plumb-
er's want of tact Is not plain, because
Ethel was not in a state of mind to
care whom she married. Perhaps her
motive was looking to the future. It Is
also a question as to why Mr. Thomp-
son was anxious to marry a girl whose
heart was In the grave. He explained
this to Mrs. Jones by saying that a live
man was better any day than a dead
one and Ethel was sure to find it out.
It must be admitted that there is more
wisdom in the cxplauatlou than senti-
ment In the statement.
All things have an end, and the
plumber's courtship was no exception.
The wedding day came round, and
with It came a coincidence. When the
wedding party was assembling in walk-
ed Horace Morton, who had failed to
get on tho dead list In accordance with
the navy regulations. And there waa
no time for an Investigation. He
had walked out of the hospital In dell
rlum, and the party responsible for him
had been looking for him up to the
very moment of the sailing of the fleet
homeward.
Upon his appearance as a wedding
guest, pale and emaciated, there was a
scattering of those present The bride
alone seemed to consider him flesh and
Diood and, rushing toward blm. fell
into his arms. He had been aware of
Mrs. Jones' opposition to him and het
preference for the Plumber: couae
Through the enterprise of the Dal-
las Chamber of Commerce and Manu-
facturers' Association the people of
Dallas and surrounding territory will
have the rare opportunity of hearing
the great Philharmonic Orchestra, a
musical organisation of international
renown. Sunday, April SOth, there
will be a concert at 2:30 In the Fair
Park Coliseum and on Monday, May
1st, at 2:30 there will be a concert
and at 8:15 a night performance. Tha
Dallas Chamber of Commerce and
Manufacturers' Association feels very
fortunate Indeed in having been able
to secure thla world-famous orchestra
in order to give the music lovers of
Dallas and. In fact, all of the terri-
tory adjacent, the opportunity of at-
tending three concerts by that famous
orchestra, and at prices within the
reach of all. The Chamber of Com-
merce and Manufacturers' Assoclatiou
of Dallas will place tickets on sale
April 20th, at Main and Akard streets,
the prices being 50 cents to $2.50.
Musicians and music lovers wUl be
Interested to know some of tha Im-
portant aud very Interesting facts con-
cerning that organization.
The Philharmonic Society of Naw
York was organized to 1842 and has
given concerts every season since that
date without a break or a postpone-
ment.
New York Philharmonic advertise-
ments appeared In the New York
Evening Post April 10, 1803.
The Philharmonic orchestra haa ex-
penses of over a quarter of a million
dollars yearly.
The New York Philharmonic la the
oldest musical organization of its kind
In America and is the third oldest of
Its kind in the world.
More persons attend the Philhar-
monic concerts every year than are
present at the p*iid concerts of any
other American orchestra.
The conductor of the Philharmonic
orchestra is one of the five greatest
orchestra leaders in the world today.
His salary is $25,000 a year.
Stradlvarius, Guanerius, Amati, Qo
betti, Magglnnl and Guadagndnl, tha
master rnakera of violins, are all rep-
resented in the Instruments In the
Philharmonic orchestra.
The concert harp used by the Phil-
harmonic harpist Is the most expen-
sive of its kind in America.
The tympani are practically the
snly Instruments In the orchestra
owned by the Philharmonic society.
They were purchased in Austria,
shortly before the war. at a cost of
$700. This is the highest price ever
paid for a set of these copper kettle
drums and they are of exceptional
clarity of tone.
The coat of the Instruments used
In the Philharmonic ranse from $75
for the trumpets and trombones to
$15,000, the value set on the Francesco
Oobettl violin, built in 1710, which li
played by Maximilian Pllzer, the
youthful concert melster.
More than twenty members of the
Philharmonic orchestra have won
fame as concert soloists.
Silver flutes have been substituted
for wooden ones In the Philharmonic
because of their superior tonal qual-
ities.
Requests for reservations accom-
panied by check or money order
should be sent to Rtchard Haughton,
Secretary, Chamber of Commerce and
Manufacturers' Association, Dallas,
Texas. Reservations will be made In
the order In which they are received
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days
Your drtitrgiit will refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fills to cure g«y case of Itching
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days
The first application gives Kate and Rest. 50c
Hard Times.
A gentleman In New Orleans adver-
tised for a man to do chores around the
house, and the advertisement was an-
swered by a colored man.
"Are you married?" nsked the pro-
spective employer.
"Yas, suh; I's married," replied the
applicant, "but moh wife Is out of a
Job. I>afs why I's got to shlf fob
mahself."—- St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Time For Hast*.
A little five-year-old miss has a step-
father, of whom she Is very fond. One
day the stepfather suffered from a vio-
lent headache, and his wife went to the
kitchen to prepare some domestic rem
edy. Lillian waited quietly for some
time for her mother to return and re-
lieve the sufferer. Losing patience, she
went to the kitchen door and energetic-
ally called out:
"Mamma, If you don't hurry up you're
going to have another husband' to
bury."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
THE ART OF 8ELLING.
The art of aaliing is a vary
important ona and ahould not
ba naglaotad by any young man
who intanda to go into bualnass,
avan if ha doaa not expect to ba
a salesman. Ha will have to
aall hie own aervices, and that
ia ona of tha hardest taaks any
young man can undertake.—
Dean Johnaon.
quently he took In the situation wlTTi
out Its being explained to him.
"I reckon.' he said, "that since every
thing'Is handy for n wedding we may
as well have one."
Mrs. Jones, seeing that she had lost
threw tip the sponge. The plumber re
marked that there were as good fish ill
the sen as dver were caught and walked
away without any evident disappoint
ment. Ethel was presently prevailed
upon to celebrate the wedding with the
change of grooms, and when the par
son came in she was married to the
sailor.
This is not the only case of a man's
being officially dead and turning up
at a time when he la not expected.
The Co-operative Plan
A Fanner Trie* It on an Auto
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1916, by tho McClura
Newspaper Syndicate.
1 waa driving across the country
with a horse and buggy when I came
to the wreck of an auto in the ditch,
and a farmer was tinkering at lb He
had a sledge, crowbar, an ax, a cold
chisel and a acrewdrlver and hud work
ed up a nlc-e little state of perspira-
tion.
"You appear to have a wreck here,"
I said as I drew in my horse.
"Appear!" be shouted as be looked
up. "If this Isn't the durndest wreck
anybody ever saw I'll eat my hat!"
"How did It happen?"
"How does anything happen to an
auto with a fool driving It 7"
"Waa It youra?" I asked, scenting a
Btory.
"One-fifth of her was mine up to
last night Now tbe whole sad remains
belong to .me. Did you ever hear of
the co-operative plan among farmers?"
"Lots of times."
"Waal, then, this was co-operation In
buyln' and runnln' an automobile, and
this is one of the results of It The
other result Is that I am about $300
out of pocket and have lost a widder
who was goin' to be my wife. If you
want to hear all about it I'll tell you,
for I guess it hain't any use to tinker
any moro at this blamed old thing."
The farmer took a scat on the mor-
tal remains of the auto and drew a
long breath and proceeded to say:
"There was Tom Evans, Joe Baxter,
Jim Williams and Si Perkins. They
are all farmers and live about here.
They are all murried men, and each
one has a gang of children. As for
me, I am an old bachelor, but I was
a sparkln' of the nicest widder woman
in this county. Tho four men I have
mentioned come over to my house one
evenln' a month ago, and Tom Evans
he asks If I would go In with 'em on
the co-operative plan to buy an auto.
" 'How much?' says I.
" 'A thousand,' says he.
" 'That's $250 each.'
" 'Jest so, Sam.'
"Aud the auto was bought?" I
queried.
"She was, sir. She arrived here glls-
tenin' like a star, and she excited the
wonder of folks for ten miles around.
We got a feller from town to show us
how to run her, and in about a week
we was all ready to glide around tbe
country. Beln' I was a single man and
mightily in love with a widder, they
said I might take the auto out first,
which was very decent of them. I felt
sure I could run the machine as good
as any man in the state. It was a
bright moonlight night, and the whlp-
poorwills were slngln' and the katy-
dids chlrpln', and that widder woman
should promise to be mine before we
returned."
"And did she?" was asked as the
farmer heaved a long sigh.
"She didn't, stranger, and I'll tell
you why. We had gone about n mile
as steady as an old horse when the
auto shied at a stone In the road, ran
through a rail fence, wrecked the auto,
and the widow gave me fits."
"It gets Interesting," I said.
"Kinder lnterestln', stranger—kinder
bo. We got a machinist to tinker $20
worth of tinker, and the old machine
could run again. Then It was Tom's
turn. He has a wife and five children,
and they all piled in. They was clip-
pin' along as happy as larks when
they came to a crossroad. The nuto
was for keepln' straight ahead, Tom
wanted to turn to the right and his
wife to tho left, and tho result was
that the machine run into and knock-
ed over the guldepost and then tried
to climb a fence. The whole family
took a spill and was scattered for
twenty rods around. No one was kill-
ed, and there was no broken bones,
but the bruises are yet blue, and Tom
still walks bent over like an old man
on account of the Jar to his spine. By
this time we had all got skeery of the
machine; but it bein' now Jim's turn
and he not wantln' to be callcd a cow-
ard, he took out his family for a prome-
nade. As the other accidents bad oc-
cured at night, Jim went out In the
afternoon. He thought there might be
sometbin' In tho night air that affect-
ed the old critter. There was seven in
the family, and they was climbln' the
hill beyond the red ridge when all to
once the auto gave a snort ind stop-
ped In her tracks.
" 'What's the matter?* asked Jim's
wife.
" 'Durned 11 I know, but she's got to
go!' he answers.
"And she did go, sir—she went back-
wards. There was screnmin' and yell-
In' and swearln', and Joe's wife slap-
ped his face, but nothln' did any good.
That auto kept on goin' backwards
until it dumped them all In the river,
which was about three feet deep at
that time. They was shook up and
bruised and half drowned, but they
were lucky for all that They waded
ashore and left the old auto lyin' on
Its back in the river."
"But you got it out agnln?" I nsked.
"Yes. We had to," was the reply.
"It wus in tryln' to get the old critter
home ag'ln that she suddenly bolted
and run into a telegruph pole and
wrecked herself as you see her."
"And she won't be tinkered up
again'/"
""She can't be. There's nothln' left
to tinker, unless the blacksmith thinks
lie can make five wise men out of the
five fools who bought her nnd lost
about $2.'!0 apiece. 1 used to think co-
operation of farmers was a beautiful
thing, but duru my cats if I ain't
through with it!"
Tha Qulnlna That Doat Not Affact Tha Ht u
Because ot its tonic and laxative eflect. LAX
TIVK BKOMO QUININE la belter than ordinn
Suinlne and does not cause nervousness r
nging in head. Remember the full name a
'ook lor the aitrnnturr of It. W. CKOVK. I
Self Complacency.
"A man ahould pause every now and
then and take atock of hlmaelf," said
tbe genial philosopher.
"That'8 all right for a modest man,"
replied the student of human nature,
"but rather a bad plan for the sort of
fellow who rates hlmaelf a little higher
every time he doea it"—Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Happy Hogwallow
By Dunk Botts
Raz Barlow expects to be pres-
ent at the footwashing service at
Hog Ford, the fourth Sunday in
next ni( nth. List year he at-
tended and came hotri" with a
tine pair of socks.
In tho springtime the young
man's fancy gently turns to love,
and in accordance with that fact,
the Calf Ribs Widow lias dis-
posed of her biting dogs.
Prof. Sap Spradlen fell from
the roof of the Wild Onion school
house, the other da.v. He says
it was only in obedience to the
laws of gravitation that he did so.
The Horse Docter of Bound-
ing Billows reports health good
in his section, with both man
and beasts. He said if lie had
his rutbers, he would ruther
practice among animals than
people, as the former do not
have to have funerals.
Tubby Barlow was operated
on for stomach trouble, the
Horse Doctor performing tho
ceremony, During the course of
the operation, a brass cuff bu;,
ton, a i]8 cartridge hull, two bul-
lets, two bottle necks and a cork
screw were taken from Tubbv's
stomach. Several stitches were
required to close the wound in-
flicted by this operation. He was
able to spend most of the day at
the Postoflice today and says he
derived much benefit from the
operation and feels much better
already.
The Tin Peddler cut Hogwal-
low off his circuit the last trip
and the Hogwallow Improvement
Association (the same as the
Board of Trade in other places)
will investigate this and endeav-
or to induce him to put us hack
on his circuit.
Poke Eazley has been sent to
Bounding Billows by his wife
after a large wash kettle, which
he will have to pack home. Poke
is her second husband.
The Editor of the Tickville
Tidings was pleasantly surprised
last week, when one of the mer-
chants brought in an advertise-
ment to run and didn't ask him
to take it out in trade.
Slim Pickens has set in to fish-
ing. Unless he fattens up a good
deal, he can merely stick his
feet in the mud and lean out over
the water, doing away with a
gshing pole.
Tobe Mosley has the distinc-
tion of capturing a big 'possum
night before last. Tobe, on ac-
count of his bravery and fearless-
ness, together with his natural
shrewdness, which was more
keenly developed during his
term as depity constable, had
but little trouble in making this
good capture. Spying the 'pos-
sum on the ground with his back
to him, he crept up behind it
with his gun drawn, and before
the 'possum realized it, it waa in
his possession. Reing unable to
get the large steel trap off the
animal's foot, Tobe took it along
also.
There is some talk of another
store being started in the Ca.f
Ribs neighborhood. It seems
that the man who is going to
open it, has been buying all his
goods for some time from the
mail order houses in Chicagoi
but he got mad at them over
something the other day, and
has decided to put up a store of
his own and try to run them out
of business.
Lawson Locals
Owing to the late rains, some
are planting corn over, some
plowing corn and others plant
ing cotton. The oat crop is look
ing good.
J. R. Caldwell of the Long
Creek community, and a candi-
date for public weigher, was in
Lawson Saturday.
M. H. Love and wife, their son,
Emory, and daughter, Mrs.
Johnston of Dallas, were here
Friday. Uncle Martin is now
sporting a Ford, which gives him
a nice, convenient way of coming
to visit his friends ano relatives
at Liwsrn,
King Gray, the popular phone
man of Mesquite, was down Mon-
day.
Rev. Foster of Seagoville,
preached at the Baptist church
Sunday afternoon. We under-
stand that the church at this
phce has secured his services as
past >r, to" preach once a month,
provided they can arrange a day
for him.
Itev. T M. Kirk filled his reg-
ular appointment here Sunday
| morning and night.
MissO. C. Cole, accompanied
by Cade Wardlow, a rela-
tive, left a few days ago in a
Ford auto, for a few days visit
with relatives near Red Oak, La.
Wesley Lawson was in Mes-
quite Tuesday.
The Lawson choir is invited to
nn all-day singing at Wilmer on
the 4th Sunday, which comes on
April 30, the last day in the
month.
Grandma King has moved
back to Lawson and is making
her home with her daughter,
Mrs. Bob Sublett.
Wake up boys, ye Odd Fellows!
Something doing at Old No. 280
Friday night. "See those .tail
pines, how they cluster." Come
out and shake hands with the
old standbys, take an ice cold
soda pop after a good, warm,
brotherly meeting. All the boys
are coming; don't miss it.
M. D. Parnell has been confin-
ed to his bed most of the time
for the past week or two.
J. L. Terry of Mesquite, a de-
puty sheriff, was in Lawson
Tuesday.
B. M.' Curtis and family of
Frisco, are visiting at the home
of J. W. Riddle, the latter's
brotherin-in-law. He also paid
E. N. Terry and family a call
Wednesday.
Mrs. Wes Miller and Jim
Humphreys visited Aunt Jennie
Terry Monday afternoon and
found her right poorly part of
the time, but say that she looks
as well as she did twenty years
ago.
Ira Lasater, a relative of Dr. Ii.
H. Lasater from Mineral Wells,
is visiting at the home of the lat-
ter this week. (
Mrs. J. M. Dozier is on the sick
list this week.
' The Lawson High School will
close next week and the gradu-
ating exercises will be held Fri-
day night. Following is a list of
the members of the graduating
class:
X. L. Cole, Mildred Gaines,
'Nora Armine Moore, Leslie Ew-
1 el) Stark, Alta Francis Lumley,
Ethan Allen Bond, Oma Tennie
Gideon, Lloyd Lawrence Cole,
Alta Eistalee Potter, Mabel Ellen
Whittaker.
Lawson Lightweight
Mutual Suffering.
Judge—Officer, this man says he was
not intoxicated, but wus suffering from
vertigo. Officer—Perhaps he was, your
honor, but everybody else was suffer-
ing from the funny songs he was sing-
ing.—Exchange.
Shrill Voicaa.
Mrs. Crlnisonbeak—It Is said when
the shrill voice of the peacock is heard
a change of weather Is probablo. Mr.
Crimsonbeak—Well, I know another
shrill voice that .denotes a storm, all
right."—Vonkers Statesman.
DR. W. C. CULLOM
Physician ajid Surgeon
Office at Palace Drug Store.
MESQUITE, TEXAS
DR. J. H. RYON
Physician and Surgeon
ORPHANS HOME, TEXAS.
Calls Answered Day or Night..
Mesquite Phone 18-2 rings.
Dallas Phone Haskel 9507-12 rings.
ED W. LASATER
Real Estate and Farm Loans
NOTARY PUBLIC
Loans Negotiated Promptly.
Lawson, Texas
Hiram P. I.ively J. L. Goggani
LIVELY & 60G6ANS
Attorneys-At Law
Offices: Suite 402-5 Commonwealth
National Hank Building.
Dallas, Texas. Phone No. 903.
DR. A. F. JONES.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office in Drug Store, next door to
l'ostoffice.
Mesquite Texas.
DR. J. B. BRYANT
Physician and Surgeon
Special attention given to diseases
of women arid children. Office with
Mesquite Pharmacy, N. E. corner
square.
Mesquite, Texaa.
WHITEHURST & WHITEHURST
Attomeys-a'Law
Will practice in ail the Courts
COMMONWEALTH BANK BLDG.
Dallas, Texaa.
Competent. Courteous and Reliable
DR. C. I. FAISON
DENTIST
1608 Elm Street, Dallas, Texa.
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1916, newspaper, April 21, 1916; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400734/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mesquite Public Library.