The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1927 Page: 2 of 8
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Above for the public’s information.
Working for Progress
BRANDON SMITH, AGENT,
MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM
CO.
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Friday, February 11, 1927
Magnolia
Petroleum Co
cars to win a place, four used Magnolia
Gasoline—the average for the four
Out of the eleven
Lufkin—This city planning large
street improvement program.
HASKELL—Magnolia pipeline Co.
laying 10-inch line from Panhandle
field to Breckenridge and Ranger.
Sound Advice
“Say, Willie, how many sisters have
you?”
“Three, but Hazel picked you, ao
don’t waste any time on the twins.”
Published Tuesday and Friday at
106 North Main St
from six to seven o’clock.
the
the
re-
previous records,
per gallon—using Magnolia Gasoline
and Magnolene Motor Oil for Fords.”
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Entered as second class mail matter
August 2, 1907, at the poStoffice at
Electra, Wichita County, Texds, under
Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
W. J. and A. H. Sheldon, Props.
R. A. Franklin, Editor.
Theatre Saturday evening.
“The Fighting Stallion”, which is
a Ben Wilson production, is one of
the most unusual outdoor* west-
ern productions ever exhibited in 1he
city, ns the principal plot revolv-
es around the chase and subse-
quent capture of an unknown stal-
The City Bank works with
other banks throughout the na-
tion, with intelligence and un-
derstanding, to co-ordinate the
industries of the country and
make possible the safe and or-
derly conduct of its business.
500 WILD HORSES
EXTRAS IN FILM
Airs. Frank Chase, a Quaker, is the
sheriff of Kiowa county, Kan., the
first woman to hold that position In
the state. Her husband had been
sheriff for four years and as he could
not legally succeed himself the voters
asked her to run for the office and
elected her. She is the mother of four
children.
dedicate, that
the name of
who had trod
in the long
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«T FI could write a book,” said Ted-
* dy Toad to Taddy Toad, “I would
pot go around lecturing, for it would
take the time away from my writing.
“Those who talk too much don’t get
any chance to write and think. They’re
too anxious to hear themselves sp^ak
and that doesn’t help them much.
“But I couldn’t write a book and so
I shall talk. I shall talk and it won’t
matter if what | say doesn’t amount
to much, for talk doesn’t go between
the hard covers of books.”
“It does very often,” said Teddy,
“so I’d speak wisely if I were' you.”
“Well,” said Teddy, “I shall be one
who doesn’t speak wisely. I shall be
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es for miles around of the choicest
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McALLEN—College Heights, new
subdivision, placed on the market.
EDINBURG — Southern Pacific
Railroad to erect new passenger sta-
tion here.
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• W. B. Babcock '
“Sidewalks That Wear.”
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Over five hundred wild horses
unwillingly acted as “extras” in Ya-
kima Canutt’s current photoplay sen-
sation. “The Fighting Stallion”,
which will be shown at the Liberty
RISING STAR—New business
structure being built adjoining the
Liberty theatre. _______.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year __________________$2.00
Six Months ------------------$1.25
ADVERTISING RATES
Classified ads, per word
Reading Notices, per line -----10c
Minimum Classified Ad _______30c
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For further information, wish to advise that we are in
receipt of a letter from our San Antonio Division, under date
of January 1, which reads as follows:
As civilization advances and
population increases not only
men but nations become more
interdependent.
Many products of our own
State can not be consumed at
home.
When you’re walking down a road
And you come across a dear little
toad.
Remember he’s the gardener’s friend,
And has been for summers without end.
He’s a dear, he’s a dear, he Is a load,
too,
Oh, what in the world without toads
would we do?
“I shall raise my voice beautifully
for the last line to make It sound very
fine.
“And I would say that those were
the lines of one of our greatest toad
poets and I’d leave it to my audience
to find out that of course the lines
were my own. Yes, I’m full of plans
for my lecture course.''*
(Copyright.)
law of God, but says sHe^iS ^*7
and wants a chance to keep-, her
baby and do right in the future. I
never saw her until a, feyr minuted
ago when I found her' .weeping on
the sidewalk/' are^iicre 'to dedi-
cate ' this building. When this con-
gregation places’ in my Hands stiffi* -
cient funds to provide living chance
for this little mother and hei help-
less babe, theft, and not until then,
I will proceed with the dedication
service. It’ is my candid opi. ’on
that Society has sinned against, this
little mother far more than she has
sinned against society. Come, lay
your contributions on this table,
and then we will proceed with the
dedication.”
It was the appeal of a strong man,
who, awakened by the help’essuess
of childhood, had swept aside
conventional order and arose in
splendor of a mighty soul in
sponse to the cry of distress.
The people laid aside their
lc» tom of receiving the offertory and
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cars was 54 1-2
We presume that the sales territory controlled by
the dealers defines the separate districts. After the elimina-
tioh contests have been run and the winners declared, then
they hold at some central point what is termed the final
Such a final contest has been held at San Antonio
by the winners of the several districts in that territory and
seven out of fourteen winners were users of Magnolia Gaso-
line and Magnolene Motor Oil for Fords.
“I am taking It for granted that
they may,” said Teddy.
“What are you going to lecture
about?” asked Taddy.
“Ah,” said Teddy, “that Is the ques-
tion.” •
“Haven’t
Taddy.
“I am going to give a course of lec-
tures,” said Teddy.
“And what is the course to be
about?” asked Taddy.
“Ah,” said Teddy, “that makes more
than one question. That makes sev-
eral.”
“Do tell me about the subjects,
though,” said Taddy.
“Well,” said Teddy, “I thought my
first lecture would be about a toad’s
experience as a toad.
“You couldn’t give a toad’s experi-
ences as anything else but a toad very
well, could you?” asked Taddy with a
little toad laugh.
“Not very well,” said Teddy, “but
then I might be able to do it after a
fashion. However, I would rather not
do it after a fashion and so I do what
I can do well.
“I can relate a toad’s experiences as
a toad.”
“And then what will your next lec-
ture be about?” asked Taddy.
“I thought I would also give
' other lecture and call it: ‘The World
In Which We Live.’”
“Well,” said Taddy, “that would be
an easy subject. You could say any-
thing at that lecture and what you
didn’t remember you could forget.”
“Just as I though*,” said Teddy.
a veritable monarch of the
accused of. despoiling ranch-
rounu ux v.*v.v-—t
______ How Yakima Canutt,
of cowboys* finally captures
the stallion forms a .thrilling cli-
max and introduces Mr. Canutt m
A role well suited to his person-
ality.
^Bfjbrqod mares.
ace of cow
miles per gallon, uut of the eleven contesants using
Magnolia gasoline, the average was 43.9 miles per gal-
lon, while the winner, who broke all
obtained 67.9 miles
gifts at the disposal of the Bishop.
The little mother and her darling
babe were amply provided for, and
then followed a scene such as is
rarely witnessed in any church. Many
of those who were present, de-
clared, years afterward, that it was
one of the most wonderful manifesta-
tions of the presence of God that
they had ever beheld in that great
building.
Down at Arlington, Texas, the good
people of this country are main-
taining the Berachah Home, an un-
denominational, non-sectarian home,
where there is a daily average of
one hundred of these* little mothers
and babies, who are being taught
to pick up the broken thread out of
life’s waste basket and to rebuild
characters that may, in a measure,
yet bless the w.rld. Into this home
girls have come from almost every
walk of life, without friends, with-
out money, here to receive the glad
gift of redeeming grace and - be
taught the responsibilitels of moth-
erhood, and their obligations to God
and the Church.
This Home will be on the air over
KFQB, the Lone Star Broadcast Ca.,
of Fort Worth, with an unusual
program Sunday, February +he J3th,
NACHITOCHES—Local Canning
factory, unit of 200-pIant chain to
be established in Tex^s by the Tex-
as food packers, inc., of San An-
tonio, assured.
The Ford dealers are pinning test demonstrations at this
time over the Southwest territory particularly, to determine
the economy of the operation of the Ford car. They have
in the different districts what is known as an elimination •
"I Am Going to Give rs Course of Lec-
tures" Said Teddy.
one who talks and lectures and whose
talk is quoted but whose talk is silly.”
“If you ray tLat beforehand,” said
Taddy, “no one will want to come and
hear you talk.”
“Oh, I don’t know,” said Teddy.
“They will ‘ be sure beforehand that
they will not be disappointed and that
will be a great thing.
“They may say to themselves:
“•Now, today there is to be a party
given by the Tadpoles, but it may be
a very dull affair. Tadpole parties are
apt to be.
“ ‘Of course It may be nice, but the
chances aren’t so good. Thqre’s T.eddy
Toad’s lecture and he says that that
Isn’t going to amount to much. So
we’ll be sure not to be disappointed if
we go to that.*
“They may make speeches like
that.”
“They may,” said Taddy, “and aga'a
they may not.”
“The title sounds so fine. It Is a beau-
tiful lecturing subject and as you say
I wouldn’t have to remember anything.
I could just say what came into my
toad head.
“And then I thought I would have
as another lecture: ’The Garden in
Which We Live,’
“Maybe in that I’d have to think
little more, but not much more,
wouldn’t have to think muyh
Then I thought I'd recite a
poetry and this would be one of my
APPLIED CHRISTIANITY
A distinguished Episcopal prelate
was walking along a sidewalk from
his hotel toward a magnificent ca-
thedral he was to
Sunday morning, in
the Man of Gallilee,
the paths of men
ago-
The morning was glorious. From
the deep blue sky, washed clean by
the recent rain, the sun shined in
wondrous glory and glad springtime.
The birds twittered, the flowers
smiled, and all earth seemed to be
clothed in transcendent beauty. As
the good Bishop slowly walked along
his way he was subconsciously im-
pressed with the splendor of the
hour but his soul was absorbed
with the message revolving through
his mind, he was to deliver to the
eager expectant congregation in a
few minutes. t
So absorbed was the Bishop that
walk, until he had taken a few
steps past it, when he was at-
tracted by a sob. He paused, looked
around, and beheld a young woman
the curbing with
sitting on the curbing with a ba-
by m her arms. So torn with
grief was this pitiful creature she
was unmindful of the presence of
the Bishop until his gindly voice
soothed her anguish. “Is there
something I can do for you, my
child?’ asked the Bishop, in father-
ly tones. Drawing the baby doser
to her throbbing breast she turned
her tear-stained face, pinched with
pam, up to the Bishop and sobbed
with pain, “They are coming in a
few minutes to take my baby away.
I know I have done wrong, but I
want to do right, if they would on-
ly give me a chance. Oh, why
don’t you rich people provide some
way for us mothers to keep our
babys and care for them and give
us a chance to undo the "in of cur
lives ?”
The good man brushed a tear f’-cm
his eye, bent over the little mother
and said, “Come, go with me.” His
voice was so gentle, his face was so
kind the little mother trusted him
and arose, with his assistance and
they passed along the sidewalk to-
ward the great edifice »hat .vould
have awed her with ’its Massive-
ness had not the strung man been
by her side. Entering the Cathe-
dral the Bishop led her to a seat
and, taking the baby in his strong
arms, strode down the aisle and
paused in front of tne baptismal
font, then turned to face the sur-
prised, and .startled c jngr»-gat’on.
In an even, firm vo*ce he oegan,
"We have assemble! burr? today to
dedicate this magnificent gift of
your love and devot’un to God, m
the name of Jesus Cnrisx, the Fnend
of Sinners, but before doing so J
have a brief message to debver.
This baby, in my arms, is an in-
nocent, helpless, bit <<i humim’ty
Its little mother, sitting back in
the church, has broken some of tr.e
Conventional laws, as \ e’l as th?
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