The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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John E. Davii
MESQUITE, TEXAS, i-KIDAY, MARCH 16, 1917
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COLD DRINKS
The warm days will soon be here and we
[ want you to "make" our fountain regular. We will
have a much better assortment of drinks and creams
than ever before—all of them pure and wholesome
[when served over our sanitary fountain.
We will have the
Alta Vista Ice Cream
which is even better than heretofore,
and absolutely pure.
We always have a nice line of King's Candies
|n our refrigerator case which keeps it cool and fres
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[appy Hogwallow
i!y Dunk Bolts
Musket liidge i.is some taller
every summer <m account of
Jefferson PotlockV corn crop
It was i" lieved for a while
last week thai little Fidity Plin
ders had boon Utten by a mail
^^Bgvnillow is improving in dog, hut Inter developed that he
spite of the European war, Tobe had been eaiing soap.
HBpy haying built a cnlf shed The Uorse Doctor of the Calf
hist week. Ribs neighborhood was sornaded
Liiko Mathewsla, who hasl^-Vkhe Excelsior I* iddling Band
been in the feather business for Monday night. At urst the
several years, will discontinue ! doctor thought somebody's horse
thatiine this season and engage
in sipe heavier work.
Tile kinks are being taken out!
was st-!c.
Jefferson Pollocks has been
mysteriously missing from home
, , , t i, .. i for several days, but is expected
of the road leading from Hog- J 1
riv , ... back at any tune, as he was last
wallow to Tickvilie since sol ; .. 4.
. ... . ... . seen going in the direction o
many of our citizens have cut out >
the moonshine still on Musket
drinking. ! Kj(,
R;ti| BaHow spent one day last
, ... . . ,. Ellick licllwanger spent last
week inTickv.lie and took dinner . . . . ., rn. . ...
! week the guest of the Tickville
at a restaurant where a square . .
a , . . Jailor. He would like to have
meal was served, lhe proprietor ... ,
■HKI ... returned home sooner, but was
advertised all a person could eat . .
i delayed on account of the door
for tvlenty tive cents, but after
h«.
Raz lift he took down the sign.
Poke Kazley and his wife have
been paving trouble again. She
got, the best of it, ns it, is her
thirdfhusband.
There is'some talk of .mo-her
storepeing started at Hye Straw.
The storekeeper, who has been
operating there for several years,
is nob in favor of it, as lie needs
all the business himself.
Th| blind Man of the Calf llibs
neighborhood will take his fiddle
and go to Tickville next Monday.
The last time he went business
was dull, as he got only three
being fastened from the outside.
Pit smith took his net owl to
Rye Rtraw Saturday afternoon,
returning that evening as soon
as it got dark enough for the owl
to nee how to travel.
The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head
Because o( its tonic and laxative effect, l.AXA-
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Tluire seems to be ennsider-
tte1 able |unrest among the public
here bf late, afe two strangers
have passed through Hogwallow
thisKreck.
Thq directors of the Tickville
railroad are going to call a meet
inn to vote bonds for the exten
sion of their road about ten feet
at tbi* Tickville Terminus.
While business was dull this
week the proprietor of the store
at Rye Straw figured it out that
** I therefii not much money in run-
ning a store unless there is a
profit made on n«-arly everything
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Quinine and does not chubs nervousness nor
rlnKinirio head. Remember the lull name and
look (or the signature of E. W. GKOVK. 25c.
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Friday Night
9th Episode of the
"Red Circle"
5c and 10c
i: Saturday Matinee & Night
"Battle Cry
of Peace"
25c TO ALL
Tuesday Night
VICTOR MOORE
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"The Race"
with Anita Kin^
10c and 15c
PRINCE OF
GRAUSTARK
• By
GEORGE BARR
M'CUTCHEON
Author of -Graustark,"
••Beverly of Graustark," Etc.
Copyright, 1914, by Dodd, Mead and
Company
I Better Homes Does Not
Mean More Costly Homes
In the past few years many men of brains
and energy have devoted their time to the
designing of BETTER HOMES; not more
COSTLY necessarily, but BETTER HOMES
for practically the same cost.
I Won't yoti let us explain to you how
Better Homes are built with the
QUARLES STOCK?
KEEP COMING!
John E. Quarles Company
Quality Lumber.
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(Continued from last week.',
SYNOPSIS
Mr. nilttien?, multimillionaire, dlecumee
with hia wife tii© possibilities of marrying
oft his duuijlHiT. Maud Applesate, to the
I lines ut OrauatarK, who la visiting Mr.
and Mrs Truxton Kins In America in an-
ticipation of KeltinK some one to take up
the loan Itunsla holds. A Mr. Scovilla la
attentive to Maud.
Prince Robin Im accompanied by Count
Qulnnox, minister of war; Lieutenant
Dank nud Ilobbs, tho valot. The prince
had on Ik Ml at a matrimonial alliance with
the Princess of Duwabergen, both of them
wlshlns to choore for themselves. Mr.
Blltlior.'i visits tho King's uninvited.
Mr. Blithers dlncuasea the Kusalan loan
and gently hints at $3),000,000 his daughter
will get when she marries the right man.
Bankers suddenly refuse to handle the
loan. Count Quitinox und King arrange a
meeting with Blithers. King suspects him
of hlocklriff the <l«r,il.
Blithers promises to consider the loan.
His wife prepares a ball for the Prince
anil Muntl. who suddenly balks at the af-
fair nrirt doesn't ut tend.
Meeting the prmce out for a stron, mtta-
ern chats on matrimony. Jlobln says ho Is
not for sale, but agrees to meet Maud
when he i.ums kIio is opposed to her par-
enui' u'• . s
.'.mm! i< ;a.ln evades tho prince, who re-
ports ho must L.avo for Oraustarlc at
once. Maud v i ;kes uho is off for Europe
on thtt Jiip'hr with an aged companion.
Her flit) r•- ..fheiTies to get them both on
tho *!•«>« ship
I? prince as Mr. Schmidt sails on tno
J1 i.ier. Blithers buya fai.ooo.oou of Grau-
>iai k bonds. A ym'ns lady disputes Itob-
in'u rii'ht to a table und deck chair.
lie learns sne .Miss Uullo of New
Vork, and her ngo I ■ onipanion Mrs. ( ius-
ton. Ho soon becomes better acquainted
with Miss Guile
«<ven urine In Bedella, she tells
!Utn. She tells Air i. OtvSftoti that she sus-
oecu- he is tie l'rince ut Uruustark
"I beg pardon? 1 wa#—«r—tninK-
lns"--
"It was of no conseque cc, Mr.)
Schmidt," she «aid alrtly.
Ho plckPil up the thread once more.
"Ah a matter of fact. I've heard it
said that Miss Blithers refused to
marry the prince."
"Is It possible?" with flne Irony.
"In he such a dreadful person as all
that?"
"I'm sure I don't know," murmur-
ed Robin uncomfortably. "He may
bo no more dreadful than she."
"Well, I hope she doesn't marry
him," said Silas Guile.
"So do I," said It. Schmidt, and
their eyes met. After a moment she
looked away, her first surrender to
the mysterious something that lay
deep in his.
Suddenly, and without reason, Bhe
appeared to be bored. As a matter of
fact, she hid an Incipient yawn be-
hind her Rtnall gloved hand.
I think I shall go to my room.
Will you kindly unwrap me, Mr.
Schmidt?"
He promptly obeyed, and then as-
sisted her to her feet, steadying her
against the roll of the vessel.
"I shall pray for continuous rough
weather," he announced, with as gal-
lant a bow as could be made under
the circumstances.
"Thank you," she said, and he was
pleased to take It that she was not
thanking him for a physical service.
A few minutes later he was In his
own room, and Bhe was in hers, and
the promenado deck was as barren as
the desert of Sahara.
He found Count Qulnnox stretched
out upon his bed, attended not only
by Hobbs, but also tho reanimated
Dank. The crumpled message lay on
the floor.
"I'm glad you waited awhile," said
the young lieutenant, getting up
from the trunk on which ho had been
sitting. "If you had come any sooner
you would have heard words fit only
for a soldier to hear. It really was
quite appalling."
"He's better now." said Hobbs,
raoro respectfully than was his wont.
It was evident that he had sustained
quite a shock.
"Well, what do you think of It?"
demanded tho prince, pointing to the
message.
"Of all the confounded Itppu-
donce"— began tho count healthily,
and then uttered a mighty groan of
Impotence. It was clear that he could
not do Justice to tho occasion.
Robin picked tip the Marconigram
and calmly smoothed out the crln- i
kles. Then he read it aloud, very (
slowly and with ertreme disgust In ,
his flne young face. It was a lengthy |
communication from Baron Romano,
the prime minister In Edelweiss:
Preliminary agreement signed before
hearing; Blithers had bought London.
Paris. Berlin. Ho rubles his Immediate :
visit to a. Object now appears clear. All j
newspapers In Kurnpe print dispatches i
from America that marriage la practical- ,
ly arranged between R. and ki. Inter- I
views wtth Illlthers corroborate reported
engagement. Europe Is amuaed. Kdito- i
rials sarcastic. Prices of our securities (
advance two paints un confirmation of re- |
port We aro bewildered. Also vague ru- I
mor they have eloped, but denied by B. I
liawaborgen silent. What does It all mean?
Wire trvth to me. People are uneasy. '
Oourou will meet yojMti Parte. .
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
I The Old Maadard genets! strengthening tonic.
GKOVS* TA8TKMIS8 Chill TONIC. drt e.' Mit
Mataria,emlcbr* the blood,and baildsaptbe srs-
| MM- A tree tonic. Vot adults aadchMmb IMhl
rough
shall pray for continuous
weather."
In Uio adjoining suit Miss Guilo
was shaking Mrs. Gaston out of a
long courted and much needed sleep.
The poor lady sat up and blinked
feebly at the excited, starry eyed
girl.
"Wake upP* crtod Bedella impa-
tiently. "What do you think? I have
a perfectly wonderful suspicion—per-
fectly wonderful."
"How can you be so unreeling?"
moaned the limp lady.
"This R. Schmidt is Prince Robin
of Graustark!" cried the girl excit-
edly. "I am sure of It—Just as sure
as can be."
Mrs. Gaston's eyes were popping, not
with amazement, but alarm.
"Do lie down, child," she whim-
pered. "Marie! Tho sleeping pow-
der* at once! Do"—
"Oh, I'm not mad," cried tho girl.
"Now listen to mo, and Til tell you
why I believe-yes, actually believe
him to be the"—
"Marie do you hear me?"
Miss Guile shook her vigorously.
"Wake up! It isn't a nightmare. Now
listen!"
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CHAPTER *t.
The Lieutenant Receives Ordera.
HE next day brought not only an
agreeable change In the weath-
er, but a most surprising altera-
tion In the manner of Mrs. Gas-
ton, whose attitude toward R. Schmidt
ind his friends had been anything but
amicable up to the hour of Miss
Guile's discovery. The excellent lady,
recovering very quickly from her In-
disposition, became positively polite to
the hitherto repugnant Mr. Schmidt
She melted so abrupUy and so com-
pletely that the young man was
vaguely tiDiibled. He began to won-
der if his InifiKJiIlo had been pierced,
so to speak. T
lie forbore asking when Mlsa Guile
might be expected to appear on deck
for her constitutional, but she volun-
teered the information, which was
neither vague nor yet definite. In
fact, she said that Miss Guile would
be up soon.
Now it is necessary to relate that
Miss Guile had been particularly firm
in her commands to Mrs. Gaston. In
the first place, Mrs. Gaston was given
to understand that she was not to
breathe It to a sou! that R. Schmidt
was not R. Schmidt, and she was not
to betray to him by word or sign that
ho was suspected of being the Prince
of Graustark. Moreover, the exacting
Miss Guile laid great stress upon an-
other command —R. Schmidt was
never to know that she was not Miss
Guile, but some one else altogether.
"You're right, my dear," exclaimed
Mrs. Gaston in an excited whisper as
she burst in upon her fair companion,
who was having coffee and toast In
her parlor. Marie, the maid, was
waiting to do up her mistress' hair,
and the young herrjelf was allur-
ingly chari.in spite of the fact
that It win not already "done up."
"He is tbe—er—he is just what you
think."
"Good heavens, you liaven't gone
and done it, have you?" cried the girl,
J a slim hand halting with a piece of
: toast halfway to her Hps.
"Gone and done It?"
"You haven't been blabbing, have
you?"
I "How can you say that to me? Am
I 1 not to be trusted? Am I so weak
j and"—
I "Don't cry, you old dear! Forgive
! me. But now tell me—absolutely—
| Just what you've been up to." and Mrs.
Gaston repeated every word of the
conversation she had had with R.
Schmidt, proving absolutely nothing,
but stoutly maintaining that her In-
tuition was completely to be depended
upon.
"And, oh," she whispered In conclu-
sion, "wouldn't it be perfectly wonder-
ful if you two should fall in love with
each other"—
"Don't bo silly!" '
"But you have said that if he should
fall In love with you for yourself and
not because"—
"I have also said that I will not
marry any man—prince, duke, king,
count or anything else-—unless I am
in lovo with him. Don't overlook that,
please."
"But he is really very nice. 1 should
think you could fall in love with him.
Just think how it would please your
father and mother. Just think^—
"1 won't he bullied!"
"Am 1 bullying you?" In amazement
"No, but father tries to bully me,
and you know it."
When she appeared on deck long
afterward she found every chair oc-
cupied. A warm sun. a far from tur-
bulent sea and a refreshing breeze
had brought about a marvelous trans-
formation.
She made several brisk rounds of
Rose Hill School
Wins Handsome Prize
The Rose Hill Public School
was recently awarded two val-
uable prizes by Farm & Ranch
Publishing Co. of Dallas, for se-
curing the largest number of
subscriptions of any school in
live states. The prizes were
$125 for leading the state of
Texas, and $50 second prize for
leading in the whole live states,
and. their check, which totaled
over $380, also included cash
commission on the subscriptions
taken.
Vol.XXXV No. 36
Hesquite Will Have
the Street Lights
The City Council of the City of
Mesquite met in regular ad-
journed meeting March 13, with
Mayor W. W. Walker, W. W.
Bennett, E. B. Cullom. R. S.
Kimbrough and J. 8. Lawrence,
Aldermen, being present.
Minutes of previous meetings
were read and approved.
Mr. Jack Hall, representative
of the Texas Light & Power Co.,
was present with a proposition
for a system of lights for the
City of Mesquite. Mr. Hall
Ben Tisinger and Henry An- presented$a map of the town
derson, t he former principal and
the latter a trustee, were heroes
of the campaign, but many oth-
ers deserve much credit also.
The money is to be used in
a library and piano or other mu-
sical equipment, we understand.
Wheatland, also in this county,
won second place.
Presbyterian Official
Will Speak Sunday
Mrs. S. I. Lindsay, Field
Secretary of the Womans Board
of the Southwest will speak at
tiie tVi'sbyterian Church Sun-
day, Much 18, at 11:00 a. m.
This is a rare opportunity to
hear a Board Representative
give some information that we
n«ed to know so as to more in-
telligently do the work of the
Church. She will also speak at
New Hope at night.
showing a complete diagram of
a first class lighting system. A
motion was made and carried,
accepting the contract, and the
Mayor and Secretary were
axthorized to sign tbe same the
in behalf of the town.
Mr. Hall's contract calls for
42 street lights, including one
100 watt light in front of their
sub station southeast of town.
There will be nine 100 watt lights
and thirty-two 00 watt light on
the principal streets of the town.
The service will be automatic,
burning all night and auto-
matically shut off in the day
time. The city made the con-
tract for a period of five years,
and the representatives of the
company tells the council that
Mesquite would be one of the
best lighted towns in the State
as soon as the system could be
completed, and work has begun,
but it will be about 60 days be-
fore it is completed. The cost
of this service will be $69G oer
year, it is stated.
An ordinance for maintaining
streets and bridges was passed
and an ad valor um tax of 15c on
the $100 valuation was declared.
The council adjourned to meet
in regular session on March 22.
(Continued on page 2)
Junior Endeavor
Entertained Friday
In a Bible contest of knowing
and quoting the tnoit scripture,
the girls lost to the boys and
entertained with a social at the
home of Miss Nona Summers, w«rn«d.
PejdsYv , "These pills have a horrible taste,"
Games, ontests and music I th° 'ady ^omer. "Pleai* take
, , ,, . i them back and give me something I
was en.) >., ed by all. and after can enjoy."
partaking of refreshments they "Very well, madam," answered the
, , . . ,. , obliging druggist, "but pleaae remem-
expressed their appreciation and ; ber that the difference in the price at a
departed looking forward to the! b03t pfV8 *n«,# box of bontons 18
considerable.—Birmingham Age-Her-
next contest. I aid.
♦ 30CQOOOOO
SgaaSBi
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Consider The Hen's Eggs 3
WHEN the hen is busy and eggs are plenty the price goes down. But
what happens when the hen quits work? Eggs at 50 cents a dozen! So
it goes with all good products and so it is with apparel for head, or body,
or feet. Scarcity makes higher prices. But you will find the store of
Hudson-Davis Co., filled with new and beautiful merchandise, regardless
of scarcity and at very low prices.
Ladies' House Dresses
Have you purchased that Ready-to-
Wear House Dress or Apron? We
have a large quantity in the new styles
and patterns. Priced
65c to $1.75
Muslin Underwear
Just received a large shipment of
Muslin Underwear for Spring and
Summer. Very pretty garments, lace
and embroidery'trimmed. Price
per garment 25c to $1.00
YES, YOU CAN BUY DRESS GINGHAMS FROM HUOSON-DAVIS CO., AT 10c PER YARD
M
Thursday Special
We will sell unbleached Domestic, our
regular 12 l-2c grade. TEN YARDS
ONLY—
$1.00
Childrens Dresses
A new and large assortment of Child-
rens Dresses, in Plaids, Checks and
Stripes. Ages from four to fourteen
years. At
50c, 65c, $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75
HUDSON-DAVIS
The House That Saves You Money"
COMPANY
Mesquite, Texas
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