The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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By John E. Davis.
MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1911
Vol, XXX No. 11
THE PHOENIX il
OYSTERS
OYSTERS i;
OYSTERS |!
Cominf? daily from the oyster beds direct to our
place of business. Are they fresh? Well I
guess they are.
"MOTHERS BREAD"
Try a loaf of our celebrated "Mothers Bread''
best ever in Mesquite.
OurSpecialities—Fine cigars, tobaccos, fruits,
candies and all kinds of cold drinks.
i "Cleanliness and Courteous Treatment" Is Our Motto
MANBY&MANBY
West Side Square Phone 115
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Uncle David's First and Last Speech.
By Joe Sappington
*
(Continued from last week.)
Sam Doak,I seed you astandin
«p out thar ever time the parson
took a vote. He could prove any-
thing by you, Sam, but if he had
knode how onery you was I don't
think he would have took much
pleasure in counten your vote.
I suppose you have forgot about
comen to my house about two
months ago and borrowen that
pint of wisltey fur yoar poor sick
mother-in-law and how you got
drunk on it and lay out in the
woods all night. You, too, Tom
Harkins, ain't you a purty thing
posen as a rum hater, when no
longer than last October you
drunk a whole pint of your wife's
camphire and to keep you frum
dyin the doctor had to use a
stummick pump on you. Alf
Higgins I see ye air a gittin a
little restless .judgen by the way
you air a crossen and recrossen
yer legs out thar. You got
mighty tickled, didn't you,Alf,
when the parson out thar with
the tiowen beard wus haven so
much fun with your Uncle David.
Don't spose the good parson
has hearn about the time you
got drunk on Per una and made
yoar team turn yoar wagin over
and break three of yoar ribs.
A sign of relief went up from
all parts of the audience .when
Unclc David said: "And now
friends a n d neighbors, I'm
through with ye for the present
but I want you to keep yoar
seats while I pay my last re-
spects to parson Halford," The
happy smile faded from the rev-
erand gentleman's face before
Uncle David had been speaking
five minutes. He soon recogniz-
ed in that unlettered old farmer
a foeman worthy of his steel and
anticipating what was liable to
be in store for himself, he start-
ed to rise when he turned his
attention to him, but when he
looked into those steel gray
eyes of Uncle David's he chang-
ed his mind and settled back in
his seat. "Parson", he began,
"it may surprise you to larn that
you air not altogether a total
stranger to me. I have a leetie
bit of your own personal histry—
histry of your own making, par-
son. This histry more thrn like-
ly will not be sweet music to
yoar years, but it will be true
histry all the same. Howsom-
ever, before I begin dealin with
yoar beeography I want to put
rayself right on this whiskey
Question. Parson Halford.
whiskey is a bad thing when it
is abused and has caused its full
sheer of trouble in this world,
it has made many, many orfens
and widders and has rang rivers
of tears from sorrowen eyes. It
has caused many men to shed
thar feller man's blood. It has
put prison stripes on its thous
ands and caused mighty groans
to go up from the human family.
SEWING MACHINES
We have in stock five machines that
we will sell at one half price:
One $25.00 machine for -$12.50
" $40.00 " for $20.00
" a>45.oo " " $22.50
$50 00 " " $25.00
These machines are high grade, Made by the
Standard Sewing Machine Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, and
have their guarantee to be as good as reccommended,
We are offering you a great value. Now is your time
to buy a sewing machine.
Parson, if I had it in my power
I would destroy every drop of
the stuff on the face of the arth
and would hang the fust man
who started to make the stuff
agin. But parson, as long as
the stuff is made you had as
well try to legislate the smell
outen a polecat or a cornfield
nigger as to legislate the taste of
whiskey outen men. Way back
yonder in the garden of Eden,
God sot good and evil btfo yur
fust parents. No sooner than
He told them they could eat
of all the fruit in the garden,
except that of one pore little tree
than Eve made a dive fur it. He
even told 'em that they should
shorely die if they eat frum that
tree, but in spite of the warnen
they eat fruit frum that forbid-
den tree and we all know whut
happened to 'em. Jist why it is
God's plan to mix good and evil
together is too deep for yoar
Uncle David, and in my opinion
you Kansas prohis will have yoar
hans full a changin uv God's
plan. But as I said at the start
I respecs the honest opinion of
my fellar man, no matter how
fur we diffei\ I know lots of
pros who practice what they
preach an 1 shorely respect 'em
in thar belief, but I haint got no
love or respect for that gimlet
headed bunch who votes a dry
ticket and cusses everybody who
differs with 'em and then sneaks
around a'ter the election to the
drug store and buys Peruna and
chill tonics and anything else
that has whiskey in it.
Parson, I'll now give my
friends and neighbors just a lit-
tle bit uv yoar beeography and
will then close my speech A
duren yoar speech this mornen,
if these good law abiden pros
nad knowd yoar antecedunts as
I do, they wouldn't a been so en-
thused every time you swated
yoar Uncle David. If Jeff Doug-
lass over there had knode like I
do that you have two liven wives
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The New Restaurant
and Confectionery
While our stock is not quite
complete and our fixtures
are not all installed, we are
now open and doing busi-
ness. We have a nice line
of canned goods, confections
cigars, tobacco, etc. and
will make a speciality of
short order meals.
All the popular cold drinks
served at our new sanitary
soda fountain. We expect
to keep everything clean and
neat and to strive in every
way to please those who
favor us with their patron-
age. Come to see us.
IfiiiTsuKT
N. E. Corner Public Square
Mesquite, Texas
1
L.C. STEWART |
he wouldn't a squalled so loud
every time you landed on me.
Keep yoar seat parson, fur if you
try to leave before I git tnrough
with this speech that, my pro
friends yelled and clammored so
much fur me to make, I'll show
you a stunt that will shore sur-
prise you fur an old man like me
why is a tottering on the brink
of the grave." I ain't agoen to
tell a blame thing on you that
ain't so and that 1 can't prove,
but after I got through with you,
you can get up here and explain
all you dern please, but at the
present writen I have the floor
and I ain't gwine to be bo then d
Continued on Page 4.
THE DALLAS PRESSED BRICK COMPANY
FACTORY AND KILNS AT MESOUITE, TEXAS.
mmmmmummim
Every one a brick—no bats, all good square fellows
$8,00 per thousand at the kiln.
S. B. MARSHALL, Manager
Hudson, Davis & Company
GOODS FOR THE NEW SEASON
Are fast filling up every shelf, coun-
ter, case and rack throughout this establish-
ment. Our immense collection of every-
thing that is new, stylish, attractive and
reliable,are offered at unusual opportunities
for genuine saving throughout every de-
partment. JSC JSC JSC
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Our Fall Millinery Showing
By all Means Start This
Month With a White Felt Hat
There has been no style produced in years
that has met with such universal favor as
has the new White Felt Hat. They have a
dash and style not posessed by other Hats.
Prices $3.00, 2.50,2.25 and - - $2.00
NEW MODELS IN MILLINERY
These New Models include Small Polk
and High Pyramid effect, Hats of medium proportions
with all sorts of Brims and Crowns, also Bell effects as
well as those that have a tendency to flare. In colors
Black, Green, Brown Blue and Purple lead, in fact any
color is good Call at your earliest convenience and be
shown the greatest collection ever brought together in
Mesquite. Prices $1.00, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50, 3.00, 3.50,
4.00,4.50,5.00 to - - $7.50.
MEN,S $3 0Q t() $15()
mces BQYS, $2_25 t0 $1i00
Our Line of Men's and Boys'
Fall Hats are the latest out
Fall Ginghams and Suitings
For School Dresses
We received this week a beautiful line of Fall Suitings and
Ginghams from CHICAGO for School Dresses and we
are very proud of our showing for it is not a class of goods to be
found in every store you enter, hut one we know our customers
will appreciate, tor we study the wants of the people as well as
the goods; that is the reason we lead.
Diagonal Striped Suiting, Double width, colors 9 Kit
black, brown, wine and copenhagan, Price per yd tub
Plain Serge Suiting, Double Width, colors lightflfln
blue and wine, special value per yard - -Lull
Checked Suitings, DoubleWidth, colors blue,green, 1 Eft
red and brown, Special value, per yard 10c and I Oil
Melba and Etan Suitings, 28 inches, colors, brown,4lip
grey and wine, price per yard - - - - lUll
School Ginghams. A wide range of patterns, alHflp
colors guaranteed. Prices 15c, 12-12c and - - lUll
New line of apron checks, colors guaranteed, spec-
ial per yard - - - Oil
See our new line of White 36 inch Linen. Price
75c, 65c, 50c, 45c, 35c and -
m
25c
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HUDSON, DAVIS & COMPANY
MESOUITE
TEXAS
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1911, newspaper, September 8, 1911; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400768/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mesquite Public Library.