The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, October 24, 1924 Page: 2 of 8
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glad to say that our self-sacrificing
public servants who have succeeded
in getting renominated are still will*
ing to immolate themselves on the al-
ter of their country and serve.
CEMETERY NOTICE.
The De been cemetery is of neceo-
sipP'ltept up by private donation.
There is m
one desiring'
cause please
to city secret
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price $10.00
t. Pool or ask
land the boy who smells of bacon
every time.
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etc., etc., A
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We want the political correspond-
ents to quit sending their stories
about our candidates being a “good
mixer” to these parts. This is dry
territory, and to eall a man a good
mixeV makes the drys suspicious, and
exasperates the wets.
Evelyn Harris, of Atlanta, son ol!
Joel Chandler, Harris, has returned
from abroad and says London is
gum-Usgirt’fa
If rubber roads probe to h*Tprofession/^
ideal roads within
tian direct tX the roots of the teeth,
relieving pafaXtightening loose tegth,
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germ that, leads
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Bonds, X
Farm Lo
Liens ^Extended
Real Estate, >
Phone
Money fcefa wMmit i
tf HUNT'S auA>ai
SKIN DI8BASB R■
(Huat'a Salve afa Boa
th* treatmant oTIteb,
Rincworaa.Tctt*r»ro<----
ln« Ski a diwMH. Try ON* * ' *• < JL
tiutmal nt our rick. \
For Sale by Tomlin Drug Co.
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Fire Insurance ..- ,'Z
Agent
s, Abstracts,
and Vendors
Right?
m your watch every
a\e sure it is keeping
inafootbaTT ’
r can experience
S in one well 1
by DeLeon than
Football we ever
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that use modern methods
ntss. They even see
leave their homes in
of the Hartfc
y.
where. Ai
er. If he do^n’t have
it in stock, send $1.00
direct to us for a pre-
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therefore, will use a sharp pointed
plow and’run it shallow enough to cut
the root arid leave it in the grtnmd as
far as possible.
.4 serviceable piece of merchandise
for Ladies who appreciate distinctive
styles, unusual, wearing quality and
moderate price.
Made of real silk, in all the season’s
( most wantedlzolors.
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tea; institutions that mean
to the welfare of our eom-
ppose I bought your seeks:
! dealing a blow to myself |
*1Wow business men.
that every man in town
an opportunitv to do or say
to hurt his fellow business
* little. Wnat kind of a
d we have in just a Huie
Ije peddler remarked: “You
e other day a sljck yo’jng
an made his appearance at
rasa office offering to* “take
>r” for a lot of silk socks he
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Masonic Balding
Comanche, Texas
by private
fund for this wprk. - Aay-
Sdo • contribute to this
Hand or send donation
tarAor mygetf.
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sales-
Free
our or-
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was
ing. There was not the'Sttghtest^-Msters,
in the mind of the writer that
rang man wrffc offering a good
e. Furthermore, the price was
rohibitive for a high class article
igh without a doubt higher
our own home merchants ask
a article just a.< go<Hi. For be it
a, these sliek"young salesmen do
ravM^tfbout the country for
hwth. However, the Free Press
djd not make a purchase. In-
we looked the hosiery man
riy in the countenance and im-
I to him a hunk of philosophy
ff “Friend, only this week we
down the street and presented
y statements to no less than
■SkMrs who sell hosiery, and
r all paid off. If we took “their
je, unworthy the name of a man.
te sapie merchants are our part-
i in ihaintaining this town, build-
ita business enterprises, support-
la institutions, and making it a
place in Wlttrii to do business. jf |eft jh llii Mi Tho wiae
se merchants are our heaviest tax
STS, their tax money, and donations
The Prince of Wales has been visit-
ing in the land of Unele Sam we had
an idea we would not like the Prince,
but it was another case of pre-judg-
ing. We really adore him. He had
not been in this country an hour be-
fore he said “_you all.” How de£r to
our old Southern hearts in the man
who. knows the! meaning of words, and
knows how to thrill them so they will
fall in softest^ sweetest cadence on
the Southern ear
Important Message
FCfX
GUARANTEED
Eggall is;
teed to increase your
production to
your own satisfaction
cure Cholera/Limber
Neck, Diarrhea, etc.
v Eggall is sold on a
itive money back
irantee, wi t h o u t
stion, yuor money
cheerfully refund-
“Defence Day" passed without en-
dangering the peace of the world, and
we reckon some of our war-shy broth-
em were unduly alarmed. Even the should be d?ne that he" is a failuro as
Boy Scouts refrained from hostile de-1’- *----
monstrations, While the Giri Scouts
failed to Wield a wicked broomhandle
or flourish an angry rolling-pin.
- Twins, beautiful
ing girls of about twelve years,
whose hips are grown together slight-
ly to the back, are te Be’ seen again
at the Dallas Fair as one of the Worth
am attrartions on the midway. The
1|WW iadirs are of average sise, beau-
' tiful of face'and form, and seem not
unhappy in their strange situation.
It is said their case is not ope that
modern surgery can remedy, so they
will go through life as did the original
pair of Siamese twins, the Hofrtra
who died simultaneously a
few years ago, i
know of between
Worth are doubly
cautious about speeding within their
city limits. They put up signs warn
ing the motorist against driving over
15 miles an hour and leave the streets
in such condition that one is in dan- married
ger of breaking his neck if he drives
half that fast. Some cautious we call
it.
J. T. EDMONDSON
TAILOR
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i Athletic Director. Brownw<Kd-~TeT4w ■ I
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They say there'are 7,000.000 new
voters in the country this year, but
the chances are most of them will be
so interested in foot ball that they
will forget to vote.
little knobs formed in clusters on the
large tap root. This valuable materia!
was gathered from the air through
the leaves of the plant and stored in
the roots and is most valuable to the
soil. It is highly profitable to the land
Improved 01
New Mexico,
as good-land as
plentiful, See
W. R. Pool.
480 acres, all level
all fenced, 75 acres X in cultivation,
plenty of good water
per acre for cash.—W.
Free Prevs.
grocery and
u*es every- j
>ft\vour deal-
WHY PAY
A LONG PRICE
seasons yields , .the -erown to
Philklelphia. Beauty that is regnant
but two years is not dependable
Swing to the frying pan and skillet.
methods. They watch the trade that
■' thev should have drift to the towns
' - -• •steVet busi-
tfieir children
utter disgust
| with the sTbwness of the places where
they have grown up. They appear ob-
' about them. Apparently they do hot
' realise that they could prosper just
’< as riehl> as the others ami that the
1 poverty of their town in all the things
■ that go to make life worth while is
due to their disposition to put off ac-
tion. It is folly to travel like’a snail
when others headed for thewme goal
are using automobiles or airplanes.
Ike PasungDay
By WILL H. MAYES
- One of the most difficult lessons to
impress on students is the importance
ting puntual in attendance at
RATES:
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FOR LA DIES OF DISCERNMENT
THE DEPENDABLE STORE
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erroneous reflection upon the
er or standing of any person
i appearing fa its column* wilh
For your new Fall Hat. We have
John B. Stetson shapes which we can
make up fora’ou into anj/, style of
sixe, at 'y
$4.50 $5.50
Or, we have real Ahn B. Stei
slightly used, to offenat eapk’A
Call and inspect qurraie.
Tnondson
Hatter—DryChpanfcr
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It has been noted that peanuts
this year have an unusually large
quantity of nitrogen stored in the
served with
squares, so |
taxed wHhtrtftic,
principal bridges, of tl
traffic averages 1000 v
x . each way. The present Boston n
ley see that other merchants are get- «hu,|gft includes an item
$100,000 far rubber streets.
The’perfect has not been found in
respect bf either smooth going or en-
durance. r “ ? ,
ideal roads within economic reach
they will not lack the oportunity to
prpve themselves here.
TORN LAND
unimproved, in eastern
\r sale of trade, it is
>u want, good water
i or Free Press.—
r£d sandy loam.
The tardiness habit often hits farm-
ers especially hard, I know a hard-
working farmer, who does not appear
to mind toiling from sunrise to sunset,
but who never plows his land early-
enough, never plants his crops when
they should be planted, and when he
is fortunate enough to make a good
crop be never gathers it soon enough
to save it in its best condition. He
wonders why, although he works hard-
2- er than most of his neighbors, he
does not prosper like they do. He
dees not seem to realize that it is be-
exause he never does a thing when it
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a' farmer.
second-cla*®’ mail mat- &
wstoWke in De Leon, -
Act of Congress of
Bats and owls inhabit the 'cattle
stalls at. the Dallas Fair this year
One accustomed to see this spacious
building filled with wooly Shorthorns
sleek Jerseys and other standard
breeds must feel a sense of disappoint
ment at their absence. The hoof and
mouth disease in the vicinity of Hous-
ton is responsible for the fact that
there are no cattle at the fair this
.Man ■■■
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-LAWYER
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town. We don’t know exactly^what
Ewie .means, unless it be that the
men can got all the liquor they want
in London, and the women can get all
the pretty cloths they want fa Paris.
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By Georte 1C Baily, Editor
Houston Dispatch
t doesn’t seem girls. They defy time, and they will
; Jm, for we
1 not for the
ijure the town,
it of the town
l town is mak-
ion just that
its taxes abd
rthat all *«|]
fa. Think it over.
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estic demand for gasoline
nth of August was 819367i
i, an increase of nearly
over 1923. Stocks on hand
is Sept. 1st. were over a
a quarter gallons; this
esent about 50 days supply
about
apl in
Thomas
come fa contact with a single person
who is against Coolidge. Are all
. I persons Democrats?-
----
New York tenants are hoping rents
will tumble. Vain hopes. Rent* will
tumble when taxes tumble. Tehnal.L.
pay the taxes on the property they
inhabit, and the sooner they ascertain
that fact the better for them.
LaFollette says there is a ground
swell 1n his favor. We know this:
About one-eleventh of the ground in
ncme'o^U Iwriling for Boh**’ gr®w thro“«^ progressive
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We could have decided whether the
Columbus beauty was entitled to the
honors of Atlantic City, and our test!
would haVe been a pan of her biscuits.
Pretty is as pretty does, we say.
___ -- ■ hvious to the decay and slow death
Now they tell us that the Democrats
havf adopted the cob mpe as a party
sytnbol. That will do for a temper-,
ary thrill, but -we can never get a
symbol that will prove a permanent
substitute for our ancient jackass.
-----work assigned to them. The fault
must lie in the homes, for it is a les-
son that has to be taught to every
one. In fact it-looks like tardiness
is almost a national habit. When'to
L • ■ -■ do_^_ thing, even the swall* streMIdreh f
ObservatMHir^ 1
if an errand is performed in an htour J
or two of the time fa which he
told to do it. With this condition fa
the home it is hard for the teacher
America ” who after two victorious to change habits when the children
go to school. < ,
The worst thing about this habit
of dardiness formed in youth is that
it nearly always dings on through life i
Most of us are inclined to put off
the doing of a thing until the last min-
ute, although we know that the longer
action is delayed, the more difficult it
becomes. Especially is a difficult
task the more difficult and the more „
The worst thing about this habit of t
tardiness formedtfn youth is that it M
nearly always dings on through life.
AM w a ' » - •'n* ■ a ’ __:_A _ Al’
doing of a thing until the last minute,
although we know that the longer ac-
tion is delayed, the more, difficult it
becomes, Especially is a difficult task
the more difficult and the more dread-
ed when it is postponed from time to
' * time. It is axiomatic that most of our
man’s town and Faris is a woman’s troubles vanish before they are reach-
ed, but a thing that has to be done -
grows larger to the mind with each
postponement, even though it may ap-
pear insignificant when it is finally
reached. , . ■
Every person who has served on a
committee or attefidMli' public meet- ’
ing has been impressed with the great
loss of time in waiting. Not one per-
son .fa ten attends a meetipg prompt-
ly, and those who struggle in appear
to place no value whatever on the
tiflW Of those who are forced to await
their coming. You may have a right
to waste your own time, but have no
right to steal the time of any one else
by keeping that person waiting for
you. r
Old-newspapers 10c per $00 at the
Free -Press.
Po McMillan’s Centenary College
Friday. October 31, at 3 p. m.
ownwood
For Reservation write
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J.H
f Some of the dtizens of Knoxville
t their taxes are still pfaqhing them-
s sdves to see if they are awake.
A. Mi»soup farrnm- has just served
a ham that had been buried in ashes
for fifty years. That mart have been
what, they call “ham what am". .
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It fa said Jack Dempsey fa teaeh-
» see hit
We’ll admit that LaFollette is a lit-
tle fast for us progressives. While
we are standing pat for tearing up
W »«t th,
pension, Boo tavor,® (trowing the su- t_i .
pre me eour# judges, dividing up the
money and dynamiting the banks.
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asl COLLEGE FOOTBALL I
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Howard Payne C
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re that your policies
farmer, r
of
er Stores or to Other owna Such mer-
their competitors
trade, but they
competition gets
discor«>y ia a pleasant
ijnid medicated with
iling and germ-destroy.
a used by the ddntal
ich carries the medica-
the roots of the teeth,
d^cets and killing the
* ‘ pyorrhoea, there
by accomplishing « home in a pleas-
ant way, all the £ood benefits of a
treatment in the dental chair without
the pain and expense\ Recommended
TOMLIN DR
RUBBER ROADS
A contributor to India Rubber
World, published fa New York, sug- 1 HC-j.
gests that the time is at hand or soon . « EaUi
to eome when scrapped automobile .. „
tires will find a ready market arjddJ^ Tailor— Hatt
converted into material for the con-
struction of rubber roads, j
Rubber roads are not a novelty in
England. We are told that in the
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in London there is a rubber pavement
that was laid in 1870 and is still serv-
ing its .mission. In the half-century
it has been worn away to a depth of
fibres than a quarter of an inch.
n Rubber -roads are expensive us to
first cost? fart-nft is said they . wear
longer than wjood block—so much
longer that they are less expensive iiT
the long run. For all kinds’ of travel,
timo- .2.—‘L ------— —- —-i
nbt slippery for either horses or mo-1
- -u ? _ 1 — a M *> — mun.«.a
ber pavements in Bostoiyis being ob->
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There are merchants who do not
y goods until they are to be found
the -helves of other stores, and (he
yers hare been forced to go to oth-
«feees for’them. There are other
rchant' who do not advertise until
the bulk of their trade and they
then fall in line, and hope to get the
b. m. fa x
‘ cfaints may spend, one.jray or-another
s As much money
in trying to attract trade,
dilly-dally until t
| ahead of them. They then wonder why
4bey are not getting the business that
goe*r else where.
There are communities -and towns
that are afflicted with the tardiness
’habit to such an extent that they
have come to be classed as mossback
communities or “water-tank” towrys.
The inhabitants sit still and let places
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Scott, R. L. The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, October 24, 1924, newspaper, October 24, 1924; De Leon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1262037/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.