The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, October 19, 1923 Page: 3 of 8
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THE COMMERCE JOURNAL, COMMERCE. TEXAS. OCT. 19. 1923
A MEETING QUEER
COMING
By DOROTHY R. SCOVILLE
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Everything for Building
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Pul the Ho> se Before the Cart!
— Billie BIMit.
Build Your Home First
Tokyo,
L*t u show you plans and help you buiM this very tall
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Oil
CALOMEL RaiEVES
THE BACKACHE
371 People
14 Big Shows
NORMAL LOSES
CLOSE GAME TO
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BANDITS LOOT
HOTEL GUESTS
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Chevrolet popularity is due to the fact that it is the
world’s lowest price quality automobile.
It was do-
op-
to have
KANSAS CITY. Mo. Oct. 14 — Six
bandit* held up the Baltimore Hotel
— .J in
two automobiles with loot estimated
at between 32.000 and W.OOO.
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34—70 Foot R. R. Cars
A $350,000 INVESTMENT
F
DANIEL BAKER i
about some of the things I have seen
and beard. The ftrat thing that at-
tracted our attention on entering To-'
Yokohoma. Sometimes you
will see walls standing, but they have er and Brl<iKes. guards; Spencer and
; Patrick and Fite,
Pennington.
Wimberley.
certainly
the
and
and
Denby.
suc-
Lion ■
Baker
stand-
from
' and Merritt,
back.
I East Texas—McGill, center; Drap-
SON’S WORLD’S FAIR SHOWS
AMERICAS SECOND LARGEST *
To get rid of worms In children
give them White's Cream Vermifuge.
The little sufferer improves at once
and soon becomes healthy, active and
robust. Price 35c. Sold by Com-
merce Drug Co.
Be Here Every Night
COMMERCE, TEXAS O
ENTIRE WEEK, OCT.
rLEMIUMBERfO
1 VINCI I ALWRVS I •
V Inn BUILDING-
Originators of COMPLETE Building
Service in the Southwest
money refunded. Try it—we guarantee
d23fiw42.; you’ll feel better tomorrow.
Moore (Vanderbilt).
jaSunuH ‘nemsauu pean
yCHEVROLET
we
have one consultation in the fact
:hat we make more first downs than
did the Daniel Baker eleven. It is
1
We at<®
tatives to demonstrate
Wash Furnace;,
is allowed.
D. Wynn -American
Commerce. Texas.
you
or bili
Teats with Pepsinated Calomel, the
aew English Calomel treatment, have
shown that it is one of the most power-
ful stimulants to the kidneys which we
possess. While not intended primarily
for the treatment of kidney diseases,
yet it exerts a powerful influence upon
these organs and promptly relieve®
backache due to the kidneys, by stimu-
lating both the liver and kidneys, thus
tiding them in removing the waste
matter that is causing trouble. If your
j aack aches most of the time, or if
per year. ~ ■
of
will
the nea- j
On.-lhird ui the sio«'k *
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'been gutted by fire Everything that N«rwood. tackles:
would burn has been burned. ThereleBd8; •'•orris. quarter;
were some small fires still burning
when we came into the harbor, eight
days after tbe quake.
We are now on our way to Kobe,
Japan, where we will unload most
of the refugees that are on board,
and I will get to sleep on a bed one
more time. From Kobe we will pro-
cede to Shangbi. Hongkong, and Ma-
nila. We were due to a, rive in Mani-
la on the 19th. but we will arrive
about a week late on account of our
layover in Yokohoma.
Hoping that this will find you well
C. C. WILLIAMS.
P. S. If you see fit you may publish
this in tbe Commerce paper for the ,
1 , benefit of the many who ask me to
’■ ' write them. C. C. W. 1
away ,
LARGE SULL IS
FOUND BY OFFICERS
Ibanaiw neio up the Baltimore B
SHERMAN, Texas, Oct. 15.—The here early Sunday and escaped
Pepsinated Calomel to bring relief be-
tween sundown and sunup or your
U w«a» unpuuvar uv»ri uuirut FC-
' fused to accept any help from them.
’ The natives that are left are in a
kohoma Bay was the two fortresses pitiful condition. They are living in sPencer on tackle, were the
which guard its entrance. Each one',hp Parks and everywhere, under st“r». both making many fine plays
of them covers a small island. With ’ shelter of corrugated iron, leaned to-
our eyes we could see that tbe two ' Kether like a bouse top. They can be
light towers ware leaning, and een walking the streets, men women
and children without a thread of
Oae of the wj.-v. t remarks ever made was, ‘Til own a home of
my oen before I indulge in an automobile or similar luxury."
A man ihat believes that way can always get more credit, is
worth more to hia family and community and Is on tbe surest
road to succosc.
' ■LUHLITY COUPE $76520 Delivered
I a. wwJ — 1 •
stand There are now
have at the jail her*.
From The East Texan:
Driven into despiration by two
cessive defeats the Clipped
tore into the strong Daniel
eleven and played them to a
•fill last Thui.sday. The boys
East Texas showed considerable im-
provement over their work in the two
but for
kept
was.
This was our first T. I. A. A a.’ i
twenty miles the year While the loss of the
game
|ty miles inland and her husband bap-,1'0 excellent chance to win
as
fends; Morris,
fullback; Holley
halfbacks.
Referee:
-aaidcna
Scott (A. k M.)
“Then what are you?”
him aquarely.
“A wanderer,” he said simply.
“Recently arrived on the freighter
San Pedro from South America. Ac-
quired malaria while there, and some
one acquired all but a few pesetas of
my money when I arrived here. Jobs
don’t seem to be very numerous,
either.”
“Ara you a job hunter, toot’ she
asked, with a little laugh. “We seem
to have that much in common, any-
way.”
“I may get a ship to the West Indies
tomorrow, though,” lie said.
“And I may get my story accepted
tomorrow," she said.
“And If we don't?” lie questioned
cynically.
“Don’t think of it!” she begged.
The street lights twinkled on. The
darkness was creeping in.
“I must be going now.” site said,
"and I v.-lsh you luck, wanderer." She j
held out her hand to her shabby bench
companion. j
“But won’t you tell me your name,
and may I not write to you if I do go
"A friend helps a
I
'll
noticed one instance where this must
have been the case. It had been, as sheriff’s department captured one of
I was told, a large bank building, the largest stills yet seen in this sec-
It was a heap «< roles with five or tton today near Iron Ore creek, with
six hundred dead bodies beneath It. a great amount of ma«h.
and hundreds caught In the street by Ing business when found, but the
falling walls and brick. They seemed orators were wise enough
to ha*t> been making a rush for the someone on guard and they escaped
bulkUng hoping it would stand There are now about twenty stills
throwh the shock. The bodies
^BBOSwwwat
Wilson,
Japan,
September 12, 1923.
Mrs. Lizzie Haines,
< ommerce. Texas
I>ear Mrs. Haines:
Responding to your request for a I
Only big show coming this year. Clean, High Class, Refined
BENEFIT
AMERICAN LEGION POST NO. 1
Commerce, Texas
ins all day without food
On further questioning he .....
that he had that day dug out and bur-
lA.rl hi.. — If- n_x_ ,1 ...
Before she could reply he sut down
on the bench beside her with limp
heaviness,
“Excuse me for Intruding,” he niur-
' mured. “I didn’t think there would
be anyone here.”
towers were leaning,
through the field glasses we
see that the concrete
around the wall had broken, and In
ernrr.ent 1
of wlii-.:ey r.....
to 11 v. t <; i. -:r,. , ; ;
desigila.vu by die Revenue <
sioner without losing a single gallon
by theft, officials of the Treasury an-
nounced Sunday.
The work of concentrating remain-
in bond
la Of
ware- ’
a great■
ihfulness upon the part
:o
carry
letter teling something of my jour- ‘ *"i>ere were many of
----- ■ <*_ .. . J iloatine on the
I was being made to get them
. | destroy them.
in need of a le v repreeen-
our patented „
A goovl i-ommi ■ - cm druggists recommend and
r> ■ v. ■« S a .J ..I a* I. — f — .
See 1. M Nel-ma or li
Furnace Co.
following vivid account of the begun to decay and the odor from
the-e is terrible. I learned, or rath-
er heard that the soldiers entered the
city or Yokohoma this morning and
began to burn the bodies.
Yesterday morning about nine o'-
clock the tide began to come out.
With it was brought many dead bod-
ies. There was one that I noticed es-
specially of the many that cavne
near our boat. It was a woman with
a baby clinging to her back, just as
j the Japanese carry their babies.
1 these bodies
floating on the water and no attempt
or to
Tha
eart^uake damage ta Yokahoma,
Japan, is told by Charlie Williams,
former student at the College. He
enroute to the Philipppne?
to teach school.
Aboard S. S. Pres.
Off the Coast of
are troubled with constipation
ousness, try Pepsinated Calomel on tile
positive guarantee that you will be re-
lieved or vour money returned.
Commerce Drug Co. and all reliable
1 guarantee
ing stocks oi good whiskey
is pioccedi g a..i ‘ j. b ■ .n.
the great number of scattered i
houses the task has entailed
deal of wa
of the internal Revenue 2 :reau
prevent robberies.
Offkit.' eaid that by the end
the fiscal year th° entire volume
iO.OVO.OuO gallons of whiskey
have been transported to
warehouses. C ’ ' ’
have been moved thus (ar,
Treasury official, asserted
the Government will be be; ..."
to safegua.d th; tenaning
stocks wh-u tbe Iran <„».-s
pleted. Great-r economy also
be efie-1> d. Official claim that
probably will t S2‘)J,OPi.> !e« the
in preceding j . • ■ .! h? .-. ..-<
houses.
Ysu owe it to yourself and family to own a hone Krst. Get
the necessities and the luxuries will eome A home Increases tn
value the minute you get it. while an auto Oeereasss rhe minute
yea drive it oat.
ewnyT” he pleaded
lot,” he added wistfully.
She looked at him with a steady
keenness. Then she nodded assent.
Hastily she produced a fountain pen j
and from a notebook tore a scribbled
name and address.
The next day n certain story was
accepted for the munificent sum of $G5.
The youngish man In blue dun-
garees on the deck of a squat tramp
steamer plowing out of the harbor
looked wistfully back at the fading
city. “Nice gltl,” he sighed. And at
every port he mailed a letter.
▲ month later Kay Imne stories were
appearing in nearly all the magazines.
Success comes quickly when It does
coma
She moved to a better neighborhood
and acquired a little three-room apart-
ment—a quiet little place on the third
door. Across from her apartment was
aa empty one, whose tenants were a
writer who was away gathering mate-
rial for hie stories, and an actor, who
waa also away much of tbe time on |
tew.
1%ea oae day tbe apartment across
the bail was opened. One of Its occu-
pants had evidently returned, for there
waa a banging of doors and heavy
walklag.
That evening aa ehe was trying to
catch aa elusive word needed In a story
she waa working on abo waa atari led
by a barah voice tn the helghbortng
apartment crying out in agony:
“HelpI Oh, help net For the love of
heaven, help ue 1" She aat frdaen for
a moment Then there camo a shrill
scream of terror. A manta voice said
brutally, “Shut up I"
She flung open the door and looked
acroea at the door of the other apert-
ment She was about to turn Into her
room, when again came that unnat-
ural cry.
*TU choke you If you screech like
that agnla!" threatened the manta
voice.
"WhyP she exclaimed. There was
a moment of surprised sneoce. “Wan-
derer r
“Ton sold—* Again that terrifying
scream. “Confound that parrot!" he
exclaimed angrily. "Tou sold your
story, didn’t your
"But you—I thought you were really
s wanderer. Instead, t find you a
wrttor with a perfectly nice apart-
ment* she accused him
“Just like you,” he laughed. “Rut
I honestly was out of a job that day
I met yon. And this apartment Is only
half mine. A friend shares It, but he's
«way now. The day I met you he had
Jut left on a short trip and expected
to be beck before me, so I was locked
out of my own apartment. The land-
lady didn’t recognise me and wouldn’t
let me In with her pass key."
“Pre been having lock lately, ao that
accounts for my change of address."
she smiled. "But It’s nil so qneer nnd )
unconventional.” she added.
“’A meeting queer Is often dear,’"
be quoted with a gay suilla
While the lo-s of
was keenly felt, we still have
_____ .. .. ( cfcn
only ' f’trcnce championship, as we have
four looie games scheduled with T. I.
A. A. teams. This is an exceptional
UUIUIUK — —' o-o 11 she ‘.v heavy schedule, however, with
leaving might let one of her friends go down 'expected improvement
I line, the team should complete the
him down ami after question- "OD *il*‘ a fa*r degree of success.
.* the defeat the team return
ed in fine spirits, and were
dent of better luck in the
games. E. T. is always a game looser
ied his wife and his mother, and that and we have no alibis to offer for the
he wanted to go back the next day d«f«at yesterday, but
and try to find bis little girl. I oi.ei-
ed my assistance, but be told m“ ’hat
wax furrusl it •
uey. I will write to you at this time.
I am well and feeling fine. I have |
gained six pounds since 1 came
board the ship.
previous games and. but for a last
The stories of lhe American and totnuc break, would have kept the
The trip has been very Interesting. European refugees who came aboard !scorp even closer than it was. ;!:■
Even the ttip acrors the Stales, In-'^’e ship of their fright and suffer- [whole team showed exceltnl team
eluding stop- overs at Pueblo, t'olo, Jn" is enough to break the heart of'*”1^- *h(’ hie', of which had tost t!rn
Sait Igike City. Utah, were very in- anF man. All of them lost every-1’he two previous games, and on sev-
teresting. I went swimming in Great ' thing they had. and many of them | l'ral occasions held the Daniel Baker
Salt Lake, saw the great salt fields, i lost .some of their family. The firstquad when the E. T. goal wa in
and heard an organ recital in the fa-! evening 1 gave my state room to an danger.
inous Mormon Temple. I also spent 'merican woman and her two chil- ’ ----- -- -
about forty hours In San Francisco. I dren. who had w alked
There I visited the beach. China Town *° aet away. They were caught twen-
and other places of interest. w ...E™ lulou.l u
1 sailed from Frisco on the third pened to be in Kobe She saved
of August. We arrived in Honolulu > the clothing that she and the tw<
August 28 and left the next day We 'children wore away. She later came
arrived in Yokohoma on the morning lo Me and wanted to know if
of September 9th and we are 1 „
today, September 12th. Our voyage ’he rrxim and wash and shave
thus far has been one of continuous took
pleasure. The sea I
and the entertainments aboard the
ship have been excellent. I am on one
of the Pacific .Mail Steamship Com-
pany's boats, and we have ail
comforts of a first class hotel.
On our arrivsl in Yokohomo
thoughts were turned in another dl- .
rectlon. There we beheld tbe sight ot[’he American Navy
nothing less than complete destruc-j*nX amount of help in trying to fu d not ”x’ much to say that the Lions
elton of what was only a few days' 'he bodies of the foreigners. f><> c:
ago one of the largest cities in Japan. Aet the idea that the American Navy and would have come off far
I do not have words to describe the' would not help the Japan -se Out better but for the Brownwood boy’s
awfulness of it. but will try to tell navy ottered every assistance possi- luch in intercepting two E. T. passes
about some of the things I have seen hie but the Japanese Government re- for ,on" runs “nd a touchdown in
each instance.
Happy Jack Morris, at quarter, and
E. T.
The line-up:
Daniel Baker—Irby. C. Coke
laine. guards; F. Stirnger
Bragg, tackles; Vernon and
embankment clothing on thlr bodies. Their homes ends; Mack, quarter; S. E. Stringer
have been destroyed to the last one. J*0*1 Merritt, halfbacks; Haynes, full-
some places waa submerged below the there is not a single house left stand-
water. The canter of the larger Island j lns *n
seemed to have sunk, for the
towers were pitched in every
rectlon. We learned later that
eral hundred Japanese sailors
ished there during the quake.
■ -|pThe docks being destroyed.
Pres. Wilson anchored out in
harbor. We could plainly see the de-
struction of the city from our ship.
Small motor boats were used for go-
ing ashore. I do not believe any hu-
man can describe the scenes as they
are In that one time largest sea port
In Japan. This was the ninth, day
after the earthquake and the dead
bodies were still lying in the streets
and among the fallen buildings.
Nothing had been done toward
clearing away the dead bodies of the
natives. The foreigners were trying
to take care of their dead, but the
tires in Yokohama were doing
thing in the way of clearing
their dead. I heard that the natives
were piling their dear In plies and
burning them in Tokyo, which is
twenty-five miles from Yokohoma.
The people ia the buslnesse dis-
tricts seemed to ];ave rushed to the
stronger buildings for protection. I
Serious Bladder Trouble.
"Could not stand nor sit and was
forced to cry out from intense pain.”
writes Henry Williams. Tarkio. Mon-
tana, "The doctors said I had Inflam
mation of the bladder and an opera-
tion was necessary. Tried Foley
Kidney Pills and improved at once”
Get the genuine Foley Kidney Pills.
Sold everywhere.
Cut This Out—It is Worth Money
Send this ad and ten cents to F'ol-
WASHiNGTON. Oct 14. The Gov- ey & Sheffield Ave., Chicago
i ;■<>. .d -. ,<»)') barrels HL, writing your name and address
ri.'.' • warehouses I clearly. You will receive a ten cent
.••alehouses bottle of Foley's Honev and Tar for
'nra’ 'Coughs and Colds, and free sample
packages of Foley Kidney Pills and
Foley Cathartic Tablets. Try these
wonderful remedies. Sold every-
where.
“You should be home tn bed. You
are ill.” She said this impatiently,
1 frowning at him.
j “Yes, I agree with you." He gave a
j little grin. "But I don’t own a home
. or a bed at present."
“Oh," she said. “I'm sorry I can’t
I help you,” she reflected, after a pause.
I “Please—I'm not a beggar—yet," he
XXZZ. Sy MvClurv Nvwvvapvr Synlica’.w.,
QHE dldu't hava a job and there
wasn't one In sight Room rent
due In two days, and her typewrltel
! “‘‘?ded 8. nSw ribbon. The blue eye*
were a bit discouraged and the mouth
, bad lost Its smile. Everything seemed
I ao hopeless. The gray day Just
■ matched Kay Lane’s mood. She was
| sitting on a bench near ths river's
; edge. A high hedge screened her from
' passersby and the traffic on the bridge,
j She sat staring at the twirling dead
i leaves and tbs muddy teeter of tbe
1 river. Suddenly _a shadow fell acros*
the leaves. A Blender, youngisE Tnan
. with confused brown eyes stood by
the bench, swaying uncertainly, and
, with a hand tightly clasped over the
bench back. •— j-
I “Do you mind if I—alt here?" be
questioned weakly.
I Before she could reply he sut down
1
UUf l»l ItHlllIlUOUN *..**■ uvvwu auu .niri It <f| - - ......
has been *moolhe be told me that he bad been work Despite
csta aboard the *11 day without food or waUr in ,,n“
toh? me
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