The McGregor Mirror. (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1925 Page: 6 of 8
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the McGregor mirror. McGregor, texas, Friday, august 7,1925.
OGLESBY DEPARTMENT
W. ALEXANDER, Representative
There was a reunion last
f.ay at the home of Mr.
Ers. C. D. Mooney, with
[hildren, grandchildren,
Sun-
and
their
and
greatgrandchildren, and friends.
re are informed there were 66
In this great social gathering, and
jll report the nice entertainment
?iv0n them by these good people.
Ihey all wished as they departed -and is doing nicely in his work.
for their homes, “may more hap-
)y occasions like this one for
jhese dear old people.” They
jvere all present except Mrs. Price
lankhead, who resides in Okla-
loma.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lewis.
The meeting at Pecan Grove
has closed, and we are informed
they had a good meeting with
about 14 additions to the church.
They are rejoicing over the good
work and the church seems to be
on higher grdund. Rev. Nations,
of Seminary Hill, is their pastor,
Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Claibonie
|;ook in the meeting at night ser-
vices at Pecan Grove and Haek-
ley last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lem Alexander,
)f Gatesville, spent last Sunday
here visiting and will also visit
iTemple and Waco relatives, as
fhey are now on a short vacation.
Mr. and Mrs.J. E. Huddleston
left this week to visit and look
pver the Lubbock country.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lewis, of
iFort Worth, spent a few days
The camp meetng at Hackney
closed last Sunday night with 8
additions to the church. Rev.
Lindsey, of Gatesville, did the
preaching and no doubt brought
them some fine messages to think
about as to the work of the
church.
Mr. W. C. Mooney and family
are leaving this week for their
home at Floydada, after a pleas-
ant visit here with relatives and
friends.
We are glad to renew Mrs. C.
0!. Collard, of 'Spearman, for the
Mirror. She enjoys having the
Mirror from home, also renewal
of Mrs. R. S. Lewis. We thank
'you.
A small dwelling house belong-
iiere recently with their parents, j ing to Winston Jordan burned
Insurance!
If you are rich INSURANCE is the safest
as well as the Best Investment.
If you are in debt, it is the best protec-
tion for you and your family, as well as the
ones you owe.
last Sunday night about 10:30.
Origin of the fire is unknown.
The house was located near town.
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Peterson,
of Fort Worth, also Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Graham, spent last
week at Galveston and report a
great time and enjoyed the trip
very much.
Mr. Reynold Bannister has re-
turned home after spending sev-
eral weeks at Lubbock'ancf other
points in the west.
Mrs. Ruby Stoekburger return-
ed home last week after taking
treatment at Scott & White
Hospital at Temple. We are. glad
to report her doing nicely at
this writing.
We had a light rain last week
that will help some but can’t
last but a short time, as we are
still very dry.
Mr. and Mrs.. Wesley Davis
have a new visitor in their home.
This fine boy came to see them
August 1st. Mother and baby
doing nicely at this writing.
To My Friends
HOW SHALL WE
TREAT “THE STRANGER
WITHIN OUR GATES”?
This little offering is made, not
to incur the ill will or displeasure
of any man or set of men, but is
written in the interest of our
town and community.
No citizen or official. of Mc-
Gregor feels a deeper interest in
the community than I do, and
none is more interested in having
the laws of the land respected,
but I do believe it is wrong, aside
from being suicidal, to take a rad-
ical attitude toward, “The Stran-
ger Within Our Gates, ’ ’ and send
The more you owe, the more you need
INSURANCE.
Let those that are able, carry the chance
and not your family and friends,
The companies I represent are all Li-
censed and Supervised' by our State, there-
for© SAFE.
INSURE Anything* Right that is Right
to INSURE, '
Over First State Sank
Nathan Grantham
him away “Cussing” McGregor
to every man he meets and warn-
ing all to, if possible, “Leave that
little burg out of your route!” We
know the reputation built up by
our neighbor, Hill county. Do we
want that reputation for McGreg-
or? Por twenty years, to my
own personal knowledge, we have
boasted of our hospitality and
have enjoyed the reputation of
having an unusually broad-mind-
ed citizenship for a small town.
You could find no one in other
towns who had anything but good
to say of McGregor. It has been
a source of great pleasure to me,
when I have told strangers that I
lived at McGregor, to hear them
say, “Oh, yes, McGregor, the
Cleanest Town in Texas,” or “The
I
I town that always went over the
|top first during the War.” Some
have said to me, “I could never
understand how you fellows could
do the things you do in such a
and Customers
THIS WEEK I BOUGHT THE PALACE BARBER SHOP,
OWNED BY MR. S. T. SHARP, TAKING CHARGE MONDAY
MORNING.
I want to take this method of thanking my many friends and
customers for their liberal patronage in the past, and give them a
special invitation to call at my new place of business. Associated
with me, will be Messrs. Jim Dixon and Marvin Davis, two among
the best barbers in the state; they too invite their friends and
customers to this shop.
> - Come to see us when you want work in our line, assuring you
that your patronage will be greatly* appreciated, and our very best
effort will be put forth to please.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO LADIES’
AND CHILDREN’S WORK,
The Palace Barber Shop
Guy W. Anderson—Proprietor
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America is still undiscovered, still
waiting to be discovered—by you!
Away from the paved highways, deep
in the hidden solitudes—are shady
groves fragrant with the scent of
flowers—sun-drenched valleys—lazy
streams—or hurrying brooks as befit
your mood. Waiting to please you
with their untouched charms.
Take your Ford and venture forth
into the delights of the unknown.
Leave the beaten path to others. Go
where you will—whether the road
is paved or not.
It is the car of the true adventurer;
the car that no going—be it sand,
dirt or rocky road—can halt; the car
that will take you safely, certainly
and happily to where nature hides
her true loveliness.
Runabout - - $260
Touring Car - 290
Tudor Sedan - $580
Fordor Sedan - 660
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On open cars demountable rims and starter are $85 [extra
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SEE ANY AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER OR MAIL THIS COUPON
Coupe
$
520
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small, town, ’ ’ my: answer being,
“We pull together.” Shall we,
instead of using calm judgment
in handling our problems, con-
duct our affairs in a radical,
spiteful way, to the extent that
strangers will say, “Oh, yes, Mc-
Gregor. I have been warned a
number of times to stay out of
your city”?
The following is an excerpt
from a letter I received from a
good citizen of our sister city,
Waco, which gives us an idea of
how passers-by feel at being, I
call it, mistreated, in our city.
Part of the letter follows:
“I thank you for that part of
your letter concerning your city
officials. They did rob me out-
right under the guise of enforcing
the law. I was not speeding' in
your town. The young man on
the motorcycle , lied about my
speed, and your mayor fined me.
It is very gratifying indeed to
know that the good people of your
town do not approve of this sort
of thing. I am frank to say to
you that I never had anything to
hurt ine any worse. If a man
would hold me up on the highway
as a robbeif* and take my money I
would have more respect for him
than I do for those who have the
use that law as an engine of op-
pression in the perpetration of an
injustice as rank as was perpetra-
ted on me in your town. Of
course, I would not risk driving
through your city again, for if
they would rob me once I have no
doubt that they would rob me a
second time. It has always been
a pleasure to me to go to McGreg-
or. I have friends there whom I
think the world of. It was a de-
light to me and the children in go-
ing to the farm to stop in Mc-
Gregor for a moment and greet
my friends, get some cold drinks
and patronize your places of bus-
iness. If I had been guilty of
driving fast I would say that I
got exactly what I deserved, for
I am opposed to fast driving that
endangers the pedestrian so that
I have for years been a close ob-
server of traffic regulations and
traffic rules in cities and towns.”
This is not the Jew case recently
tried here.
I will say frankly that my heart
goes out to this man, whom I
know to be a good citizen and a
valuable man to his home com-
munity. I do not say that he did
not exceed the speed limit of fif-
teen miles per hour, which is
ridiculously* slow, but I do say
enforcement of the law and who that our officer should have just
called his attention to the fact, if
TIGHT FEELING
Stomac.li Troubles Relieved by
tie Aid*of Black-Draught.
Telling how he obtained relief
from very disagreeable symptoms
of stomach trouble, Mr. Charles T.
Wintz, of R. F. D. 4, Huntington,
W. Va., made the following state-
ment:
“I began taking Black-Draught
about fifteen years ago. I would
have gas on my stomach that just
pressed and seemed to shorten my
| breath,; and I would have all kinds
of feeling. My head would ache
and 1 was in a very bad fix.
“I had tried remedies that didn’t
seem to do me any good. 1 saw
Black-Draught advertised and sent
for it.
“After taking a few doses, I knew
it was helping me. It seemed to
|j break tip the gas, and the tight,
I bloated feeling disappeared, and I
«; vv'23 like a new man. I would not
| be without Black-Draught. I can
' eat anything I want to. If I get
dizziness in the head, Black-
Draught relieves it.”
Sold everywhere; 25c.
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MEDICINE,.
he was driving recklessly, which
I do not believe. If that had been
done, this man would have appre-
ciated it and would have given
no more trouble.
In my opinion, and I am sure I
am right, “The Stranger Within
Our Gates ’ ’ is entitled to more lib-
eral treatment than our own citi-
zens and we see their mistakes
passed up every day. The ma-
jority of McGregor citizens are
big, broad guage people, and
want their city officials to con-
duct their affairs on a liberal
basis, more especially toward,
“The Stranger Within Our
Gates. ’ ’
W. V, HANOVER.
WHY WORRY.
Why worry about your * road
taxes when you spent last year
these enormous amounts without
any complaint. Estimated expen-
ditures for non-essentials, 1924,
from statement of U. S. Treasury
Department:
Tobacco—$1,847,000.00.
Beverages (non-alcoholic) —
$820,000,000.
Theatres, movies, etc.—$934,-
000,000.
Candy—$689,000,000.
Jewelry—$453,000,000..
Firearms—$67,000,000.
Musical instruments — $440,-
000,000.
Sporting goods—$431,000,000.
Perfumes and cosmetics—$261,-
000,000.
Chewing gum—$87,000,000.
Toilet soap-(one-half since some
are essentials)—$76,000,000.
Furs (one-half since some are
essentials) —$176,000,000,
Radio (a)—$150,000,000.
American tourists abroad (b)—
$600,000,000.
American tourists at home (c)
—$1,000,000,000.
Total—$8,031,000,000.
Who’s Who in America con-
tains 25,357 biographies! Of those
whose importance in the life of
the country entitled them to ad-
mission to its pages, 25.9 per cent
were born on farms; 24.5 per cent,
in towns of less than 8,000; 24.8
per cent in small cities; 20.6 per
cent in cities of over 50,000; 4.1
per cent in suburbs of large cities.
Sons of clergyman made up 11.1
per cent of the total, which means
that, in proportion to population,
they composed 28 imes the aver-
age number of notables.
Call 43 when you have any news.
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laid up.
“Do you want them mild or,
strong, madam?” asked the to-
bacconist.
“Give me the strongest you
have,” she said. “The last ones
he had broke in his pocket.”
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