The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, July 29, 1927 Page: 1 of 6
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MESQUITE, TEXAS. FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1927.
VOL. XLV. No. 1
Iceless Fountain
\Ve have just installed the latest
thing in a new Iceless Soda Foun-
tain. This will keep everything
at an even temperature of 36 de-
grees, just right for preservation
and to make them appetising, and
besides is much more sanitary
that the old ice-cooled style.
We serve delicious ice cn am and all
the wanted drinks, and now, as never
before, we are prepared to serve them
just right. Drop in and cool off
(Total State Tax
Rate is 67 Cents
Election To Be
Held Next Monday
'•'he total State t:i\ rate for
this year lias been fixed at 67
cent* on the $100 property val-
uation by the Automatic Tax
Hoard, composed of the ('.over-
i'"1'. State Comptroller and | as follows:
vlTcnt??™' :rhich M'V K Amending Sections 2. 3.
unts '"wt'r was Cx'J4. 5. 6 and 7 of Art. 5. relating
to the judicial system, Th's
amendment provides for en-
Oti next Monday, \ugust 1,
qualified voters of Texas will
decide th ' fate of four pro-
posed amendments to the State
constitution, briefly outlined
PORTER & GROSS
Phone 44 Mesquite, Texas
pected.
| litis rate, it is expectd wi
: w!in !'-!! '''•rn"1nt lar^ th(- membership of th
,346tn tasesof uhuh $.rlU,.N,-l Supreme Court and the Court
; (\ IW. r" l;iN. V',s<;-;."r- :md of Criminal Appeals without
Tt . • lm.|nent; adding to the salary roll; pro-
c .ii io.i w.is n ,t taken nuld hihits the creation of any more
, .i ter rons,der:.,„c argument Courts of Civil Apiieals'or en-
sill m'H Yfigures largenwMit of their member-
> submitted by the Comptroller, ship and permits of greater
| 1 he amount fm-d for ^ner; I j elasticity in the functioning
illu "f the courts. Provision also is
4 ■ ''"'lifiMtiotis, with | made
no deficiency. \ rcvi-ion of
[tlicol lax At
lawson increased
I With sixteen votes in favor
the raise and but tvv >
kain-i tli<' voters of I.awson
ftool district, No. 18. vote.!
aturd:i> t> increase the school
laintenatx e tax from 75c t.>
1.00 «'ii the $100 property
alnatioii.
I Other H-tricts in this sec
ii:: it ■ «u an increase in
|e ii\ rire Malch Springs
2*i. 1;it'll will vote Satur
av on tli1' proposition of in-
►"easing j in rate from 75c to
I .CO; I.-Swards So. 27, to vote
atunlay, \ugust 6. on a pro-
lan' i>c of 50c to $100:
Ionic i'rairie Creek will
H«> vote o! \tigust 6 to do-
wntime whether the tax shall
fmain at 75c or be increased
$1.(1)
The '!i-t ricts are holding
hw elections as a part of
phi! proposed by the
lotnio li-'ard of Education for
nine n -nths school term for
111 schools that raise their
fccal tax rate to the maximum
If $1.00
Or* i
"I Iflve you kissed
Ihst Man (absently—"Oh,
hundreds of times."—Life-
Putting Dallas On
The Flying Map
The successful flight of
Col. Chas. A. Lindenbergli
from New York to Paris, fol-
lowed by other trans.>x-eaii
flight*, has aroused new in.
terest in aviation throughout
the country, and Dallas has
recently done three things cal.
i ulated ta attraction of nation-
wide attention to that city.
The first of these was the
purchase by the city of l.ovc
Field, said to be one of the
best airplane landings in the
country, Xext was the $25,000
pri/e hung up by Capt W E.
Fasterwood for a Dallas to
Hongkong flight.
Then the Dallas News an I
Journal and a numl er of Dal -
las business men ;:re sponsor,
ing Capt. I'ill Irwin, successful
war pilot, who will enter the
Fasterwood and other flying
contests, using a Dallas plane,
which has been christened
"Dallas Spirit."
Irwin expects to hop off
from Dallas on August 12.
with San Francisco as his first
scheduled stop, thence ! 1
Honolnla and from there to
China, with a grand total of
$50,000 in sight 'for the win-
ner.
the estimated income c .ti-<-<
j the prospective rale t<> g<
j '""-er than was expected. Th
first figuring indicated a gt i
er.al purpose rate of 2?V. hi
by increasing the cstimir
from the prison svsteiH and
farms the lower rate was ad
opted.
Big Bargain In
Good Ford Car
—1—^
This car was recently recon-
ditioned and is in good shape.
License and insurance paid.
Will sell at a bargain price and
on easy terms. It is a five-pas-
senger touring car.
New Gas Stoves And Ranges
A t all prices except high prices.
Hot plate Gas cookers, 1, 2, and
3 burner, from $2.50 to $5.75. A
dandy good rangette with built
in oven for $17.50 and a splen-
did range for $35.00. 7 hese are
new stoves.
Trade In Your Old One
We will take the old oil stove or
anything else that you may have
that is usable and saleable, and
most anything that is usable is
saleable, if advertised as we do.
for such sittings of the
courts as will tend to expedite
eir business, arhl authorize-)
transfer of Judges for the same
purpose T.he amendment
would increase the number of
Supreme Court Justices t
nine and abolish the Coinmi
sion of Appeals. It would in-j
crease the Court of Criminal
Appeals to five members, at.d
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He Believes In | Heare Helps Burn jjvdges Rest While
Early Bird Story; Cards And Bice! Cases Piling Up
"The early bird catches the' The local pastor referred to Sunday's Dallas papers car-
worm", is a well known saying in the following item sent! ried a long list of aew suits
and Louis Brown, former chief i from Comanche, Texas to the'fifed in the Dallas courts and
of police of Dallas, evidentlyi Dallas News and printed Sun- the papers of the same date
believes this is true, for he day, is Rev. lien F. 1 learn,
has thus early thrown his hat formerly of Mesquite, now pas-
in the ring as a candidate for
Constable in Dallas, at the
primary election to be held a
year from now.
Averages For Farmer
$1,133 l ast Year
According to the figures of
the United State. Department
of Agriculture, the average
net income of the fanner la-t
year was $1133. In 1*>25 it was
$1,297. The low figure was
$'>17 for the year 1922.
The net income or retu n
does not mean what the aver.
i;e farmer nade over living
expenses, but his net ' return
after deducting the cost of
making the crop from the
gross sum" realized.
tor of the Christian church at
Comanche:
Comanche. Texas, July 21
—<^ards and dice from four
leading stores Saturday wen
piled in the courthouse square
and burned as the resnlt of the
revival campaign held here by
Kvangelist WH1 Hogg.
repeated the announcement
published a week earlier, that
practically all the judges of
the courts were starting on a
seven-weeks' vacation.
The judges of the Courts of
Civil Ap|>ea!s will have a full
ei^ht weeks' vacation, while
the Stata Supreme Court takes
the entire summer off. The
higher the position on the
The Key. Ren I learn, a local! bench, the better the pay. the
pastor, gathered the gambling ( more vacation allowed, seems
paraphernalia for the bonfire| to be the rule.
and Mrs. Reese, tax collector.
applied the torch.
Forty-eight decks of card-
and 404 dice were burned. Hi-j
bles have been placed on sale ,
where the cards and dice were
offered.
Over Four Hundred
At Family Reunion
Accident Peport
For Week July 8-lfi
The Texas Council of safety
make the following accident
report for the week of July £
to 15:
Causes— Injured Killed.
0
3
I he usual maximum of 3 " 1 limit the number of Courts of
f'/r schools was adopted on mo-! Civil Appeals to twelve with
tion of Comptroller Terrell three Judges'each.
and assures the schools of r- 2. An amendment to Art- 8,
coving the largest per capita „,serting Sec. I-A. providing
apportionment in the history of for duihging the taxation svs-
,'V| ,, , 'item M) that the Slate may d.>-
clnld and will be adopted when1 rive its income, in whole'or in
the Board of Education meetpart, from other source:' than
ntxJ nlont,K , , ; the ad volorcm tax. This a-
l s required by law. the pen-: mendment provides that the
mm„o*7c a* ",a<le IfFis,at«re may separate the! Automobite -70
In ,11 inst inces it i .. '' UVts ,,,.tnxat1;"1 or ***"'. j KaHway train 14
.mm tam c s jt is t st i-1 purposes from the objects of i
nutod tli.it 20 j»cr cent «»t t!w taxation for the support of the
tot;, t;.v procured mti-t )n: counties, districts ami political
used lor tlf expense of assess., subdivisions of -the State and
"'!s and collecting the taxes counties; that it may provide
( 1,1"' 2?c general purpose tax! f0r the levy of an ad valorem
c tin r: 'han last > ;ar -, or other tax on certain classes i ,\ ,
iigure . but <iO\ . Moody e\_ ,,f property for State purposes ] , nr
pressed c■•t,f•!''<. ' r ic.r only, or for county or local j |"irearms^
totai tor two year- of his fir t purposes only, including school ; Kxidosives
administration will be 8c lower • purposes; that the Legislature j Other causes
than for the preceding bjen. „ia> provide for classification
uium. I he rate was at the ina.ci f objects of taxation, which j Total
shall he equal and uniform.. Jan 1 1926
provided that the rate ^75' killed.
sneli taxes shall not exceed th T
limits now set forth in the
Rulings On New
Free Tuition Law>
Interurban car
Street car
Motor car
Other vehicles
Falls
Hums
mum of 35c in 1(>25. With the
23c of l')26 the total for the
Ferguson tenure was 58c
Moody thinks n«-xt sear's tax
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injured.
Compared To Adam
rate will not exceed 25c and Constitution. The eff-ct of theljfaUC Fug AllSGi
that of the preceding t \\ i. amendment would be to alloy, j • ®
>ears. the State to secure all or pa"t
In raising the estimated in- ,,f its re\enues from corpora-1
come from the prison syste.'i tion or occupational taxes in-1
the board struck the average stead of from land taxes. j on |:vc has been laid the
of the actual income for the 3. An amendment to abolish ; m-,,,,- for it,., banishment o*'
las, six years, instead of ,,n ,|,f f,, sy,tem of paying conn-, t^e Zmm race from the Car.
months as in I errell s Jir-t ^ ty and district officers and vo j (jen of F.den, but according to
estimate, and fixed it at $/.!.- .■ uthorize the Legislature to| y,a<lv Astor <>f Kngland. who
853. '1 he six.year average in- prescribe their duties and fix
come was $1,278,000, Sta'e their compensation.
THE RADIO SHOP
AND ECONOMY STORE
Metquiter Building
Treasurer Gregory K it her
estimated it at $3,000, V«: but
i that was 11 >t 'cepo ' n\ 'he
i other members of th" houd.
This was the first time tlu'
tax hoard Itfid to calculate
prison income, as the new
law only recently became ef-
fective which requires a'l
prison system >
cific a|'propria
unlimited use of it- earning;
, i (4 ' 11 I IV. ^ I ' '
■in to reci 1 vp spe- ] ,0gisi;,ture.
t int !• ms instead ot' ,1(lW T(.C(.r.(
Texas tax rtifes hav
fluctuated from 4c for general
purposes to 50c,
The gross income 'roin the
25c rate on the nev. State
assessed valuation of 83.^1S,
40) 0V1 will he ^ 54o,025. bet
after deducting 20 jier 'rnt for
assessing and co'iecting an I
delinquent'' th<" net income will
be $7,636,821- This is compared
with $8(>87,715. which Terrell
estimated must be raised. The
school tax will produce $13.-
364.435 gross and $10.691.54''| B
net to the available scho.dji
fund. The t-ross pension tax |U
income will he $?.672.886 and ■,,
the net $2.138.3(R
A statement was read In
Hatcher in which he analyzed
the figures to show that 23c is
an adequate tax rate, but his
motion to fix it at that figure
brought no second. Hatcher
I estimated the sulphur tax at •
much higher income than Te
! reil. The Treasurer also in-
j sisted that the automatic Ox
law is directory and not tnan-
■ datory and" that it need not
. accept the Comptroller's fig
! ures as final: that had it been
' a matter of arithmetic the la v
would have designated three
women clerks to make the cal-
culation instead of creating a:
discretionary board consisting
of the Governor. Comptroller
and Treasurer
Following the adjournment
of the board Moody issued the
following statement:
"Chapter 1. Title 122 defines
the duties of the Automatic
Tax Board anil prescribe*
what figures shall be taken in
4 \n amendment removing
ill limits as to compensation to
I'e allowed S;ate officials and
■aetnhers of the Legislature
except that of Governor, not
to exceed $10,000 a year and
members of the Legislature not
more than $1,500 a year, all
alaries to be fired by the
Th • (10vi rta T
$4,000 a >"• r and
embers of the 1 egislatwre
widely i ^5 (>) . ,,,.
er flay for the first six-
t\ days of each session and
s'2 f^' a tlav thereafter- This
amendment would abolish the
mileage system and allow
members of the Legislature
their actual expenses in going
to atnl from each session of tlu-
Legislature-
All qualified voters can
participate in the election-
was formerly Miss Nancy Le-
ghorn of Virginia, while ahe
may have been bad, she was
much better than Adam, whom
she tempted to eat tlie forbid-
den fruit.
Addressing a Belfast wom-
an's temperance meeting. Lady
Astor remarked that Fasten
women not only had to obev
their husbands, but had to wor
ship them. "A lot of husbands ^
An interesting item was re-
j centfv sent out from Llano,
| Texas, telling of a 'family re-
union of the Kothmann family,
attended by over 400 relatives
at the Premier ranch, thirtv
J miles £rom Llano.
Th<? following rulings on the j . The family has an unbroken
new Free Tuition Bill 1*• the! history of eighty-one years in
State Department is of inte*«' Tex»s. during which it has
est to both independent an I • been closely identified with
sural school districts: ! the settlement and develop.
The County Hoard of School: me»t of that >n.
Trustetos. at * meeting .-rfte,-' The ftmnder. Heinrich Koth-
the first of August mmiti maun, laft Htm over, Germany,
classify flie schools of the'and sought bis fortune in Am-
countr into F.lementary an'^ erica. Landing at the then port
High Schools. In establishing Indianola, in I845, he later
w i h there were pior" women
about like that," she added.
"I would like to show," she
went on. "that women have
been great protesters in their
time. Fve was the first pro-
tester, but I am not going to
say much about Fve, l>oeausi
men came out rather badly in
that story. Fve might have
been bad, hut she was an angel
compared to the weakling,
Adam."
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(Continued on pi|< 2.)
lew Motor Hearse
We have just added a late model
Sayers-Scovill motor hearse to
our equipment and will be able
to give you prompt service. Ex-
perienced men in charge. We also
do embalming.
We keep a complete stock of un-
dertakers goods at all times and
will furnish flowers on short no-
tice lor all occasions.
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high schools said trustees shall
give due regard to schools al-
ready located, to the. distribti
tion of students.
The following specification-
and rules must be tarried out:
1.—When to transfcr<-
All transfers must- be made
before the first of August if
they expect to draw free tui-
tion.
2.--Who will draw free tivi.
tion :
All hii. li school students ^vhi>
arc transferred before the firs',
of August, and have not reach
ed their 21st Ivirthdav- on the
first of September 1^27. and
who resiiles in a school dis-
trict that does not maintain
the grade the high seffool-
student was promoted into at
the end of the last school
term.
3.—Where mav hiuffi s -hoot
students be transferred and
draw free high school Mi'ion:
A student may transfer t >
any hiirh school recognized
either by the County Superin-
tendent fir state sunerinten.
dent if the school transferred
to. maintains the grade the
student will 1h> in.
4 -How will the tuition be
paid:
At the end of each school
month, the local trustees will
irive a school warrant on the
local school funds, for the
:nt of tuition flue, but in
sew led permanently in Mason
Coanty Tind founded what :s
one of the largest and most
prominent families in this sec-
tion of the State. The oldest
members of the family are Wil-
liam Kothmann. 77. of Castell.
Llano County, and Mrs. Caro-
lyn Kot-hmann Lagle of San
Angeio, who arc the only living
children of the founder, and his
wife, (Catherine Kothmann.
Most of the Kothmanns arc
inherent ranchmen and are
large landowners in and
around Fredericksburg. Llano
and M^son. Many of the de-
sc.enilents, however, are well
scattered oyer Texas and sev-
eral families live out of the
State.
The Premier ranch, the
scene of the reunion, is one of
Oallas County Is
Scholastic Leader
A.ustin, Texas, July 25-
School census returns received
>;/ the State Department 01
Education make rt certain tha*
Dallas County leads" the State
in the number of scholastic;,
with Harris County second.
Dallas County reports 64,796.
Harris 59,544, Rexar 52,01(j.
and Tarrant 36,928. „
The Houston Independent
School District is the largest,
after annexing much surround,
ing territory, leading with 48, •
237. and Dallas is second with
47.234. Other leading city dis-
tricts of the State show aj
follows:
Amarillo 7,270, Austin 10,-
529, Beaumont 9,795, El Pas<
23.315, Fort Worth 29,820.
Galveston 9,361, Port Arthu:
9,632. San Antonio 41,621, Wa-
co 10,481, and Wichita Falh
10,449
Says Man May Do
Wonders With Sell
Pittsburgh, Kans, July 26—
That man may some day be
able to control ltis height, im-
prove hi:, looks. Increase hi*
ability and make character
what it should be—all by
means of chemistry—was fore
cast in an address before the
Kansas State Teachers college
here bv Dr. Edwin E. Slqsson
scientist and wriL'r.
"Hitherto the chemist has
confined himself to the hum-
ble task of providing the con-
veniences of life," Dr. Slosson
said. "In the future he may
gain control of life itself. He
may mold stature and charac-
ter as the sculptor molds the
clay."
Explaining that the attrac-
tive or repellent qualities in
personality are due to minute
amounts of certain chemical
•compounds called horomone"
in the blood. Dr. Slosson said
that these horomones and vi-
tartiines will some day be man.
ufacttrred in the chemist's lab-
oratory.
the show places of West Tex-
as It is owned by Flgin O
Kothmann-
MIDSUMMER
Farmers Hai^lware Co.
Mesquite, Texas
no case shall the rate of tui-
tion be more than $5,00 per
month. \ student must he
n' sent at -least two weeks in a
month or the hi'dv school
school district will draw the
full amount of the month's tui
tion-
5.—ITow will local districts
spare the money from tliei-
local funds with which to pay
this tuitiofi:
On or before the first ofj
Tune, at the end of etch school (
year, the local trustees will
make requisition for reim.
I ur«ement from the state de-
'.-"' nent of education.
c —Shall high! scfcobls hav;c
tin i.ght to reject transfers
into and < i»t rf their districts
on charge more than $5 per
month*
No high school has the right
to reject high school transfer*
Tn no case will a high school
district charge more than $5,00
pfcr month.
Note:—Parents may go t.»
the County ^Superintendent's
office and make application for
transfer, or theV mav make
it direct to the board of th*
district to which they transfe-
Trjinsfer blanks may be had
at .tlie county superintendent's
office. ,v \, ,, , . j;
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KNOWS THE ROPES
SPECIALS
In order to make room for new
Fall Merchandise, we are mak-
ing cleanup prices on all midsum-
mer materials.
98c-89c Rayons, beautiful CAji
patterns U5U
50c Fancy Voiles, Mid-
summer price
39e
65c Everfast solid color
Voiles, now
39c
Lady—"Could I Nee the
caf»tain?" ' 1
First Mate—"He's, forward,
miss.".
Lady, Passenger—"I'm not
afraid. I've been out with
cojlege hbys."—Allston Re-
corder,, .
35c Solid Color Voiles, we OQp
are offering then now at
, , , 1 ,, n,
75c-65c Colored Organdie ^Qp
to go at per yard *f uu
22 l-2c Prints, pretty pat- IQlp
terns, per yard . '32"
50c Printed Batiste, dur-
ing this sale at
39c
35c Printed Dimity, come OQp
and get what you need at
Hudson & Davis Co.
L. E. GROSS. MANAGER
MESQUITE, TEXAS
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