The McGregor Mirror. (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1925 Page: 4 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: The McGregor Mirror and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the McGinley Memorial Public Library.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Page 4
THE McGREGOR M ERROR, McGREGOR, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1925.
HEADACHES
Sore and Tender Eyes are given much relief by the new
CRUXITE, SOFTLITE and other Scientific Lense.
Have your Eyes Tested by the Most Modern Electrically
Equipped Instruments—at—
E. R. SMITH
JEWELRY
OPTOMETRIST
OPTICS
DRUGS
Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Wood have
rented apartments with Mrs. Geo.
W. Connally, moving in the first
of this week.
SPEND THE DAY PARTY.
The country home of Mrs. Al-
bert Connally was opened Wed-
nesday to a group of McGregor
girls.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Thomason ^e arrived at an early hour
nad Miss Willie Mae Hall spent and found our hostess waiting
Sunday with Mr.
mother in Waco.
Thomason’s
[ORAL TRAINING
IN THE SCHOOLS.
NOT AMERICAN.
In his Memorial Day address,
- President Coolidge struck at the
William A. McAndrew, super- root of a rapidly growing evil in
[ntendent of city schools, Chicago, the administration of. government
las recently given to the press in Our Country. If the states are
m interview worth reading. It to preserve'rights guaranteed to
leprecates the tendency to ne- them by the constitution, they
?lect moral training in the public must perform the duties necessi-
schools, with material advantage tated by these righss. The Presi-
imphasized. dent said:
Professor McAndrew will have “The individual, instead of
ippreciative approval of his working out his own salvation
Sturdy demand that character and securing his own freedom by
railding have a more important establishing his own economic
dace than “money-grubbing” in and moral independence by his
the teacher’s work. Xf'the idea own industry and his own self-
fchat to be illiterate is to con- mastery, tends to throw himself
lemn one to menial occupations, o a some vague influence, which
that a high school graduate is he dominates society, and to
certain of employment at good hold that in some way responsible
■wages, and that a college diplo-, for the sufficiency of his support
|ma is insurance of a still larger and the morality of his actions,
salary, could be forgotten, there, The- local political units likewise
[would be less of disappointment3 look to'the States, the States ook
■when the eaglet first essays to to the Nations and the Nations
fly.
The basis for moral training is,
|of course, in the home, but with
>arents careless, indifferent, ,or
lacking in moral responsibility,
their progeny must present bar-
ren ground unless their envion-
lent can be changed.
The value of the classics and
the sciences is one of mental trqin-
[ing, in itself an asset of inesti-
jo aykl fmabl ewal a natag ived
Imable advantage in any walk of
■life. The educated man has in it
la treasure of whcih no one can
[deprive him, but if materialism is
[the chief end of education it is
|self-deceptive. The young man
[or young woman who entertains
lit will be satisfied with a diploma,
[whether earned or not. Anything
[to “get by,” but an awakening
[most certainly follows if one can-
[not make good. The .diploma is
[no certificate of genuineness or
[worth, ability or possibility, and
|ihe student who insists upon ap-
preciation according to its face
|has something yet to learn.—Ex.
|THE TEN COMMAND-
MENTS OF MOTORING.
are beginning to look to some
vague organization, some nebu-
lous concourse of humanity to
pay their bills and tell them what
to do.
“This is" not local «elf-govern-
ment. It is not American. It is
not the method which has made
this country what it is. We can-
no maintain the western stand-
ards of civilizaion on that theory.
If it is supported at all, it will
have to be supported on the prin-
ciple of individual responsibility.’
Federal bureaucracy is a prin-
ciple of Socialism; it removes re-
sponsibility from the individual
and from the local community and
confers it upon the Fdeeral gov-
ernment.—The Manufacturer.
LOST—Between South Bosque
and McGregor, Child’s Shoe, color
brown and black. Return to the
Mirror office.
Miss Gladys Robinson, of Craw-
ford, has been a visitor in the
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bennett home
this week.
Mrs. J. L. Webb and children
have returned to their home in
Wichita Falls, after a three
weeks visit with relatives here.
Eight skeletons of men ranging
from 10 to 12 feet in height have
been found in a cave in northern
Mexico. The skeletons were en-
cased in leathern wrappings. They
have been taken to Mexico City
KNIGHT KUPPLE KLUB.
Meeting with Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Bennett on Monday evening,
the K. K. Klub enjoyed a round
of interesting games of Bridge
and were later served iced melon.
T. L. Allison, daughter, Miss
Jewell, and Miss Henryetta Ed-
wards, of Waco, accompanied
Mrs. Georgia Mooney and little
son to their home in Moqrings-
port, La., after a few days visit
here in the Allison home.
We now have plenty of good
hay.—John & Red’s Feed Store.
WHAT THE LAW SAYS
ABOUT “HOME BREW.’
Mrs. Richard Dyess, of Albany,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. E. N.
Graham.
First—Drive to the right side
of the road; it’s just as good as
'the left.
Second—Slow down when ap-
proaching a cross road; it is near-
by as dangerous as a railroad
[crossing.
Third—Look out for children.
|You never can tell what they will
do, and you qre always in the
Jwrong if you hit one.
Fourth—Try to help instead of
.hinder the traffic officer; he is
there for your good and he’s got
a tough job.
Fifth—Be- sure your 1dimmers’
are really dim; it’s no joke driv-
ing into a blinding glare, as you
probably know.
Sixth—Read and obey the warn
mg signs; they are not put up as
ornaments.
Seventh—If you feel you’ve got
to speed—do it where it won’t
kill anybody but yourself.
Eighth—When making minor
repairs, stop where your car may
be seen from both directions; oth-
erwise you may stop longer than
you anticipated.
Ninth—Speeding around cor-
ners is a straight route to the
hospital. Don’t race past a stop-
ped street car. Some day the
jury will call it manslaughter.
Tenth — Use discretion. The
fact that you had the right of
way won’t bring anybody back to
life, least of all yourself.—The
Nation’s flighways—Okahoma.
Edwin Johnson has returned
home after a visit with his cousin,
Maurice Wilson, of Clifton.
.Uf" , ,.:'3 - .'i.-j •
Tom Denison, of Rule, Texas,
spent Monday and Tuesday of
this week with his sister, Mrs. W.
F. Dowis.
FOR RENT—100 acres of good
farm land, on the usual terms.—
Mrs. F. M Porterfield.
For Rent—5-room house in west
part of town, for $12.50 per
month.—Jno. D. Freeman, Sr.
British engineers are said to
have perfected an appliance to
make airplanes practically noise-
less.
Poppy farms are said to be
very successful in Sonora Mexi-
co. Chinese have started the
culture of the poppy there.
“County Attorney H. Grady
Chandler says that judging frdm
the numerous inquiries made at
his office, as to the legality of
making beer or “home brew[”
and from the numerous arrests
recently, it appears that the gen-
eral public is not acquainted with
the State law concerning the man-
ufacture and sale of intoxicants.
Mr. Chandler further says:
“It is just as much a violation
of the law to manufacture or
sell “home brew” if the same
contains in excess of one per cent
of alcohol by volume as it is
to manufacture and sell whiskey.
The State prohibition law con-
tains two sections, the first mak-
ing it unlawful to sell an intoxi-
cant whatever, and the second
section makes it unlawful to man-
ufacture or sell any potable
liquor, or preparation containing
in excess of one per cent of alco-
hol by volume.
“Many people no doubt get the
State law confused with the Fed-
eral law and think that they are
on the safe side. &ueh, though, is
not the ease, as we have two sep-
erate and distinct laws, Hie
State and the Federal law, the
United States Courts held that it
with open arms.
After several games of Bridge,
we entertained the little negro
cook with ghost stories, then ad-
journed to the dining room, where
the table was actually groaning
under its tremendous burden of
delicious eats. There was every
thing that appetites could long
for. After the first round of eat-
ing we all ran around the house
a few times, then we returned to
the table and ate again.
In the afternoon we went
horseback riding, which was en-
joyed by all except Ruby Barn-
ard, who tried to be such a sport
and trick rider she fell off and
skinned her face.
When we returned to the
house, our hostess had arranged
quite a surprise in the way of
more eats, which consisted of
chocolate ice cream, cake and
sherbet. Each guest was asked to
contribute in some way to the
entertainment of the evening, so
Miss Pauline Garrett in her jolly
way told jokes, Miss Florence
Brown gave two splendid comical
readings, Miss Vertice McKelvy
told of her experience with her
first beau, Miss Edithx Morris
gave one of her sweet vocal solos,
Miss Mary Connally told of her
experience with the bathing beau-
ties, and Ruby Barnard told of
how thrilled she was the first
time a boy proposed marriage to
her.
All the invited guests were pres-
ent except Misses Hazel Gilmore
and Dede Caufield.
The day was concluded with a
slumber party given by Miss Ver-
tice McKelvy. Shh entertained
her guests with a theater party,
watermelon feast, and twelve
o’clock lunch, after which all re-
tired, tired but happy.
Contributed.
REMOVAL NOTICE!
We have moved our stock of groceries from down east
of College Street to the building formerly occupied by The
Cash Variety Store, next door to postoffice.
We invite our friends and customers to call on us here,
where we have a more roomy place and where you will find a
fresh, clean and up-to-date line of groceries.
We solicit your good trade and our prices will be as
low as any one else selling the same high grade line of goods
as ours. We are here to please you, and if fair dealings, the
best of groceries and courteous treatment will do it—these you
will find at our store.
Roach & Company
J. B. TAYLOR—MANAGER'
BRIEFLY TOLD IN THE
DEARBORN INDEPENDENT.
MAYFIELD SAYS HE
WILL RUN AGAIN.
With definite assurances to his
friends in Dallas that he will run
again for the United Statse Sen-
ate in 1928 succeed himself, Sen-
ator Earle B. Mayfield departed
for Washington Saturday after-
noon after a visit of two days
with his friend and former college
mate, Judge W. M. Pierson. Sen-
ator Mayfield left no doubt as to
his candidacy while in Dallas or
at McKinney, where he made a
speech to the Old Settlers’ Asso-
ciation last Friday evening.
“I intend to make the race if I
live,” he said. “I feel that I can
serve Texas more advantageous-
ly during another term, since a
portion of my first term was oc-
cupied with fighting to retain
the seat to which I was elected.
No matter who enters the race
Since a number of deaths from
tetanus have resulted after using
bunion pads after vaccination,
the Public Health Service has is-
sued a warning against their fur-
ther use.
number in the service if there
should be another war.
In 1522, William Tyndals said,
“If God spare my life, ere many
years I will cause a boy that driv-
eth a plow shall know more of
the Scripture than thou doest. ”
That is why this year, 1925, is the
400th anniversary of the comple-
tion of Tyndale’s Bible. Just 86
years later, the Authorized Ver-
sion appeared.
The last of the three banks that
have been doing business in Hugo,
Oklahoma, closed it doors May 6
leaving the merchants of a town
of 6,000 population with only the
money in their cash registers on
which to operate.
At Bnckfast Abbey, South De-
von, a community of Benedictine
monks are building an abbey on
the site of the old abbey which
dates back to 904 A. D. The ab-
bey is sacred to man, and the only
woman permitted to enter is~4he,
Queen.
The home of Mrs. Hamilton
Fish, on Fifth Avenue, New York,
will be razed and an apartment
house will takes its plcae. Mrs.
Fish will receive an average an-
nual rent of $5^,000 for the prop-
erty, the lease running for 84
years at an aggregate of approxi-
mately $5,000,000.
The Director of the Budget has
reported to President Coolidge
that we have 65,000 government
employes.
An egg fried on Pennsylvania
Avenue, Washington, D. C., dur-
ing the recent hot period, by an
inquiring reporter whd placed the
egg on the asphalt at 12:45
o’clock. At 12:57 the egg was
done to a turn.
Singapore has begun the manu-
facture of banana flour. The arti-
cle will he used in the making of
certain pastries, chocolate confec-
tions and cocoa beverages.
Vraic, a brown seaweed which
grows in Japan, is rich in potash
and mkaes an excellent fertilizer.
Henry Roberts, of Brownwood,
spent the past week end here with
his parents.
against me, I will surely be a can-
was not unlawful to manufacture I didate for re-election,
home brew for personal use. Bu ‘ /The first bill I have to intro-
this case was not a test of the duce in Congress -when it
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Roberts are
visiting relatives and friends in
Ballinger.
Mrs. Joe Morehead and daugh-
ter, Miss Doris, are visiting with
friends in Waco this week.
Plenty of feed. Come in and
see us.—John & Red’s Feed Store.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Walters, of
'Waco, spent Sunday in the F. M.
Walters home. \
Miss Mary Waller, of Gates-
ville, is a guest of Miss Frances
Kent.
Mrs. H. D. Edwards, of Waco,
is here this week visiting in the
home of T. L. Allison.
Mrs. X. B. Saunders and Lamar
Scott McGinnis, of Waco, were
visitors in the C. A. Morris home
the past week end.
Mrs. Morgan Feggette and
children have returned home af-
ter a visit with her daughter,
in San Antonio.
State law, an dhad nothing to do
with the laws of Texas.
The law of the State is more
stringent than the Federal law.
The minimum punishment under
the State law is a year in the pen-
itentiary with no chance for sus-
pended sentence of defendants of
more than twenty-five years of
age. Many people, no doubt, arc
manufacturing home brew in vio-
lation of law and making felons
of themselves daily. Ignorance
of the law is no excuse for crime
and some persons 'are going to
find themselves in the clutches of
the law some day with no chance
for escape.
The officers are making a vig-
orous war on the illegal traffic
in home brew and other intoxi-
cants. An instrument for making
an analysis of hpme brew and of
other such liquors has been pur-
chased. Several people wjre re-
cently arrested here and are un-
der bond to await the action of
the grand jury for illegal manu-
facture and possession of home
brew which contained alcohol in
excess of one per cent by volume.
The tests made in each case show-
ed that the brew contained from
five to nine(per cent of alcohol.—
Wylie Rustler.
Gall 43 when yon have any news.
reas-
sembles in December will seek to
limit the powers of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. That body
bas been encroaching upon the
powers of the separate States
a- manner that is growing more
and more distasteful to the peo-
ple. Here in Texas at the recent
hearing at Plainview an $1,800
per year clerk was sent down
from Washington to tell people
of Texas how they shall rgeulate
rairoad building in their State.
It is cearly an invasion of State
rights and I shall devote my time
and energies next session to af-
fecting a cure*for this evil.”
Senator Mayfield spent Friday
night at the home of Judge Pier-
son, 5310 Columbia avenue, where
the two former University of
Texas students went over their
college days in pleasant reminis-
cences! A particularly interest-
ing event they reviewed was a
debate, “Resolved, That the Uni-
ted States should permanently re-
tain the Philippine ■ Islands.”
Pierson led the affirmative and
Mayfield was in charge of the
negative side. The affirmative
side won, the Senator admitted,
while the incident was being re-
called.
Secfretary of Agriculture Jar-
dine says that motor trucks are
not hurting the railroads by tak-
ing the short haul business from
them, as it never has paid the
railroads.
Washington and New York City
are conducting drives against ob-
scene magazines.
E. J. Eckert, a radio amateur
of Philadelphia, picked up a
message from Dr. Alexander Ham-
ilton Rice, explorer, sent from the
upper waters of the Amazon
River for transmission to his wife
in Paris, France.
John Walker, an English chem-
ist, made the first friction match
in 1827.
The National Board of Fire Un-
derwriters announces that fire
destruction in this country in 1894
amounted to $548,810,639—the lar
in gest total ever known. This means
a daily loss of $1,500,000.
f We now have plenty of good
hay/—John & Red’s Feed Store*
O. P. Van Sweringen, who is1
trying, with the aid of his broth-
er, to put through a billion-dollar
railroad merger, was once a.
Cleveland newsboy. J. J. Bernet.
who is operating the Nickel Plate
system under him, started life as
a blacksmith.
During the visit of the British
police chiefs to this country, Sir
Robert Peacock, head of Manches-
ter ’s police, pointed .out that in
England, Scotland and Wales with
a population of 38,000,000 there
were only 71 murders last year,
while almost five times that num-
ber occurred in New York City.
Brule, a^ Frenchman, is said to
have been the first white man
who ever saw the Great Lakes. In
1616 he returned to Quebec after
three years spent in Western ex-
ploration and spoke of a “great
inland sea.”
The great-grandfather of Tom
Mix, the movie star, translated
the Bible into the Osage Indian
dialect.
According to a recent report of
the United States Public Health;
Service, the average length of life
in the United States is 56 yars,
an Increase of fifteen years since ,
1870. In the sixteenth century,
human life averaged between eigh ;
teen and twenty years.
The United States Mint at Car-
thage City, Nevada, is to be trans-
formed into a Federal prison, ac-
cording to government orders.
Gold has been discovered in
the Cassiar district of British
Columbia.
During 19244, Palestine receiv-
ed as immigrants, 11,851 Jews.
Mr. Jim Ellis, of Edinburg, has
been here this week. Mr. Ellis
thinks the Valley is one of the
greatest places on earth and
prospects are bright, he says, for
all kinds of crops.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. DeWitte,
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Brand, Mr.
and Mrs. George Smoyer and son,
Jack, of Ardmore, Okla., were
guests in the Dr. Kunz home Sat-
urday and Sunday.,
Major Julia C. Stimson, Ameri-
ca’s only woman major, is super-
intendent of the United States
Army Nurse, Corps, says that our^‘ Mrs. Guy Wortham, of Waco,
country sent 22,000 women to thxf, is speeding the week end with.
Great War as nurses and that her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H, W. I
there will be several times that‘Anderson.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View two places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The McGregor Mirror. (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1925, newspaper, August 7, 1925; McGregor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth874610/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McGinley Memorial Public Library.