The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 10, 1928 Page: 1 of 4
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®fje (Ettas ittcsquitcr
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By JOHN E. DAVIS
MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1928.
The Average Person
Visits the drug store oftener than
any other because there are so *
many little things to be found at
the modern drug store—many of
them nowhere else. Though we
sell many things not listed as
drugs we realize that filling pre-
scriptions and selling medicine is
the backbone of our business,
hence that part of our business re-
ceives our most careful attention.
PORTER & GROSS
Phone 44
Druggists
Mesquita, Texas
Power To South Delay Selection
If Democrats Win Of Road Engineer
ICennally Indorsed iTexas Weekly
At Bell Convention Accident Report
Kelt<n, Texas, August 7
A unanimous indorsement of
I Congressman Tojn ConualK
and an urgent recommenda-
tion of his candidacy for tilt
United States Senate to all
the voters of Texrs wa-
Itdopted at the meeting of the
Bell County Democrats e n
pention declared its loyalty to
Ithe Democratic party and its
Inominees. The resolution in.
Idorsing Connaliy called at-
Itention to the fact that Beil
ICounty is on his congressional
district and that Earle B.
Mavfield formerly repre-
sented the county as a Stat •
Senator and for a while re-
sided in Temple l>ef< re he
went to Austin, Hell County
the convention declared, gave
I Tom Connaliy six votes to one
for Mavfield, his chief op.
| ponent. "We are well a-c.
quainted with hoth the private
life and public acts < f each of
then- contestants," the con-
vention declared, "and we
unanimously indorse the can-
didacy of Torn Connaliy and
recommend him to th0 voters
of Texas.
The Texas Council of Safety,
Austin, furnishes the follow-
ing summary of accidents
their character and result, in
Texas for period named, Julv
16-2.1
Causes- Tnjd. Kit'.
Automobile 210 19
Railway train 1 7
Interurban car 1 0
Street car 4 0
Airplane - 0 0
Other vehicles 5 2
Falls 9 2
Burns 6 6
Drowning 0 1
Firearms .. „ i. 2 I
Explosives < 1
Other causes - .H 2
Total 2/5 43
Of the shove six were in-
jured in home accidents and
nine injured and tour killed in
industrial accidents.
Jan. 1. '928. to date 3,858
injured and f)05 killed in acci-
dents of all kinds, and for cor-
responding period of 1f,27 2,-
*¥>2 nitired and '"M kille'l. !
UNDOUBTEDLY
OUCH!
Literary Wife—When T go
to Heaven I am going to ask
Shakespeare if he wrote all
his plays.
Practical Husband—He may
not he there.
Wife—'Then vou
him.- F.xchange.
can ask
"Say. hoy, ' a colored cor-
vict inquired of his new cell
partner, "when does yon a'l
get out'"
"De fust," was the lacon c
reply,
"Sho nuff?" was the envia-
ble response, 'i)e fust oh
when?" i
"De fust chance Ah gits."—
Alabama Times.
North Texas Gin
"Where the promised service is
faithfully performed."
w —
As the 1928 ginning season ap-
proaches we .announce that our
Gin has been thoroughly over-
hauled. We have with our stor-
age capacity, facilities for handl-
ing 100 bales per day. As used we
will be prepared to buy your cot-
ton and feed always paying rhe
top prices. If you have been our
customer in the past we will ap-
preciate a continuance of your
patronage. If you have patron-
ized us we will appreciate a part
at least of your ginning.
Yours anxious to serve
North Texas tin Co.
A. W. Lander, Supt
liascom Timmons, Wash
ington correspondent of the
Dallas J inics Herald, sends
that paper the following:
Democratic victorv next fall
will brink' to the Solid S*utu
more power than it has ever
had in national affairs, pro-
vided congress goes as does
the presidency, which is th •
usual coujrs# iti political his-
tory.
If the i)( nilicrats capture
the house. ;i< they probahh
will iU u th the country going
for the Smith-Robinson tick-
et. tin chairmanship of .'5 out
of the *<'> standing committees
of the hn>e will fall to men
representing constituencies
south of the Mason and Dixou
line.
I ( was will he the biggest
winner of important places if
the Democrats win. It will
take down the speakership,
which will go to tie veteran
Congressman John N. (lamei,
\\h<> has ju>t been renominat-
and the I .one Star state w.uld
also win chairmanship of the
j>reat key comur'ttocs of th •
house, judiciary, agricultural,
appropriations, interstate and
foreign comiiierci. public build
ings, irrigation and reclama-
tion, rivers and harbors, elec-
tions and claims.
Louisiana \s ill get the chair-
manship of the agriculture and)
flood control committee andj
other members of its delega-
tion would move high up on
c nimittees
Practically all of the major
committees of the house have
Democrats at the top of tlv
list and many f the minor
committees are in a similar
situation. In 35 t* the 46 cases
in the house this is true, in-
cluding the powerful com-
mittee on impropriations, ju-
diciary, hi litary affairs, naval
affairs, agriculture, merchant
marine and others of equal
rank. The calculation consid-
ers only the Solid South and
omits states like Kentucky
and Missouri, and also consid-
ers only congressmen already
renominated or unopposed for
renominatiott.
'Hie number of chairman-
ships which would be held bv
Southern members of the
house in the event of a sweep-
ing Democratic victory next
November in reality would be
greater than the 35 now as-
sured, because of duplications
in certain instances among
ranking Democrats which
would can e the second man to
Ik- elevated to the chairman-
ship in seniority
.Congressman Garner, a:-
though it is believed he would
accept the speakership, which
is often called the second
greatest office in the nation.j
could refuse it and still b"
chairman of the powerful
wavs and means committee
and Democratic leader, in the
event of Detnocratic success
Flection of Garner to th"
speakership w«••<!«; or uj Con-
gressman fames \\ . Collier ot
Mississippi, to th -ha : man
^liij> of the ways and means
committee
Representative Hatton W.
Sumners, Dallas would be-
come chairman i f the house
judiciary committee, the com-
mittee which consider- all pro-
hibition legislation. Sumner s
is a dry.
Representative James P.
Buchanan of Texas will be
com* chairman of the commit-
tee handling agricultural ap
propriations Buchanan would
rank second only to Joseph W
Bryne of Tennessee »>n the
powerful nppropratoins com-
mittee.
Representative Sam Ray-
btirn of Bonham would be-
chairman of five inter-
state and foreign commerce
committee, one of tlu* busiest
in the house and the one which
has railroad consolidation leg-
islation before it at thi< time
To the Texas ports, the
most important committee n
the house, is that on river*and
harbors The chairmanship of
th's committee would go to
Representative Joseph T
Mansf'eld of Texas.
The chairmanship «.f the
committee on public hearings,
which handles legislation for
new federal building* 4 would
go to Representative Frit* C,
T.anham of Fort Worth.
Representative John C. Box
of Jacksonville would become
chairman of the c* mtnrttte o i
claims. Representative C»uinn
Williams of Decatur would
The selection of an enginee ■
t<> supervise the extensive
rofcd building program, aut'hoi
ized by the adaption of a b g
bond is^iK -everai months ago,
has been delayed l>\ the Conn
t\ Commissioners' Court, ir.
• rder, ;t wa> stated, to give
them furtugr time to study
the matter
It was suggested some tini,
ago that the program be car-
ried out with County Engineer
l\. II. dinger in charge, but
Mr, Clin,i>'„!i' recently wrot-.-
tile o urt letter declining t<>
do the w • 11 k on 'i salary basis
of $5,000 a year, which is the
maximum salary allowed b\
law.
Or. Knickerbocker
' Relieved Of Charge
Kittle Rock, Ark., Aug. 6,
—An organization of "Anti-
Smith Democrats," which the
Rev. II, I), Knickerbocker was
instrumental in forming, is be-
lieved to have been dissolved
with the pastor sent on an
enforced vacation of "several
weeks."
The Rev. Knickerbocker
was rebuked by action of the
stewards and trustees of the
First Methodist Church f r
his attack on Gov, Alfred K.
Smith, presidential nominee,
and Senator Joseph T. Rob.
instill, vie.' presidential nonii.
nee. Senator Robinson is a
member of Knickerbocker's
church.
By a vote of (A to 26, the
stewards and trustees of the
church decided to rebuke the
pastor an I he was granted an
indefinite "vacation" from his
duties as pastor.
Dr. Knickerbocker formerly
resided in I >allas and was pre-
siding elder of the Dallas dis-
trict. He actively supported
Dr. George C. Butte, Republi-
can nominee for Governor of
Texas in W24
head the committee ()" elec-
tions and Representative
Claude B Hudspeth of Fl
Paso wiild be chairman of
the committee on irrigation
and reclamation, which is of
importance to West Texas,
Representative I.uther John-
son of Corsicana probably
would be transferred to the
ways and means committee,
should Representative Garner
leave it far the speakership.
Agricultural relief legisla-
tion, one of the major prob-
lems of the next congress,
would, in event of Democratic
success,, !w written by a com-
mittee headed by Representa-
tive James B. Aswell of Louis-
iana, ranking just below As-
well on the committee is Rep-
resentative Marvin Jones of
T exa,s.
tjepreseiit.it ve Clay Stone
Briggs of Galveston would
rank second on the merchant
marine committee and Repre-
sentative Daniel Garrett tf
Houston would be fourth on
the military affairs committee
Representative Morgan San
derso# Texas wk uld be high
on the naval affairs com-
mittee.
Additional flood control leg-
islation would he handled by a
house flood control committee
of which Representative Rtlev
I, Wilson <;,f Louisiana would
be chairman. Representative
John F Sandlin < f Louisiana,
will be high on the appropria-
tion comn ittCe and Represen-
tative Whitmell P Martin.
Louisiana, will be near the top
of the war* and means com-
niittee.
Tennesson Democrat^ mem-
bers would head two major
and two min< r committees.
Representative Joseph \\
Byrns would become chairman
of the powerful appropriation*
e nimittee and Representative
E. L. DavV chairman of the
merchant marine committor,
Representative Carl Vinson
of Georgia would be chairman
of the naval affairs committe.
Representative Th* mas M
IW II of Georgia would become
chairman of the committee cn
jinsfoffice and post roads and
Representative William C.
Lank ford of Georgia would
head the committee on terri-
tories.
Old Court House
Being Remodeled
A crew of workman began
Tuesday the task of remodel.!
ing the i,Id Dallas Countv I
court house, most of the conn-'
tv offices having moved t
the new County Records j
building.
The old court house is to
be used exclusively for court
rooms except that the Dis
ti ict Clerk will remain titer
in order to be near the Distnc
Courts.
Several partitions are bein;
removed in order to make
larger court re*'ins. It is un.
lerstood that the work of
remodeling the building will
e st approximately $25,000.
loyal Democrats
Will De In Control
Reports of county . Denvo
cratic conventions h e 1 d
throughout Texas Saturday,
indicate that the Democrats
loval to the party nominees
for President and Vice Presi-
dent will be in complete con-
trol of th« Democratic State
convention, to be held in Dal.
las nn Sept. 11. unless the
State committee decides to
take it awav fp m Dallas and
hold it in some other city.
Tn T)allas. Tarrant a n d
Harris count es. two conven-
tions were held splits iv'tiling
over the question of loyalty to
the Democrat e nation,".!
ticket. In Dallas and Fort
Worth, the anti-Smith me.i
were in control and the
Smith supporters withdrew
held conventions "t* their own
In Houston iiist the reverse
was true. There the ant -
Smith men. outnumbered
walked out and held a conven_
tion of their own.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Friday, August 10,
3:50 Orchestra practice,
4:30 Christian Endeavor.
Sunday. August 12.
0:45 Sunday School.
11:00 "Materialism a ti d
Idealism."
SAME RESULT
Love makes the world go
round: but for that matter so
does a pood swallow of trhac
co jmce.—Yellow Crab.
When you buy a
tire made by Fisk
you have the prod-
uct of a concern
that is one of the
five largest tire
manufacturers i n
the world; a com-
pany that makes its
own Fillerless Cord
from raw cotton;
that has its own
crude rubber buy-
ing offices in Lon-
don and Singapore.
Each Fisk Tire,
from the lowest
priced to the Rug-
ged Tread Balloon
has back of it Fisk
e x p e r i e n c e and
prestige.
Utten At it tbt
Htk Timt to R*~
t ir t program
broadcast ovtr
XTEAF and atto-
ciatti ttatiomt
ovtry Monday
might.
Magnolia
Service Station
R. E. Davis. Ph< ne 165
MESQUtTE. TEXAS
Oldest Couple
Each Over 100
There may be somewhere in
the world an older man and
an older woman, but what is
probably the oldest marrlel
couple in the world have just
l>een discovered in a small
Serbian village, Verbit/.a. near
Aranjolvatz. The husband,
Dimitije Filpovitch, 110 years
old, has been married since the
age of 8 to Jivana, age 107
They lived happily in a little
house apparently extremely
pleased after long, happy
years together.
Roth are teetotallers at the
present time, although during
a few years they drank light
wine.
Diniitrije tells interesting
facts of past events. His wu\»
i< less talkative and has great
horror of camera men. On the
occasion ot their recent anni-
versary da*', it was almost im-
possible to make her consent
to « little photograph.
"You have come around just
ninety years too late," sh<-'
argued, "you would have tak-
en a pretty woman then,"
"Flogging" Parson
Is Given Furlough
Austin, Texas, Aug. 7—The!
Rev. A. A. Davis < f William
son County was granted a
thirty.dav furlough Monday
by Governor Mo <ly because
of the illness of his wife at: I
the necessities of his wife and
two small children. Davis w:r
charged with perjury in 1024
in the famous Burleson flog
ging case in which M.iody
made his reputation as a fear-
less public prosecutor, sei ding
several men to the peni-
tentiary. and which causc I
him to be elected Attcmev
General. Davis was given two
years for testimony in the
case which Moody proved was
perjured. Davis f< tight the
case through the courts ami
not until July 4. 1927, was he
actually incarcerated in the
penitentiary.
Tn the preceding month
while Moody was with the
Texas party in the east friend-
.,f Davis sought a pardon from
Acting Governor Barry Miller
on the ground that Davis was
in bad health, an incipient
consumptive, but it w a s
refused and Davis was then
sent to prison.
Petitions for clemency have
1w>en pending ever since that
time and after a year and a
month spent in prison, tho
Rev. Davis is t«> be furlottghed.
Moody's Campaign
Cost Him Nothing
Governor Dan Moody paid
no attention to h s three op-
ponents until about a month
before the primary election,
and lie th'it got <>ut and mode
a whirlwind campaign of the
State, speaking often three:
four or five times a day.
His campaign. however,
cost him nothing but his time.
«s generous friends contribut-
ed of $7,907 to li s campaign
expense, which amounted to
only $6,480.48 ,the balance lin-
ing returned to contributor-.
Flood Of Gasoline
Consumed Dy Autos
Our modern wag us ar
hitched to the sun ; the engine
is the harness and gasoline
represents c«*icentrated sun.
shine, said T. A. Bovd. re-
search engineer, at a recent
meeting of the student branch
of the Society Qf Automotiv
Fngineers in the University
of Detroit, in talking of the
modem ability to utilize the
radiant energy i f the sun t >
give the power used in trans,
portntion.
Automobiles are consuming
annually as great a fkod of
gasoline a> the volume of wat.
er that burst the St. Francis
dam above Los Angeles last
March and wrought such hav
oc, and the vear's engine fuei
contains solar energy equiva-
lent to fifte.' i times the water
power that could be generated
by all tlv water flowing over
Niagara Falls in a whole year,
according to the speaker. Al-
though persons sometimes
talk of how wonderful it
would be if drivers could run
racing cars on some high ex-
plosive such as nitroglycerine
or T\TT, the fact is that gaso-
line contains a great deal more
energy than any of these, be-
ing at thv> same time much
cheaper and safer to use.
VOL. XLIV. No. S.
Ferguson Out For
Earle 0. May field;
Kx-Govemor James F.. Fer-
guson has issued a statement
in which he says that "in a
choice between the two ev ls."
lit will support Senator Earle
B. May field for reelection as
against Congressman Tori
Connaliy, in the runoff pr •
mary.
Ferguson supported Owks.
ley in the first campaign.
Urbandale Woman
Killed Sunday
Realizing that she could n t
stop her car in tune, Mrs. Ada
Bos well of I'rbandale. west of
Mesquite, pusited h»r 4-year-
old child from the car and
then went to her own death
by crashing into the third
coach of westbound passenger
train Xo. 3, at 7:00 o'clock
Sunday nucrning.
The force of the collision
crumbled the car into a com-
pact ball, the train dragging 't
more than twvnty-five feet.
The victim was thrown
from the machine and was
killed instantly. Her skull was
crushed badly, both arms were
fractured and numerous bones
of the body broken. Her child.
Betty Jean, the only other oc-
cupant in the car, was bruise!
slightly. She was carried to
Baylor Hospital, suffering
from shock.
Mrs. Boswell was returning
from a grocery, where sbc
bought food for breakfast. She
took Betty Jean with her an !
left three < ther small children
and her husband ;:t their home
7210 Crab') sl*e.»i, Urbandale
addition. Seeing that she
would be unable to stop n
time to miss the train as she
approached the cru-ssing, she
-e-zed her child and shoved
her into the road ••
Our idea of an extreme style
is one that leaves nothing on
the extremities.—Ex.
NOT PARTICULAR
1 JSiSE-
Many New Members
Of State Senate
Ordinarily the peritonei ot
the State Senate changes but
little everv two years. As Sen-
ators are elected for four year
terms, half of them are holder-
overs a« a rule, a majority .tf
those whose terms expire on
election vears are reelected,
but when the next Senate
meets in Januarv. a majority
of the faces will lie new t
that body, this being due to
the voluntary retirement of
several, the death of one the
election of two to other of-
fices and the defeat of several
others.
Senators Llovd Price of
Texarkana, H T.. Lewis if
Navasota, Pierce B. Ward i,f
Cleburne, John H. Bailev of
Cuero, W. II Bledsoe of Lub-
bock and T W. Red of Can-
yon. did not seek reflection.
Senator I D. Fairchild of
l.nfkin. who was a candidate
without opposition, died as the
result of an automobile acci-
dent. while Senators Chas R.
Flovd of Paris. R S. Bowers
of Caldwell. A. F. Wood o'
Austin. Carl C. Hardin 'if
Stephenville, and fesse R.
Smith of Breckenridge were
defeated.
eSnator J W Hall of
Breckenridge were defeated.
Senator T. W. Hnll nf Hous-
ton, a holdover member, was
electer Tax Collector of Har-
ris County and Senator Bob
Stuart of Fort Worth, another
holdover, won the race for
District Attorney of Tarrant
Countv and their successors
wHl be e'ecte<f or nominated tn
the runoff primary. Aug. 25.
It's useless to advise people
to accept old age gracefully.
New
Merchandise
You will find on our ta-
bles and in our shelves
New Fall Merchandise.
New Shoes
New Prints
New Percales
New Men's Hats
New Fall Caps
Prices to Please AH
Gross Dry finis Co.
L. E. Gross Phone 54
m
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Pedestrians ttsefl tf. lie run
down a't the hells. Motorists
don't specialize not.—Denis* i
Flamingo.
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