The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1927 Page: 1 of 4
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JOHN E. DAVIS
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MESQUITE, TEXAS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1927-
VOI.. XLIV. No. 18
Here To Serve
We are here to serve the people
of this section, not only in drugs
and medicines, but in the other
: tines that go with a modern drug
store. Our service is prompt, our
merchandise of the highest qual-
ity and prices reasonable.
We are always glad to have you
\drop in at our store. Tell your
friends to meet you at Portei &
Gross.
PORTER & GROSS
Phone 44 Meg quite, Texas
[confidence men.
NT WIDOWS ARE THE SPECIAL
PREY OF CONFIDENCE MEN
By W. R. MOREHOUSE
Pyfcile R ationt Commission, American Banker* Aacociation
IIUOMEN are often easy victims for the high-pressure
| VV promoter. Widows are especially sought out by the
Even before their deceased husbands,
protestors and counselors, are buried
the wolves of high finance are waiting
outside their doors. They know the de-
fenseless widows will be easy prey.
Many a woman today is penniless as a
result of making poor investments.
"Getting rich quick" for the widow
without investment experience is in
reality getting poor quick. Once a
sharp promoter gets the confidence of
a rich widow he has a "Bonanza" as he
calls it. Eventually he gets the estate
and the widow gets the experience.
Widows with estate* should be on
guard every minu'j. T'\ y are marked
persons, with rvunot jn crooks hot on
their trail. T >e ! it thing that every
woman inve? i un do is to consult her
. ...... banker before avesting.
|w.a. MOREHOUSE properIy cut and set, crystals sparkle
l realistic imitation of diamonds. The same is true in the
eld of finance. There is that which is fraudulent parad-
as the genuine. Don't buy investments simply because
iiy aparkte. In the realm of wIM
financing, tictltloua credentials,
ntlmonlals. and reference? mo
■ployed to giv« getting and genu
appearance. Soma are su.»
; Imitations that they are easil.
ognltod. but others defy detec
Sen except on th« cloaust lnreati
Uon by an expert. The only aaf«
cedura Is to inyeatlgate under
npetent advice.
Literally millions of dollar* are
to Americas savers annually
the outcome of buying into
itethlng—a fraudulent farm pro-
rtton, a business or a Job that Is
king more or less than a set-up
kcatch suckers.
| Often the savings of a lifetime
I lost by buying unimproved farm
da with the understanding that
•eller, or a service compauy
nmoted by him, will plant the
to troes or vines, care for
j market the crop and turn
profits, which, it is promised,
I be big. over to the owner. But
i dream never comes true. T'te
tiled guaranteed big profit. ,-rt
w realised If people woul! on .y
i long enough to consider all an
of an offer like that before In-
sing th<-.' would see the foUy of
nglng bit:: 41y Into such a propo-
oa. Let them ask themselves
only this one Question' "If It Is true
that such big profits are to be
made. why Is the seller so eager to
u irt with Us property, even to the
< \tent of making It easy for a new
a aer to farm It?" The answer is
iliat the land Is not worth the sell-
..ig price, nor will the profits da-
rived 'rom It be anywhere near as
la ,» ua promised.
into the fox business, the
poultry hus i"ess, the dairy buslnesa
or any liltiri >.■; ^nainess Is risky un-
lets you ^ i with reliable persona
or firms who.ii; «":,i ;h as good as
gold. Watch th« toiler who Is in-
sistent in forcing a sale up ui you.
Look at his proposition from every
angle. Just berauso he makes
glowing promises is uo assurance
that he Is not the world's champion
9X'iRgerator. Extravagant and ex-
aggerated claims are the ear-marks
of t'.ie fake Investment. If you want
to rjo into farmlnu or buy Into a
business, Investigate before you In-
vest. Write to the National Better
BubIe iFS Hi i-eau. N'1W York, or con-
salt your lo al har.':er. If they are
without information on your pro-
posed Investment, wait until they
can get the facts and report to you.
They have no interest at stake ex-
cept to forestall crooked games.
[We Buy And Sell
Second hand oil and cook
stoves.
We sell new gas ranges
land heaters.
Trade your old stove or anything
usable in on a new one, We es-
pecially want used wood cook
| stoves and heaters.
i nice china closet, porch chairs, oil
and wood cook stoves, coal heat-
[ers and other articles for sale.
THE RADIO SHOP
Ik,, JMesquiter Building
Edwin Hobby Died
Suddenly Tuesday
Edwin Hobby, well known
Dallas hanker and a brother
of former Governor W. P.
Hobby, died suddenly at Kerr-
yille Tuesday, following an
illness with a throat affection
Mr. Hobby, who was 41
years of age, was formerly
cashier of the Security Nation-
al Mauk of Dallas, now known
as the North Texas National
Hank. After retiring from that
institution he organized the
firm of Edwin Hobby & Co.,
investment bankers, and was
interested in hanks in several
cities in Texas.
Forney Road
-Election Void
\\ ith but tiiree votes over
the required two-thirds ma-
jority, the voters of the For-
ney precinct, on the first day
of the present month, voted
for the proposed bond issue
of $40,000, to he used in pay-
ing part of the cost of paving
the celebrated "Forney Gap''
in the Dixie highway.
Now, it appears that some
little requirement of the law
in connection with the notice
of election was overlooked
and that the results of the
election are therefore void.
Petitions are being circu-
lated asking for another elec-
tion.
It is understood that the
cost of paving the section of
road will exceed $300,000, but
all of the cost will be born by
the State Highway Commis-
sion and Federal road fund ex-
cept the $40,000.
It the $40,000 that it is pro-
posed the people of the For-
ney district shall pay is not
provided, the gap will not be
paved.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Help us make Sunday a
great day in the work by at-
tending all the services. Study
>ur lesson and come to Sun
day school at 9:45 and encour-
age both your teacher and
class.
Elder L. S. Darling of Com-
fort. Texas, for many years a
citizen of Mesquite, will
preach to us Sunday morning.
I am sure many of his friends
will be glad of an opportunity
to hear him preach. Junior R.
Y. P. U. at 4; Seniors at 6
and preaching at 7 tfX).
Come and worship with us.
L. B. Jenkins.
SENIOR C- E.
Topic: Ijlome missions.
Scripture, Mark 1: 35-45.
Devotional service.
Prayer by President.
Leader, Rraxton Jobson.
Leader's talk.
Christian Endeavor on the
home fields, Katherine Lan-
der.
Why should we do more
missionary work among the
lumbermen and Sailors?
Audrey Garrett.
What special claim for mis-
sionary work have the ne-
groes, Elizabeth Lander.
Work where opportunity of-
fers, Aria Thompson.
Work for my own people, J.
W. Hanbv.
Mizpah.
BRIEF VACATION
long you in jail
Death Comes To
Mesqu'te Piojeer
J. C. Chapman, pioneet«esi-
dent and highly estewfd
citizen of this commun
passed away at his home i
\fesquite, Tuesday morning,
November 22, at 5:20 o'clock.
He had lived in this com-
munity for sixty seven years.
Mr. Chapman had been in
very poor health for the past
six months and on October 25,
he suffered a stroke of paraly-
sis. His condition since that
date had been so serious thai
little hope was held out for h'.s
recovery at.d no hope ut ..U
had been felt since last T. 1 !.-i/
night, for his condition !.ecft:;:c
so grave then that it w:u.
realized that the end was but
a question of days—maybe of
hours.
Mr. Chapman, was torn in
Henry county, Tennessee, on
Aug. 9, 1851. He came to Texas
in 1859 with his father, who
settled in Tarrant county. Af-
ter residing a year in that coun-
ty they moved to Dallas and
later to a farm near Mesquite.
He was married to Miss Mol-
lie Rugel, a sister of J. C. and
Dick Rugel. on Feb. 22. 1877.
Surviving are his wife, a son,
C. C. Chapman; one daughter,
Mrs. Stella Whitehurst, both
of Mesquite: two brothers, G.
F. of Mesquite and R. G. Chap-
man of Dallas; three sisters,
Mrs. J. T. Lvnch, Mrs. M. M.
Rennett and Mrs. Alice Thomo
son, all of Dallas, and ten
grandchildren.
For the greater part of his
life, Mr. Chapman was an ac-
tive and successful farmer,
but he retired a number of
vears ago and moved to Mes-
inite. Tie had long been a
member of the Presbyterian
church, having joined in 1888
ind was an elder in the church
it the time of his death.
Mr. Chapman was a man of
manv admirable qualities, jusT
in his dealings and kindly bv
nature. During his long resi-
dence here he made many
friends, all of whom were
grieved at the news of his
passing.
Funeral services were con-
ducted at the Presbyterian
church Wednesday morning
at 10:00 o'clock. Services were
conducted by the pastor of the
church. Dr. M. IT- Conditt. as-
sisted by Dr. S. M. Templeton
of Rockwall and Dr. Glenn L.
Sneed of Trinity Presbyterian
church. Dallas.
Active pallbearers, all
nephews of Mr. Chapman,
wqre: Vernon Thompson,
Charlie Rennett, Ollie Hum-
phrevs, L. E. Gross, Dan
Rugel, Clyde Rugel.
Honorary pallbearers—J. M.
Rennett. T. C. Rugel. F. C.
Rugel, G. A. Rugel, J. L. Hau-
1 v, L. C. Khrite. Tom Miller,
S. H. Grubh, Jno. McKenzie,
W. M. Humphreys, August
Hudson & Davis Co. jiHn S\awrence
To De Liquidated! Trif Postponed
The firm of Hudson & Davis The c
Company, operating a chain of Lawrer
Tos«*h. Sr.. Hugh
W.
Gardner, H.
C. Tcmplin,
dry goods stores in Texa*
jie of which is located in
lite, is to be liquida
of the stores of the company
will be discontinued, but it
does mean that the corporation
of Hudson & Davis Co. will
cease to exist when its affairs
are wound up. and that the
stores will be individually
owned. > \
The Mesquite store, >>l
which L. E. Gross is manager,
though a member of the Hud-
son ft Davis chain of store*,
was formerly owned largely bv
Mc>:;uite people, Mr. Gross,
himself owning 75 per cent of
the stock. However, they ex-
changed their stock in' the
Mesquite store for ,str>ck in the
Hudson & Davis Co. of Texas.
Following the liquidation of
the company, it is expected
that Mr. Gross will again be-
come principal owner and con-
tinue as manager of the Mea-
quite^ store. A big factor in the
decision to liquidate the affairs
of the companv was the death
of C. E. Hudson, president,
some time ago.
Tn addition to Mr. Gross,
several other men formerly of
Mesquite. are managers of
Hudson ft Davis Co. stores.
William Knapp, the first Mes-
ouite manager is in charge r>f
the Arlington store, Raker Tre-
son is manager at Lufkin. R
T.ee Keefe in charge at Celina,
and Leonard Anderson of New
Hope, just north of Mesquite.
manages the Venus store.
The Mesquite store under
the management of Mr. Gross
has been an asset to the com-
mercial and industrial life of
the town and communitv, and
even though the honorable
name of Hudson ft Davis Com-
nany is to pass out, it is to be
hoped that the store here will
be continued with Mr. Gross
as the principal owner and
manager.
In the meantime, in order to
effect liquidaiton. "Liquidation
Sales" will he conducted at all
the stores. The one here starts
this Friday. Earlier in the
week, the Mesquiter shop
shop printed a large number
of 24 x 36 circulars, from which
particulars of the sale may he
learned.
against Jno. S
'charged with inur-
fV
How
|Mose?'
"Two weeks."
"What am de ch'ge?"
"No ch'ge. evervthing am
free."
"Ah mean, what has you
did?"
"Done shot my wife."
"You killed yo* wife an 1
only in jail fo* two weeks?"
"bat's all—den I gits hung."
Exchange.
GOOD ADVERTISING
If. Rennett.
1 r. G. Roles.
The banks and business
houses closed during the fun-
eral hour Wednesday morn-
ing.
A great many people, in-
cluding quite a number from
out of town, cam? to pay a last
tribute of love and respect to
the departed.
Holiday
Greeting
Cards
A storekeeper had for some-
time displayed in his window a
card inscribed, "Fishing Tick
1c."
A customer drew the pro-
prietor's attention to the spell-
ing, and asked:
"Hasn't anyone told you of
it before?"
Hundreds," replied the deal-
er, "but whenever they drop 1,1
to tell me they always spend
something."
We are prepared to take
care of your needs in Christ-
mas greeting cards, ready to
mail or engraved or printed to
order, all with envelopes to
match.
As we have to order the
engraved cards, you should
get your order in early—the
sooner the better, but not later
than Dec. 10.
We have in stock a nice as
sortment of blank greeting
cards to be printed to suit.
Orders for these taken up to
the day that you want to mail
them.
We also invite your atten
tion to the fact that we have
a beatfciful assortment of
pound paper with envelopes to
match, fancy boxed statione"
and correspondence • cards, to
be sold as they are, or printc
or initialed in black, colors,
silver or gold. Very suitabe
for Christmas gifts.
ffficers Guard
Banks Here Monday
Rank robberies rthroughont
Texas have occurred with
alarming frequency recentb .
If any hank bandits had come
to Mesquite Monday, think-
ing that the town would he
practically deserted on ac-
count of the fact that tin-
Lawrence trial was set for
that day in Dallas, they would
have met a warm reception.
As it occurred to him that
the bandits might figure that
a good day to come to Mes-
quite, Mr. Lawrence asked
Sheriff Allen Scale to send
men out to guard the hanks
that day, so at each «of the
two Mesquite banks an offi-
cer with a sawed off shotgun
awaited the possible appear-
ance of bank robbers.
Fortunately, however, for
them as well as the banks, no
bandits visited Mesquite that
day-
Incidentally, it might be
added that the danger <Sf bank
robberies shouln not be a
cause of uneasiness on the
part of the depositors, since
the banks are fully protected
by burglary insurance.
der result of the shoot-
Jack Kimbell, following
ight between the two, on
the public square in Mesquite,
on Oct. 6, was called in the
Criminal District Court in
Dallas, presider over by Judge
Grover Adams, Monday of this
week, but on motion of defense
counsel was postponed until
January term of court.
The court room was crowded
with spectators when court
opened Monday morning, a
large per cent of the audiencc
being made up of people from
this section, friends of the di-
ceased and the defendant.
When the court convened,
District Attorney McCraw an-
nounced that the State was
ready for the trial, but defense
attorneys R. R. Allen. Jed«C.
Adams and John J. Fagan
asked for a recess to attempt
to locate missing defense wit-
nesses and to talk to others.
During the recess, the de-
fense attorneys prepared a mo-
tion for a continuance on the
grounds of the absence of ma-
terial witnesses. The missirc
witnesses were: J. S. Ashaer of
Carrollton, a private detective:
John McTTam, formerly of
Dallas but who recently moved
to Patter County, and Mrs. C
L. Davis of Terrell. '
Rv the testimony of Ashaer
it was stated that the defense
expects to prove that he
("Ashaerl was employed bv
Kimbell as a detective to :atcb
Lawrence, and that Kimbell
told Ashaer lie was going1 ti
kill Lawrence, the motion filed
In- the defendant stated. Mr-
Ham's testimony will he used
to prove that on Sept. 23 Mc-
Ham, Mrs. C. L. Davis and
Kimbell rode to Dallas to-
gether and Ki^'h'-M told them
that he intended to kill Law-
rence and that Kimbell tried
(o tret a nistol from Mr. Davis.
The defendant stated in the
motion that hp did not know
that Ashaer had moved from
Carrollton and had not been
served until Mondav mornin?:
that the Sheriff of Potter Conn
tv had been unable to locate
McHam and that Mrs. Davis
was temporarily absent from
T errell.
Tt was after 12:30 when the
court reconvened, fo'lowing
the recess, anil when the mo-
tion for n continur-nce was fo--
presented it was grnnf-
rd bv ludge Adams. The ven-
i~emen and witnesses were
then excused.
District \ttorn£v Willia'n
^'illiam McCraw is to he as-
sisted bv his assistants. Robert!
!.. Hurt and Andrew Priest. It
was also announced that forj
•ner Countv Judge Arch C
\'!en had been emnloved as a
special prosecutor in the case.
A special inrv venire of 401
had been summoned Monda"
and there were manv witnesses
on hand, including not only a
number of eyewitnesses to the
trouble, hut many other Mes-
quite citizens as well as from
the city of Dallas and other
sections of the county.
State Wards Cost
Average Of $30.89
Austin, Texas, Nov. 23—The
average cost per person for
support and maintenance of the
12,857 inmates of the seventeen
state eleemosynary institu"
tions for October was $30.89,
while for two months the av-
erage cost was $31.03. The Aus
tin state school with its 621 in-
mates, was the lowest, with an
average of $20.84, while the
highest was the Home of 1
Neglected and Dependent Chil-!
dren, Waco, where the average
cost for supporting its 139 in-
mates war $0.95. During Octo-
ber there was expended $361.-
382 for support and mainten-
ance of all of the institutions.
Pay roll for all institutions for
October was $115,664 for the
various institutions, and aver-
age monthly salary was $57.86
for each of the 1,999 employes.
Fletcher Miller's
Bank Was Robbed
jj
The Grand Avenue Rank of
Dallas, located near the inter-
section of the East Pike and
Grand Avenue, established a
few months ago by Fletcher
Miller, well known here, wa-
held tip and robbed by two
young men Thursday of last
week, who afterwards «li*m-
their car into a side road and
set it on fire, following which
they mjidc their escape.
Something over $4,000
money was taken from the
bank.
Ask Barry Miller
To Be Candidate
Recent advices from Austin
told of a movement promoted
v memhe s of th^State Sen-
Mesquiter Office
Was Robbed Friday
ite to induce Lieutenant Gov
•rnor Rarrv Miller of Dallas to
run for reelection.
Governor Miller is now serv-
ing his second term as Licuten j
ant Governor and some months !
ago indicated that he woul 1 i
not seek reelection but would
he a candidate for Governor if
r.overno, • »dv was no* a
candidate. He made it plant,
however, t! at if the Governor
was a candidate he yottld not
oppose him.
Tin j,nil Governor
1 is made no announcement
i : his intentions it is generally
accepted that he will be a
a candidate for a second term
as chief executive, hence the
movement on the part of the
Lieutenant Governor's friends
to induce him to run again for
the office he now holds.
There are several announced
candidates for Lieutenant Gov-
ernor. Representative R. M.
Johnson of Palestine, ex-Sen-
ator J. D. Parnell of Wichita
Falls. Editor W. A. Smith of
Fan Saba and Senator Thos. R
Love of Dallas are among those
who have declared their in-
During the noon hour Fri-
day, a sneak thief effected a i
entrance into the Mesquiter
office and stole a sum df money
totalling between $15.00 and
$20.00.
We do not usually close the
office at noon, as the editor
and his son go to lunch at dif-
ferent times, but that day the
editor, was in Dallas and the
office was closed for less thirty
minutes. The monev was kept
in two leather purses, one be-
longing to the Mesquiter and
the other to the Radio Shop
and most of the money taken
belonged to the Radio Shop.
The thief had evidently
watched some o n e make
change and knew where the
money was kept.
Tn addition to the money,
the thief took a $7.00 check
{riven the Radio Shop by S.
P. Lively, but this occasioned
Moodv n<> '0!iS- a' Mr Lively gave u$<
n duplicate check.
This is the third or fourth
time that the Mesquiter office
has been robbed, but on the
other occasions the chief ob-
tained only a dollar or two at
a time.
Hereinafter we shall be cars'
ful not to leave any. money in
the cash box. even for a few
minutes, unless there is some-
one on hand to guard it.
Humor, like history, repeats
itself.—Exchange.
tention of seeking the office
of Lieutenant Governor-
Big Liquidation
r
Radio Shop
Mesquiter BIdg.
Possible Explanation
He—Madge is a fairlv good
whist flayer and 1 can't under
land why she made that mi--
itabe last night.
She—Well, you led dia-
monds and you know Madge
hates to return a diamond.-—
•Roston Transcript.
Quid?. DIOGENES!
An honest speeder had just
hit a dog and had returned to
settle his damages if possible.
He looked at the dog a mom
ent antl addressed the man
with a gun.
"Looks as if I'd killed your
dog."
"Certainly looks that way."
"Very valuable dog?"
"Not very."
"Will five dollars be enough:
"Well—I guess so."
"Sorry to have broken up
your hunt," said the motorist
pleasantly as he handed the
owner a crisp five dollar bill.
1 "t wasn't going hunting
rjest going out in the woods to
shoot the dog"—Exchange.
PLEASANT GROVE B.
Y. P. U. SENDS DELE-
GATES TO SAN ANTONIO|
Who said Pleasant Grove P.
Y. P. U. isn't a live wire?
Miss Martha Christensen
and Joe Porter have been sent
as delegates bv the R. Y. P. tT.
to the State convention which
is now in session at San An
tonio, for the purpose of ob-
taining new ideas and helpfuW
information for promoting the|
progress of the R. Y. P. U. 1
The delegates will return Sat-
urday night and will give in
terestinp talks, concerning the
convention. Sunday evening
at 6:30. Tn addition to this,
special music will be rendered
by the Matthew sisters quar-
tette of Dallas. Everyone is
invited to he present, both
members and visitors. Come
early and avoid the crowd
Come! You are expected,
You are invited. You arc
wanted.
Reporter.
SALE
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