The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1933 Page: 2 of 4
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THE TEXAS MESQUITER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, lot
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The Texas Mesquiter
John E. Davii, Editor and Prop.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
AT MESQU1TE, TEXAS
RATES OK SUBSCRIPTION
One Year..........— $100
Six Months ......... .50
Three Months.. ... 25
Friday, September 8, 1933.
]ourt of Honor Negroes Told To Tienic Is Enjoyed j Trial Of Negroes
To Be Held Here
Scouts have
Leave By Friday
Negroes in this section, par
ticnlarly in the vicinity of the
Carver ard Prince homes,
southwest of Mesquite, were
given a scare Tuesday night,
when several cars of masked
excellent workj men visited the homes of ne
About thirteen
AF1RIAID OF BAILEY; WHO
WOULDN'T BE?
No blame cant attach to Nick
Tresp or other officers in the
Dallas County jail for obeying
the commands of Harvey
Pailey. If Bailey sticks a gun
in a man's sides and tells him
to dot something he would
brand himself as a fool not to
obey. Discretion is the bette
part of valor. Still it is amus-
ing to read that nine carloads
of officers and several motor-
cycle policemen guarced the
car that tcok Bailey, after his
recapture, i"rom Ardinore to
Oklahoma City. That was a
tribute to Bailey's resourceful-
ness.
In our opinion Sheriff
Schmid will make a serious
mistake if he fires any deputy
without positive proof that hie
has been guilty of carelessness
or; something worse, but we
do not believe that Mr. Schmid
will be that unfair.
oo
The State exacts life for life
but it does not torture people,
hence such fiends as the Burk-
ley brothers will not receive
full justice, even though- they
go to the electric chair im short
order. One death for each of
them, while their victims suf-
fered a thousand deaths.
oo
W e would not be at all sur-
prised if a number of people
who expect to get rich by sell-
itng 3.2 beer should instead go
broke. If it is as non-intoxicat-
ing and as lacking in stimu-
lating power as they say it is,
its sale will begin to drop as
soon as the novelty of being
able to buy it wears off. anil
mainly of the drinkers go back
to their bootlegger for some-
thing with more kick to it.
— oo -
Every now and then we read
of the passing of some ex-Con-
federate soldier, and in nearly
every instance it is stated that
he is the last in that partieuhr
c mmunity. which remind
of the fact thct the number >s
dwindling fast, and in a few
years they will all be gone.
Gone but not forgotten, for the
story of their braverv and
their loyalty to their beloved
Southland will be handed
down- from generation to gen-
eration as long a* time shall
last.
The voters of precinct So.
.■» did not vote on the question
of the local sale of 3.2 beer,
but its principal town—Gar-
land—did and voted dry. If an
ejection should be held bter
for the precinct and it should
vote wet. Garland would still
be dry—the only dry spot in
the precinct. Voters of Garland
could help decide the question
for the precinct without the
status in Garland being af-
fected. Our guess is that if and
when an election on the ques-
tion is held in precinct No. 3.
(.arland will follow the exam-
ple of Mesquite and furnish
the majority to keep its pre-
cinct dry.
The South Dallas Court «•*.
Honor for 'A-outs will be held
in Mesquite, Sept. 14, at 7 *.3)
o'clock. It will be held at the
gymnasium.
The Mesquite
been doing
this month.
merit badges and two second
class badges will lie received,
are doing before criticizing us.
Scout Scribe.
Everyone i.s invited to at-
tend this Court. Come and
your time will be well spent,
ami you will be backing up an
organization that is striving
to make good sitizens. We asK
vou to come and see what we
oo
Cook Leaving For
Another Operation
Supt. A.'J. Cook of the Mes-
quite schools is due to leave
this Friday morning for
Rochester, Minn., where he is
scheduled to undergo an op-
eration at the Mayo Brothers
Clinic.
Mr. Cook hopes to be able
to be here and ready for his
work on the opening day or
school, on ept. 18, but that of
course depends on how he
gets along after the operation,
which will be similar to one
he underwent a few years ago,
caused by conditions that fol-
lowed the removal of a wisdom
tooth.
Special!
100 FINE ENVELOPES
WITH YOUR NAME AND
ADDRESS PRINTED
FOR ONLY
50c
We have just received a
shipment of extra fine bond
envelopes, a job lot which we
purchased at less than factory
prices. These envelopes are
easily worth 50c a hundred as
they are, but for a short time
we will sell you 100 of these
for 50c and print your name
and address on them without
charge for the printing. Sizes,
commercial and monarch.
Colors: White, Grar. Tan and
Blue.
By Young People
The young people's organi-
zation of Lawson were most
delightfully entertained with
a moonlight picnic Friday
night at the home of Misses
Kvelyro and Wenonah Cook
near Lawson. Following their
gro families saml warned then U'1'"!I'M. the' guests weie entci-
to leave the community by taincd with various games and
Change In County
Goverment Likely
(Continued from page 2.)
with the County Judge, the
per cent.
The Confederate pension
fund was overdrawn approxi-
mately $4,000,000 as the state
started out on its fiscal year.
Balances in other main fund
were:
Available school, $612,884:
highway motor fuel, $2,232,-
474: highways, $447,390, and
cigaret tax, $1,031,316.
Some legislators were pro-
posing to revise the salary
scale when the legislature
meets in special session next
month. They pointed out that
the dollar will not buy as
much now, by about 25 per
cent, as it would purchase
when the reductions were
made.
JOINT MANAGEMENT
"Who rules in your home'"
"We share the management
Mf wife bosses the servant
and the children and I attend
the gold fish."—Ex.
A SHREWD BIRD
The common English spar-
row is a imart bird. We have
a colony hanging around the
Court House yard that earns
daily sustenance by picking
insects from the radiators of
parked cars. Jiut as soon as
the machine domes to a stop,
they go to work. And all of
em—a dozen or more—are
fat.—Glasgow Times.
WHAT THE ICE MAN
SAID
Small Boy: "Dad. give me
a dime."
Father: "Not today, sonny,
not lloday."
Small Bov: "Dad, if you will
give me a dime I'll tell you
what the ioe man said' to mam-
ma this morning."
Father: "Here, son, quick,
what did he say?"
Small boy: HHe said, 'Lady,
how much ice do you want
this mM-ning?' " —Ex.
FOR THE RECORDS
A police officer while on
duty came across a small boy
wandering alone, so thought
it well to take him for safety
the police station:
The police sergeant, wishing
»-ter details regarding the
to the police station.
asked the officer, "where did
you find the child?"
"In Nebuchadnezzar street."
the officer replied promptly.
There was a rather prolong-
ed silence, then the sergeant
asked:
"Couldn't yiou have found
th child in some other street
just as weil?"r—Ex.
Friday.
It is said that when one of
the cars! drove up to a lion ;■
occupied by a negro family
one i if the men would get out,
knock ow the door and deliver
the warning.
The first word of the aff.vr
reached Mesquite early Wed-
nesday morning, when negrot s
picking cotton for E. V
Gruhb reported to him that a
negro living on the Schuyler
Marshall place told them of
the visit to his house and the
threat made. Mr. Grubb re-
music.
A picnic lunch was served
on the lawn to the following:
Misses Dollie Mae Jones,
Yehna Lee, Alta Mae, Lois
amd Veda Parmell. > Altlia
Thompson, Zona and Kmalinc
Miller, Francis Lutnley, Er-
nestine Stark, Lillian Bennett,
Evelyn and Wenonah Cook.
Messrs. Tonunie and Ervin
Miller. Ray Jones, Forest
Thompson, Andrew Jones,
John L. Hanby, Joe Anderson,
Kraiivk and Ollie Stark, James
Short, Billie Cook, Carlton
ported it to Mayor Bedford Shands and Mr. and Mrs.
Galloway, whot called the
Sheriff's office in Dallas.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Bill
Decker came out for a con-
ference with Mayor Galloway
and then sent four deputies
out to make the rounds cov-
ered by the nightriders and as-
sure the negroes that they
would be given protection, and
it is understood that deputies
are now keeping a close watch.
It is believed that this was
an attempt to rim the negroes^
away tor prevent them from
picking cotton and that the
time was selected when it was
thought that the negroes
might be afraid of the preju-
dice aroused against them by
the brutal crime of the Burk-
lev brothers, who shot down
Mace Carver and then mur-
dered Miss Kathryn Prince. It
is doubted that they will or
would have attempted to make
their threats to run the (negroes
off good. It is said that the
identity of one man in the par-
ty of nightriders is knoiwn to
the authorities.
The negroes seem to be re-
assured by the promise of pro-
tection and so far as is known
none have left their homes.
Cook.
Set For Monday
(Continued from page 1.)
Cheeres Class
Elects Officers
The Cheerers Sunday School
class of the First Methodist
church held a meeting Sunday
aind elected the following of-
ficers and appointed the com
mittees:
Class teacher, George Miller.
Assistant teacher, Alpha
Baird.
President, Fowler Summers.
Vice President, Olin J. Pa
chilli.
Secretary and Treasure!,
Onyx Lawrence.
Social Committee, Vernon
Paschall. Hazel Paschall and
Vivian Tunnel 1.
Flower Committee, Onyx
Lawrence.
Sick Committee. Aria Vati-
ston. Alpha Baird and Nellie-
greye Paschall.
New Members. Arthur Har-
bin. Clifford Moon amd Brax-
(ton Jobson.
Newspaper Reporter. Onyx
1 ,awrence.
ReniTter.
Three Gross Boys
Members of Band
The Greater Boys' Band,
consisting of 68 pieces and the
Girls" Drill Corps, consisting
of 50 pieces, returned Monday
from the Chicago World's
Fair. Members of the band se-
lected by competitive contest,
included Charles, William and
Glenn Gross, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. Gross form-
erly of Mesquite. Also Miss
Aletha Kimbell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Kimbell,
formerly of Mesquite and Miss
Frances Hart, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Hart, were
members of the Girls' Drill
Corps.
The trip included a stop off
at St. Louis, 3 full days at tha
Fair and a full day on Lake
Michigan on board the S. S.
Theodore Roosevelt.
While at the Fair the band
played at the "Court of Hon-
or" at the "Court of States'
and in the "Hall of Science."
The band will be heard at
the State Fair, where they will
enter- the State contest.
Geo. F. Rockhold of Dallas,
was here on business Wedm >-
dav.
WANT ADS
(5c per line. Minimum 20c)
Canning labels for sale
the Mesquiter office.
at
Horse for trade for corn or
what have you? J. H. Mixan.
For Rent—Five room house,
all conveniences. J. H. Hass.
^ Ice cream supper at Edwards
Chapel, Friday night, Sept. 15.
Proceeds to be used on church
debt. Come.
If you have any useful arti-
ole of used furniture that you
do not need, we can sell it for
you. The Radio Srop, Mes-
quiter building.
grilled separately and their
confessions obtained.
Miss Prince was shot twice
with the same pistol, the
property of Jams Burkley,
used to shoot Carver. She was
shot through the heart and
there were bullet wounds on
lingers of both hands, indicat-
ing that when she was shot
she was holding her hands ov-
er her heart. The bullet ranged
downward and it is believed
that when she was shot
through the heart she was
either lying on her back or
kneeling in prayer. The other
bullet entered the back of her
head. Evidently the niegreo
'brute shot her through tlu*
bead while she was lying face
downward, after he had killed
her with the bullet through
her heart. There were terrible
bruises on her face and body,
proving that before she was
shot she was subjected to ter-
rible and brutal treatment.
In their statements confess-
ing their guilt, Thurman
Burkley said that he was IS
years old aind Rluit «aid he
was a year older.
Later they confessed to the
brutal murder of Abe Schrei-
ber, 29. and Miss Pauline Cor-
maitr, 17, on the Overton road,
south of Dallas, in June, 1931.
Mesquite Families
Visit Lake Dallas
Mr. and Mrs. F. P>. Agnew
and son, J. Frank, Mr. and
Mrs. S. C. Hass and sons.
Glenn and Cleveland. Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Williams. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Webb and sons,
Porter and Bennett, and Miss
Betty Blue Galloway, all of
Mesquite. spent the week-end
at I^ake Dallas. The men
went Sunday to catch the fish
and the women joined them
Monday. Some members of
the party returned Monday
and others returned Tuesday.
Christian Ladies
Met On Monday
1 lie Women's Missionary
Society of the Christian church
met in regular session Mon
day, Sept. 4, with Mrs. O. F.
Smith.
After a business session th ;
following program was given.
Devotion: Ruth Lander.
Looking Upward: Mrs. '),
F. Smith.
•Reaching Outward: Mrs W.
H. Tosch.
Moving Forward: Mrs. f. E.
Reddem
Letters From Other
Ruby Rutherford!
Solo: Mrs. E. L. Busby.
Refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served to nine
members and one guest, Mrs.
Hovt Brown of Dallas
Reporter
Brief Items About
Mesquiter Readers
MRS. W. S. JOHNSON—
I leading the list of subscrip-
tion renewals mentioned this
week is Mrs. W. S. Johnson rf
Mesquite, who has been a val-
ued subscriber to the Mes-
quiter ever since she changed
her name from Miss Lumley
to Mrs. Johnson.
S. C. HASS—
We were doubly glad to sec
S. C. Mass when he came In
i his week, for he paid a small
advertising account of the
Mesquite Hatchery and
squared himself an our sub-
scription list as well. Though
he lives in Mesquite, Sid works
in the Dallas postofiice.
One of he iargtst
and most impressive f ]
ever held in this
that of Miss Kathry„\
21 daughter of Mr. ar/
• tJ?nce the
neighborhood,
Mesquite, victim &f fi"
assassins, whose bodv
found Thursday c'vrr1
1:30 o'clock, \n Th
grass patch, several L
yards from the row-' 0n
Schuyler Matrhall place
far from what is kno^
live Points, where it had
for about fifteen hours
spot where her body
found, after the negro *
derers, Thurman and
Burkley, had confessed
told the officers where
')ody lay, was within
sight and not more
E. S. McKENZIE -
E. S. McK■ n/ie. cashier of
the First National Bank of «=> -- —
Mesquite, one of our substan- > quarter of a mile from
tial young business men, glad- j,,7)"06.',8 koine, and perl
dened our heart with a good
sized check to pay his sub
scription to 1935.
■M
RADIOS
Battery Sets, Compacts, Con-
soles, Auto Sets—Standard
makes cheap. Tubes 14c up. B
Batteries 10c.
Cut Rate Radio Exchange
Akard & Young Sts. Dallas
NICHOLSON'S
Fall Catalogue and Planting
Guide Now Ready. Send a
postal today for your free copy
of this interesting and valua-
ble book.
Robert Nicholson ■ Seed Co.
2150 No. Lamar St. Dallas
Bald-headed man. in Barber
chair—You ought to cut my
hair cheaper: there is vei'v
little to cut.
Barber—Oh, no. In your
case we don't' charge for cut-
ting the hair—we charge for
having to search for it.—Ex.
Dad (severely)—And look
here. Ethel, you musn't en-
courage that young man to
stay so late every night. It's
disgraceful. What does y tu
mother say alxnit it?
Ethel—"She says men hav-
n't altered a bit, dad.'"—Ex.
Scholarship, good for any
course selected, on B\rne
Commercial College. Dallas
for sale easy terms at the
Mesquiter office.
A present free to every boy
and girl, no matter where they
attend school, buying their
first school supplies this year
at the Radio Shop.
Wanted—Dependable color-
ed couple. Man must be good
farmer and wife must be good
cook and housekeeper. A good
home with reasonable pay to
the right ccuple. Apply at
Green Springs farm, three
miles east of New Hope, or
phone 956F4. Mesquite.
ACME SEED STORE
Sells
FERRY'S SEED
Fertilizers, Onion Sets. Plants
m So Pearl St. Dallas
Phone 7-0258
>:ssx!
DR. DAVE DUNCAN
DENTIST
Will trade Dental work
for Cows. Hogs, Chick-
ens and Turkey?.
Phone 2-6553
508 Southwestern Life Bldg.
DALLAS, TEXAS
Days
Friday Last Day
For Applications
This Friday, Sept. 8, is the
last day for filing applications
to take the civil service ex-
amination the latter part of
this month for the position of
postmaster at Mesquite, to
succeed Edgar Lewis, present
incumbent, who is not an ap-
plicant for reappointment.
Assuming that they make
eligible grades, the selection
will be made from among the
three persons making the
highest grades. This does not
mean that the one making the
highest grade will have any
advantage over the next two
highest.
The appointment will be
made on the recommendation
of Congressman Hatton W.
Sumners. He has indicated
that he has no personal
choice but desired to recom-
mend the personi most accepta-
ble to the patrons of the of-
fice. The opinion prevails that
he will require an election be-
tween the three making the
highest grades to determine
who is the choice oi the (jreat-
est number of the patrons and
then recommend the appoint-
ment of the one receiving the
most votes.
FRANK W. DEAN—
Frank W. Dean is one of
our progressive farmers, who
like all others, ha.s had a hard
row to hoe during the depres-
sion, but in spite of that he
managed to make a substan-
tial subscription1 renewal a
few days ago. Thanks, Frank.
W . P. WHITE--
Mr. and Mrs. W P. White
i«f Rose Hill, came in a few-
days ago. and while our Mt.
Harbin was selling Mrs. White
>ome radio batteries, the edit-
or was writing a receipt for
Mr. White to pay his subscrip-
tion to 1934. Mr. White has
beem on the list ever since we
remember and is one of the
prompt paying kind.
MRS. P. H. LIVELY—
Mrs. Phil Lively, of Irving,
w ho was recently bereaved by
the death of her husband,
sent us a couple of dollars by
her mother, Mrs. D. W. Flor-
ence, for which we acknowl-
edge appreciation.
MRS. E. C DEBOUR—
Through her sister. Mrs.
Forrest Terry of Dallas, comes
a dollar for the paper from
Mrs. E. C. DeBour of Willow
brook, Cal. Mrs. DeBour an:!
Mrs. Terry are the daughters
of Mr. and Mrs, Wes Miller
and were reared at Lawson
W. L. TOUCHSTONE—
From Wylie comes a check
from our old friend. W. I .
Touchstone, to pay his sub-
scription to 1934. indicating
that he is still interested in
what is going on around his
old home.
G. F MOORE-
G. F. Moore, Kemp, sends
us a check for a dollar for re-
newal, for which he has our
thanks. Mrs. Moore, as will be
remembered, is the daughter
of Mr and Mrs. E A. Grubb
and was reared at Mesquite.
R S. HENDERSON—
l'< S Henderson, carpenter,
did a small job for the editor
this week and of course did it
well, as he is a good workman.
He had the amount applied on
his subscription, paving him to
1934, and that saved money
for both of us.
J. f. BEACH—
J. J. Beach, highly esteemed
citizen of this section, living' on
route 3, Dallas, was an appre-
ciated caller at the Mesquiter
office Wednesday. Mr. Beach
was kind enough to say that
they could not get along with-
out the Mesquiter, and he
proved his faith by his works
by paying the wherewithal to
move his date well into 1934.
MISS RUBY POOIr—
One of the most competent
teachers and nicest young la-
dies ever connected witk the
Mesquite schools is Miss Ruby
Pool, of near Grand Prairie,
but who receives her mail oo
a Cedar Hill route. Miss Ru-
by s mother, Mrs. C. B. Pool,
who passed away .some time
had been a subscriber to
the Mesquiter for years. From
Miss Ruby this week comes a
check to pay her to Jan. 1.
iy.i5, the paper being changed
to her, of course. Miss Ruby
2y2 miles, the way the ro
run, from the Balch
church, near where Mj
Carver, her companion
found. critically won
about eight or nine
earlier.
Services for Miss Prij
were conducted by Rev. Jo
R. Rice, pastor of the Fund
mentalist Baptist church
Oak Cliff, of which she ...
member and regular attend
Rev. Rice paid her a hil
tribute, terming her as <»nel
'his most attractive and uj
members.
It is estimated that the]
were two thousand people!
the funeral, composed largi
of sorrowing friends of Ml
Prince and her family, mat
of them coming from Dal!
including hundreds of
members of her church.
Everything that was sl
the funeral and befofe and i
terwards by those who
her. testified to the fine ch
acter of Miss Prince. Intd
ment took place at the Pie
a nit Mound cemetery. T|
pallbearers were:,
Gu« Carver. J.«>uis And
Oidti! Simon ''.111 R
George Duncan, H It. Wl
born, James F.ste- and H
uieth Kennemer
McCullough undertakers
charge of arrangements.
WANTED A CHANGE j
"I think." said the mild-mi
nered man. "that T will go:
to politics."
" Amhittaus ?"
"No. I'm tired of being toj
mv faults by candid friew
wiiom T reallv esteem. I'd li|
to read about them in 1
newspaper for a change."
left the Mesquite scho
much to the regret of ever
here, for the reason that
j^'as offered a better posit
elsewhere.
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Idress.
H. H. JOBSON—
Six years ago Hicks H. Jo
son took advnntag of an off
to extend the time of anyoi
six years in. advance for
That offer still stands for
matter how good a nvan
and Hicks is certainly as „
as gold, five dollars in hand 5
worth more to us than six
lars in the bush. Wednesday
he laid down another $5.W ^
and is paid to late in the vtfl
1939
MISS MATTIE LOU SMITH
Miss Mattie Lou Smith ®i
route 4, who though she ',vM|
a few miles out, is active
social and church affairs ml
Mesquite, joined the I,ro^!j
sion of good fodks who are tr) I
ing to make the editor f«£1
that the depression is oV.e'I
and came in this week w! I
the price of a vear's subscript
tion.
ANOTHER NEW ONE-
Mrs. J. W. Davis of Dg®
sends us a dollar "with i°str(
tions to send the paper to M '
John/ W. Davis, 315 E. " .
street, Tyler, and thus atw1" I
new name is added to o
for
yot
MRS. C. D. BOCKEMEHlH
Another recent pl«asa° 1
visitor was Mrs. C. D. -■ .
emehl of Seagoville, route
Mrs. Boekemchl. who ** I
German origin, was boflt
Canada and came to
W.
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