The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1931 Page: 2 of 8
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Writ, anyhow, Wellie JtonneUy, the
weajthy gxnrsem manufacturer in
Kants* City, escaped without tw»ini
to ooy Ui.» rr.OOO Timm, »nd 111
addition to that how I* anyone goihi
m Be able to estUMte the value of
the advertirihg ftven to the iiopular
Nellie Don dre"*' on “ale to nearly
every xtorr In the Wittryf
SlGHT^JNSIEN
M4RY BOBtllTS IIINgHAIIT
I THE TAFT TRIBUNE
■ ■ ii.attM l.dttar and Nt C. *W.
MCNd Cl«h« «utt«r, VUy 19. 1921, M th* postofflce
under the «ct of March S, 1879.
at Taft, *•*•*
'at**1 ned and d—me atmg ch»
alter Du* old? A wrench which
in.F' j.ierl bn' did not brtak our t$
Thu u, unto* ~ It ww
Hue* minor, M7»* Hihdl * «upwiwturil
* had been our lint to*™** explanation In her mind She k»a*d
Die c'illdnm Elinor *»><*. *od .aunt -nd h,«*urd
often earn. in. Hhe had made • • (\jr Rll ;mham a '
wt.i> *mocfc for Buddy and she ,hr finish'd He
,1 In hrr hand She alm*t j hn»on a overcu*
:eo l cciidn't tell her about ni(Jht when you fr
rl.c fjl tvjh'tn 1 eouidn' t told v,oui;.. a :d the tv,'
•Ac had 'i'i-n imumling. >:'d that iia that thi “'-ck ■'
i- afraid I had shot him. Bite wa> cUr.i Spern auk
a She k-.ew just a««t to do tt> ,)(, ,in M.ver.io
bed ;.» ■ She Mild a suicide would ,dv
h iv. fired one '■hot in the cell- , rrUv
HN,\l INsTtIMINT
MOM TAXES KEEWU* TO RAISE There are already o
— *»“" sr iz, si,1
b« «nc eaalna letter |»«Uf* one where known, by hU
oattl. in order to h<-’p accumulate a ->/ the Dxtapandem o
fmwi to rover the bin alwrtige in the _
St d^nen-. “ill help the bin ^Anir^ ,^
■S5n«d!T*tore.> If the rate wan to- mat' Bob
,n i,ar re I post wafer toe U.ousand pleasure ran
be. It would heln the 0f road then been*.
.„,rr„.nrt u»t a apeetal tax on e'-tar* road- tall d J
■Mould help some aa so many man uw toUage lor tb* u o
aao busy U> roll clgareU or fi'l * the trucks, the
^ Tut. when It was reported Mr, rubber tires With_*h
Mellon smokes cigars, this prop->!-• rhrUtmaa n
“ „ um aside as being imprac- m his Christmas n
tittii ww i*wj tfterhntf Mid ‘look
aia4| J* haj glto bwo .
JESAK be tawed ten per t.enk P-tsr of --
but as several theatre* over «*"**"** .nuU
-»"> — <*»? rrdodT SS 2m let - confldn ic
fXrt 2to WtTon.Ti*. come bi4Ser an-
cuujo . ». if frfh Is ab>Ut a
Ik prop'- t" th* “TrSSJf £•. V the lnveslmi
OMka the sale price on his product __
then we asaume to beUcve the farmer wn;;.im pj^olph
should make th* price on his products. pany is
Wonder how the cotton mHLs would ^ ^ ft h,
hke It. ir the farmer word ^ UJe ^
tola price on ootton was twwty cen^ trylng ,0 ^ mto |
delivered at the comoress^ Wowler ^ ^ bhu<)
Bow the big mill* would hke It If ^ ^.uni(„ w t
Mr. Wheat farmer pliced the price u ,hf hope u;
per bushel at one dollar or no dell- ^Jil]e the ho.,p
■ verj? tic i>arts is lound in
v ■« w»*!! tbftt flpfrry m
K nHivi hr did. brmsrm^ irtUi
ir»*»fh of A.r and
*, H* found m** ibtii? ;>ac4i»
ur»Ti.
I *f«nt » know,
rit’KKlI 'T RANDOM
nr W a, Clark
Vui have r.o i>.<
Nine »,’.«;ciev
t;.<! >V'I eVV
ixicanU la
t» i take a KW" hi*> eye. n
so why not make I n- lettc
the plan-
— tain, cut a
■ on automobiles -he «:.< if
connected with she aave 1 *
3elf s'.irters. take them
They did e
th nk o
Suzanne
second empty
dragged
a ashed the
■i.i, it seems, were all o
EUnor thought t>f the e
treeptacle for them !
r ,td of the pol rr F'.nt
tern to Ciar... who was
and burn them
i; they own pro; "
i- iiriAuimous?
Where k
Never
•anks are
• *.vn creV
Wei! ' Mid S;terry when he iRf^
lisrhted a (i«»r go you waat b'-
ift. “ward
I <irea a ciiatr Before the }
. helve which .n our nld-fuhtaBMT
bfeiM1 rend, almost to the eellfBg, egg
Vi hflrawlng a volumne ot JOKyb^
f brought down the bottle..
Now uid then when I have IM
\ bad dav." I explained, 1 DM K
iriike.s me *lcep."
H< poured out some and I dteM 'i
it being careful to rinse the the ~
! would Ilk" sSie something Mfo
of the wr“tk
Thu' • easy H"r*c>\ you SIMM Mr
, lis t." >e laliat »ntt I should But',
; iken he law if* as plan as
ihshct !<■ to v h:s note* et'M^
..tin from h:r tuvket TM foB|^
re*.! a few things. Keep wbst l
left ;n your mind on them. Tbb b
v tnanj
are not
S jrelv no
:>V UP ea’llt ’
away
vertyhing they cauia you will ees*e un
he lime listening for i cannot ''and
Gautier's return, filled l''*1 .m voln;; mad
clumber of the revolver. -There will If n
ne b dy out of the 1.^11 •> id i,'"rry •'••‘Id gravely
carpet, and called Dr Wii" arc you gouii
Sperry, not knowing 'hat he wa, a! turn.-o to me ! dare
Mrs. Danes and could not come reprcs-uiod want to hi
CUra had only a little time, and preme dr.-ad the law
w)th the letters in her handbag she My dear flrl," I *»k
..• r'cd down the stairs There she ,oin^ to do anything
beard someone, possibly EUlngham. hood Club has men
on the back stairs, a.nd In her ha-ste ,mat icr r*--'arch work
she fell, hurting her knee, and she ever That is all"
must have dropped the handbag at Sperry took them av
that time Thev knew now that Haw- >m. he firm'd on th" d
kltii, had found It later on. But tor a downstair, for me 1
.l.an”t know, thus the roin:'nr back.
r remained in !•'■" i:br.«.
better explain -etumed unoasily pacing the i •
Hawkins was for wnere were we. after i.'
some uvd had th' midiums s-.ir>
e .nfirmeo but the
secret, and remained that step by step, tin
unkr iwn . .ntrol the Nelg
w.th another hi-.j,; ciuo had foil'.wed a tx
TTiar* from its beginning or almost It
noth.ng to p-.nnir.r *o Its rnd
Was everything on which I
built mv life to go? It',- philo*
S .in" people get all the nu>
tin.' wan without cost, while
pay a hl&h as five per quart
Did you ever see four tun mow.'
in one month? A man named Moot
i;>t full once each week for foul
uccesslvt weeks.
Anyhow t is now certain the boot
leggers will vote the Republican tick'
et if tne Democrats fake
breweries and stills.
A California man --hipped his wife married
and was fined *40. “That whipping years auo.
van worth *50 judge, so here's another \------- -
We know • few young men atrugg-
Ung at the bottom of the commercial
who will be considered
194-1. Where will you be
we*M today,
wealthy in----
young man? Get busy snd thaw out .inp.
your fro**.? assets gfre
Tlilrty -six years ago we heard a
young man remark "there wasn’t
jr-jch chance anymore for a young
man,’’ and his dad said, ’bl-gosh ’
that's right, there atntv Outside of
* school district somewhere near De-
tmlt. Hoary Ford hadn't been heard ‘
of at that time, and Woodrow Wilson. *»•
*ad Mr Coolldgc and President
Hoover were unknown outside of their ^
own voting precincts and then ex- ^
governor Moody was only mama's pet
Aid Lindbergh wasn't born. King
George hadn’t been heard of out- Ja
side of England, and the Kaiser war, lars
Just laying plans for the world war, pf)Sf
Ruth was Just a little gn^
toddle and nobody (nvc
going to make million- j,„n/,
ut of Texans, and that San ^ ,
fey days they
advertisement
k f t think vc would
Hawkins.' Sperry Mid
to M'.ss Clara here
, wh.le she was with Mrs orated and
Wells They had kept it a
r,."„ntly she has broken with him
He was infactuated
those old woman, Clara said briefly
album to a personal matter. It h
years and (|0 wrlth th s case'
Haw-kin's letter
-xplaln how that mt-
everything that happened.
She knew it who knew hard;, the rudiment; ot
I can toll the very thing.-, she was destroy!nr
was close to Wj.; death, then, not peace and
I f n- »n awakening to r.'w things, but a
Th- knee hurt if is very kaj. ’
. -i will tak" the pa.n out’ ^
T war.’, to go ou’ t want Hr. 3 j
ouid only go to .deep and' forget ft, |
■ drawing tosm furniture b ML ^
(j all over the house.’
Via the second sitting:
ft writing 'The iflekjjltt .j
t.r.c but the water washed It my f<
! it nw a trace.' If ody fig 4
ketbook wer» not loot, CtxAUbM J
I ft win be terrlW* tfRi;J
w; air (found" lAngkhM M(r J
C'lntlnucd on last paffk) |
,.eL- woat tin- rising generation think* -It exolalni
of your old picture "It doesn't e:
— — f dium knew
An Idaho woman wa. found » cl#ri pu, ,n „xatedi.v
carry $1714 in her cork leg. But that* ^ fVPn t;le library paste!
nothing. A Detroit man wus found yQl| ^jr j,>hn5ion. I
who carried a quart of Canadian fajnt.ast a dozen times befoc
Club in hls'n. apv ^id i‘„
Another b- afce~faUed to work and a| Did vou know of our
*ev mot- were crushed into eternity ***- Mrs. Well*.
nt y**-’ I mav as well c^la you tna. *j
71 tLTZ, ™ x,n y-™ '» ry*. «»'«« J
a,™ <■%* wl. -k» |
Even though the depression broke about them?” -j-
Eddie Cantor, the poor boy is still "After the second one I wvned *i’
able ro draw eight thousand a week, him and I th nk he went to - he JKtu*
took his loss, now you take one bullet was somewhere in the X
yours. ' celling, or In the floor of the nursery. *
---- I though’ it. ought to be foil d I
A phunnygrapher on the Dallas don>t kn.w wh0!hf.r he found " or ;j;
News got some consolation out of ,,o, rvg been afraid to see him.'
Chrlstmu; anyhow. "That we got about ghe r,a* clasping and unclasnln? ^
as much from San'a Claus as he got ,)ej, bands in her lap. She was » k-
i ..,<i,; woman and surrender had .{.
,mri0- •, ioHng~ hc-r Ynnkeeism, com“ i'1"" Th- -tnicgle was marked t
wvn she loans money to one na- - ^r face «jc looked « though -
non w> Purchase cox., from eoo’her . ,sh£, t
v^f>r-nTnTdca^ with" our "lamed «id slayly. And 1 am .terribly fr_eh- |
' • " ■ tened Bn- not about discovery. That .5.
money. , „ and cannot he heloext v
.-.eances?" I
and Babe
shaver able to
anew oil. was
nalres ___....
Francisco was only ten cr twelve hour?, an(£ js being passed a sack of lemon.-.
from New York. ...
^ ______ It ts now rumored congress will con-
Too many try' to start close to the ttnue an investigation of foreign fin-
top and build up. but almost. Invar- anc nr jf congress .spends too much
iably fa-1. Better start at the bottom ,jme m this line wonder if it will
and climb slow. This sysem more of- neiriect the annual appropriations?
ten assures a safe landing at the
lov> Try It! The American people await with
_________ rrea* patience an upheaval of the
If someone holding membership in depression. A few offioe seekers raid
the printer or editorial fraternity ^ jew ~ffice folders in both Demo-
wanfs a nic ewarm job with plenty to £- ap(j Republican circles have ^
eat and a warm plate to sleep, just- ^ -recj forecasts, but give nothing de- - 2
apply at the Minnesota state prison, f!inite t£> back up their visionary views
a* there Is a shortage of bo’ll edi- firs* indication of an improve-
tors and printers. TTie Prison Mirror, m... £ in Business will be the riffles in
published the last fifty yeans suffers thp flnan,;lal stream, and until this
for lack of help in these lines. A .chows, just go slow and hang or and
Minneapolis newspaper comments on av0 {] r0ck4ng the boat. Adolph S.
the situation and says the prison 0ches, editor of the New York Times,
would have no trouble in maintaining expet,.s a turn in the tide this year,
a church, bank cr law- office .nside ,an<j believes it will be rapid.
die prison walls. .
______ Philadelphia cops are brave men A
Wonder if that is what they call a 19 ye r-old boy stole a Christmas
moratorium, reducing wages 15 per tree frwn a sidewalk stand. Two
cent and asking for an Increa 7e in shot him dead. Wonder what
freight rates? But the railroads a** those two cops would do if they met
hitting the bumps of depression hard two thieves coming out of a bank,
and the freight trucks are responsible v.jth 3 sar-K of currency which they
for crowding the railroads off the bad just stolen?
dump. And that is not all. With the —
completion of the intracoastal canal, Governor Sterling mien* on wome
the railroads will have another com- than calling » special ««.•.--on of -he
... legislature to cacioel all delinquent
3r _________ taxes, and *.0 make it possible to vote
Miles js measured in columns, pos- next fall without the payment of
sibly hundreds and thousands of poU tax And to balance- the ac-
tnjfta, on prohibition, ss a breeder of count, cut off a lot of political heads, forty
crimes, are written every year, but no and reduce salaries, not only in the may .
one editor, at least very few editors state, but county as well. The lndivl-
ever write a line about enforcing the dual, has taken Ills loss, now 1**' the A
prohibits? law. There was a law onte carry a part of the load. :i p'
against the crime of horse stealing - 7—. , , Proh-t
Sttv war* ago. and not until vigilant Automobile stealing us not a popmar
SSZ were organised and an pupation in Canada. The nut 1* hi- m
•WMtonal horse thief was found the Canadians have a ew ?ood lax? L,
hanging to • tree or telegraph pel*, and believe to enforcing If
did horse stealing become unpopulat some one s eals a car in Cans Ja. and
__________ ??, caushi, -'*Tid they uisu&ilv &re, th<?v x
Harry Riley and Wfe have been ■„.» fashed when they enter prison •<* '•"•
given a two years prison .sentence for atK. lashed again when they leave the bu*
haring kept their 12 year old daughter prison Woad*r how something of been
wnftimd in * dark room the last four >-;w. Wnd would work hooked up and *
jvsarr and otherwise Ultreated her. tt.;vb the prohibition Saw here in the ^
They live In Washington. D. C. In ad- states? waP ,
cK-tion to the two year*. imprte»BM»t _____whl,
awarimurc*
Meehan’s—
Are Goinjr to Move
Karl) in .lanuur) the la-U of conibiiiinjf the .•Italian Ana
Kid.son slocks into the create,' Meehan s |leparfmeot
Store m ill hetfin. flnt iirst. then are a number of short
lots of iroods that we wish to -ie<ir out—that WE 00
NOT WANT TO MOVE! Cwnsequ.-ntly rf‘ir:nif this last
week ol the old year we are placing these stomAs W*e
articles are these blanket
Blankets
Comforts
comforts, filled wholly with Two high-value .;
eoverN’J too filled comfort! wrtriH » |
of eve-plaaataf
nuts*!? »
dorrd for final ckaB-l*
$2.39 and $3.49 J
soft wool, beautiful!/
with figured challie center and number
brood sateen bindings. Beitliv sign*,- and ***lora.
great values.
We Wish AH Our
Friends and Customer*
A Happy and
Prosperous New Year
order to be' pressing congratulation.' "Don’t con-
■other. King grstulhte him, show the poor fellow
a villi and you feel sorry for him, and express
an prise he j rympathy "
W» have about- com** to the con-
clusion that the people of America are
effort being made not so awful hard up after all Most
-----,nf wheat, so! of them seem to have time to play
store for a bushel bridge, dooainoes. p*er. and sit a-
*-, reliwe round listening to The radio dr.nking
need job* , home brew and radiator alcohol, while
■eatenee posslMe ta impose, renounced his brMe it
ihouM be chan«ed so m tmxmt. iled with his
he ill-bred pair confined Carol, a.id her
o years, or even longer et wounds a., a ™so*»
really didn’t know he
■ —-j.__ yc-iine iadv a *reM favor.
Hunter of WiehKa Faliv.
* snd oil operator fcr the We don’t see
n. has been announced as to rut down ae-esg
* for nomination of gov- the farmer cars f'.L
h« Democratic ticket, and Something should *»' dot,*
ted petitions have been '-he situation, and - ally w-
Mth 15.000 names of *»- “ ,’ii.at.ng tl
iif TfcSSiS- 8*ste,C*l‘
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Clark, W. S. & Clark, C. W. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1931, newspaper, December 31, 1931; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth711488/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.