The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, September 19, 1924 Page: 4 of 8
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have been
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Blue
E. Conway is
executive, which
Born to Mr. and Mrs. I. O. Simms
of the Columbia community Tuesday,
a fine girl. »
Paul Bledsoe left the first of this
week for Austin where he will enter
Texas University.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Pierce of South
Carolina are visiting their sister, Mrs.
John Jones.
Free prices for the kiddies Mon-
day at Eastland's 6 A 10c Store.
Mrs. Fannie ■. Hogan and daugh-
ter. Mias Alice end Mrs. Jack Hogan,
have returned from a visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Rex Lacey at Kaufman
and
Jack
spent the day with Mrs. Coxa*
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Earhart.
of
of
Work oh the Commerce-
----1 was deferred
until dry
‘ people
’ over
AXs 1 k-1
ren Hart
add,
you
Bolshevists
» United
attend the
week
big
Mrs. Aubrey Goff and Mrs. R. D.
Estes and children were F'airhe visi-
tors Sunday afternoon.
Homer t'arr came in from Sher-
"Shadows of Paris,” with Pola Negri
soon.
-a
■aMta
have
where
versit'
Worth
State
school
Bui
Hastli
a.'.
sd i . - -
lives. Funny!
The Russian
charge that the
Mrs. V. M. Brecheen is in Hugo,
Okla.,.at the bedside of a sick daugh-
ter, Mrs. W. E. B. Leonard.
Mi.-s Katherine Draper.
Camp and Miss Addie
Ro
offer
State
indivl
judge
ted ii
tion I
Pat 1
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name
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Miss Rose Terry of San Antonio
is visiting her sister's family. Prof,
and Mrs. L. I. Smith.
real
ve-
to
on account of serious
, RINGWORM and all forms of
of f-ln troubles.—Commerce Drug Co.
1 Wheeler's Drug Store. deod-w.
BOOSTS RAH Y
-F0R4.T.C0LIJ
1 by ex-otfi-
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Mrs. Martha Young has been
sick for the last few days but is
ported some better now.
of our
having calls
.1 pay to list
We are doing
will
Roper and aocs, r
and Mrs.
and Mrs. J.
---» motored tor
Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Will H. Acker have
moved to the Jernigin apartments on
Bonham street.
It is times like these
we most appreciate the abund-
ant supply of good water in
Commerce.
Miss Blanche Dejernert vs tn Dal-
las visiting her sister, Mrs. Clifton
Moody.
Mrs. M. D. Waller and daughter,
Misa Willette have returned from
visit with relatives at Dallas.
We ask you to eome see what a
wonderful line of school necessities
we have.- Eastland’s.
Miss Ix-lia Wetherbee of
Mass., is the bouse guest
aunt, Mrs. D. D. Estes.
Boston,
of her
Miss Juanita Rogers of Caddo. Ok-
lahoma, is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Bert Wise.
Mrs. C. E. Davis and daughter,
Gwen Marr, of Quanah are here for a
month's visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. S. O’Connor.
The Ben Irvin place 2
northwest of Klondike, in
ty; 100 r—
land, close
C lear of debt r
put in loan for
and two lots in Commerce „
L. IRVIN, Commerce, Texas
•w40.
Mrs G. W. Simms of the Columbia
community left on the Cotton Belt
Friday afternoon for the south plains
where she will visit her son, Tom
Simms, at Lamesa, and other relatives
at Post City and in New Mexico. She
will be gone about four or five weeks.
Misses Katherine and Margue'rite
Walker have returned from Jennings,
I .a., where their summer vacation
was spent visiting relatives.
L
An exchange says a man lost
his mind after drinking two
quarts of bootleg liquor. Where
was his mind in the first place?
Master Claud Robert Fuller arriv-
ed Sunday to fill with sunshine the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Reeves Fuller, on Maloney street.
It has been suggested that
the Republicans will have at
least one advantage if they
elect their ticket. Mr. Dawe's
can swear himself in.
MIm Grace Gunn has returned
from Greenville where she has been
visiting Mies Lola Moe Stovall dur-
ing the poet week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M Simpson
Sunday morning by motor on a few
days vacation. They will make Abi-
lene, Cisco and other western points.
KKBBw«B99aBSHSe
Cards are oat announcing* the ar-
rival of little Misa Johnnie Ruth Mo-
Kinney, daughter of Mr. and Mra.
Mrs. Eli Orren and children. Misses
DeAlva, Margarete and Frances, have
returned from a lengthy visit at
Waco, Mt. Pleasant and Saltillo.
Rev. and Mrs. J.
Dwight and Jarold Dwayne,
Roper'S parents. Rev. r~
Powell, of Buffalo, Mo.,
Greenville ano lx>ne Oak
afternoon.
NOnCE A Aarwe of Sl.tO will be nwte
for pablirthinff obituary notice®, anti M
cents for card® of thanks.
The minute anybody
tions prosperity, the
Sky salesman seems to he the
first to hear it.—Des Moines
Tribune.
Mrs. 8. P. Hart left Mon. afternoon
for Bryan where she will visit her
mother, Mrs. W. J. Walker, and oth-
er relatives for a few days.
_____• Z A.
Mr. and Mra. Joe McKee of Mem-
phis, Texas, are visiting her brother,
and mother, Grady Blaylock and Mrs.
Henderson on Park street.
The Journal editor passed
another annual milepost in the
journey of life this week, but
he is not telling his
more. It is 1
During his sermon Sunday night, !
Rev. G. C. French announced that he
considered is a Christian and patriot-
ic duty to vote against Ferguson and
for Dr. Butte for governor in the
general election. He urged that the
primary election pledge, under the
circumstances did not bind a voter to •
vote for Ferguson.
Misses Beulah and Violetta Thomp-
son of Greenville are guests of Mrs.
E. R. Whitley.
real autumn weather. The little
norther was a great relief after
a long, dry, hot summer.
I he Sit-ami-Argue Club in
Commerce has about gone out
of business lately. The losers
have nothing to talk about and
the winners are -ashamed to
talk about it.
tote
Commerce to make their 1t,ie $tate ;tn<l
homes and educate their chil-lfnuse of t,lis
dren. I hat s why the town is
growing all the time. Come
to Commerce.
ern China. They are about
near the truth in this as
anything else.
Mrs. W.
Mrs A. L.
man Sunday for a short visit with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fayett
Carr.
Mrs. D. R. I^ngridxe and son
Clifford, and Mrs. J. P. Hogue and
daughter, Miss Genevieve, motored
to Paris Sunday to attend church
u
^J^ ^r vrt^pol.a^pttes Ajw as®
yrold^e ruah^BwtttanS's.
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$9 > ®P
,M*ip a^tar.awo 0irsd|bMM.
a*4 SwSmM ‘KUS son of
Shennas are, visiting relatives here.
Ion's-1 _ ■ ~rr.----jsn— ' ; ' ; ----
u I ***■ r- AMereca WWt twa days
Mrs. Floyd Harrison has returned
from a business trip to Oklahoma
•nd a visit with bomefolks at Deni-
son.
Mrs. Annie Bryant and daughter,
Miss Roxy, have returned from a via I
it at Ardmore, Okla., with her sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Roue of Fair-
lie spent the week end with her par-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. A. Watson.
Claud Prim and son, Allan Dale,
were In Greenville Sunday visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Acker and
little daughter. Anna Jean.
Mon-
■ moving tjucu;,
returned to round
plans to
We Solicit Your
Gin Business
We have just opened our double battery gin whieb
is located northeast of the Midland Freigut Depart,-and
are ready to give you FIRST CLASS GIN SERVICE.
One trial is all we ask. Our superior service and
satis factory work will make at permanent eustonier.
Mrs. Roy McCallon arrived
I day morning from LubboAt.
Mrs. Met 'alIon are
bock and she has 1
up their business here Jhe
Wednesday or Thurs-
the Booster Hally atarai *.
Penta A'om'B. T.t #«inaeday‘ TeoA
communb "**
commune hor^ b
J I the aquaft fnpm wiqch j^*ee waaoti
0 fan snappy program" wat'givaa.* They
I- I were "then conducted to^lcCmdon*»
1 Lake to enjoy a wofnie roast. ' - .
Mrs. B. A. Miller acted as toastmM-
treos and, in a veiry pleasing taaaaar
! to the KT.
Mr. Bd-
1 »»r-art stndio
tr^ajrt of
__I
Mra. T. J. Hubbard had aa
guest the latter part of last week,
her sister, Mra. & B. Parkina uruik-
eon and daughter, Harry and Miaa
Virginia, of Dallas.
M. Edge and son. Claud,
Carr and Mrs. J. W. M -
-------Thurw-
mcon and Vlrltad the sick in
sanitariums there.
SKIN TROUBLES begin with the
fall and winter months. THREE IN
Inez ONE OINTMENT is sold Or; a poaWivv
u - Knight Stiarantaa for ITCH, BCZEMA. TET-
have returned home from Greenville ‘TER, p~—---- --- - -
Where they were bouse gnests of f^n ‘
Miss Martha Fuller last week. j Wheeler’s Drug Btora.
fl
her
The fellows who scratched
the ticket two years ago, now
want to turn a lot of Democrats
Jut of the party wl:o have vot-. ,t: wi|l take
J a straight ticket all their
—* "V!
Brashear KitCrick motored to Greenville
now charge that the
-Is ahont to seize North-
as
in
1-2 miles
Delta coun~
acres, fair improvements, good
—to school and church,
and good title, can be
$5,000. Also house
—-—— for sale.—
lx>ts of folks are going west to
pick cotton but none of them leave
Crops are a little short in
county, but there is still
eat.—
Mias Nobia Myers has returned
home from a steit at wolte City.
TbeComaerce Journal
tfAMTl MMNL* Fnbliabm
Sterling Hart
mUSHHD 1VBRY
tatsrad •• saeood elan matter Agrll XX.
•sag. gt the poatoffin at Commerce. Tama,
aadw aM at Oonsma. March. UTS.
SUBS4 RIPTI0M BATESt
. , 1( Weekly Jemal
Three. Months
SI* Months -----------
One Ynai: —_______________
t-' MaRy Jemal
- By Carrier or MaU
Oae Month ........
Three Months ....
Sne Year
Rev. J. A. OM was teAftresnam,
Tuesday afternoon to be with M. H*
Terry who underwant an operation
iter appendicitis. Rev. Mr,' Old re-
ports a successful operatiofa.
C. O. Srurait and family of Plain-
view recently enjoyed a nice visit
With relatives and frienJs southwist
of town. He is a son of J. W. Surratt.
are those
as super- | fested in its products.
of departments
anti others who contributed
ta money for the erection of the
to buildings and other purposes
/ V.
a successful
means that
he knows how to do things anti
how to get things done. TI._
fair may now be considered |student body-
permanent ami another year it
----- -----j year.
Any erroneous reflection upon the charac-
ter. standing or reputation of any person,
firm, or corporation whick may appear i
the coin inns of The Journal will be iriadU
and fvHy corrected upon being brought to
the publisher’s attention. . , • a-
--------------------------------- to lie praised. Secretary
State Press says, “Come to
Texas.” He might well
“if here, stay where
are.”
I We have a large list of city
fann property from which home buy-
I era and investors may make selec-
tions. Following are a few of them:
Half section of land in Gaines
I county to trade for farm or houses
I .and lots. This land Iras 5-room house,
barn and windmill; 225 acres in cul-
tivation. Incumbrance of |4,200 as
follows. $12 per acre to thd State at
3 per cent, and $3,000. This land is on
the Plains two miles from Seagraves.
An H80 ranch in Mills county; good
house, cross fenced, running water,
dipping vats, etc. This is a fine piece
of property for a real ranchman and
it is clear of debt. Will trade for
land within 30 miles of f'ommerce
and if necessary assume some indebt-
1 edness.
Two lots in southwest part of town
and nearly enough lumber to build a
house. Price $900.
Only drug store in town of about
800 people, doing good business. Will
sei or trade for Commerce property.
A big bargain in a 350 acre farm
of Sulphur Springs.
> some
fenced
Bayla to rtf
Dwane Rogers left late Wednesday
afternoon via the Texas Midland
Conroe, in south Texas, where he is
a member of the teaching faculty the
present school year. Dwane’s work
will be in the department of Manual
Training.
Mrs. C. D. Fuller of Greenville vis-
ited her son’s family, Monday, Mr.
and Mrs. Reeves Fuller, on Maloney
street
Mrs. F. M. Holder of ‘
spent Saturday night and Sunday with da>
her neice's family, Mr. and .Mrs J r,n'‘ of ,h
Charley Draper. She is also visiting ---
Dr. and Mrs. y. G. Allen nad
fheir house guest last week, Mrs. I.
G. Jenkins, of Dallas.
In keeping with the calen-
dar, fall was ufthered in
September first with a touch of
real autumn weather. The little
Miss Mary Jernigin haa rotuMj
from Greenville where aha attended
institute and will open *—-—1 —- --
L John MeKUuiey. ... la Commerae -Ihe lattei
for Drunfrigfat, “6*
again join the tJufMLfae^ptJhte
the public school.
Rev. and Mrs J. B. Gober of Green-
ville has just celebrated their 48th
wedding anniversary.
no indebtedness.
The above are but a few
listings. We are now 1.
for property and it will
your holdings with us.
some extensive advertising and
get results if anyone can.
Call at the Journal office or
C. J. Debenport.
JOURNAL INVESTMENT OO.
Mr. and Mra. Dean Coi,\jr Fair-
lie and Miss Pauline Watson of Com
merce, motored to Como Sunday, and
Mra. J. G Flowera has rfeeivod aa.
noancomaat of tte arrival‘of a haby
girl «t «• Hsaife ’af Prof^a
W; W. FteteidE, teho are vlxit,DC
, frieada te KeirtMMy.
1 he paving program is go-
ing forward slowly but sure-
ly. Likewise the work on the
^gl'''.ays,1 hrou«b Commerce.
J s°me time yet to
tinisli the new union passeng-
er station. The big new build-
ing at the College is taking on
a finished appearance and
wiH be ready for occupancy
h',OUt *V’e f’-r‘St °f tIle year. 115 miles east
-•'erything IS moving right Ha,f ,n cultivation, some meadow,
!d°ng. balance pasture; well fenced and
I watered; three seta of improvements,
one extra good. Will sell far below
Its real value. Would take small Hunt
county farm in part payment This
is a fine Investment
Farm of 107 acres sandy land 3 1-2
miles south of Athens, Texas; 70
acres in cultivation, balance timber;
3-room box house, barn, etc.; good
well.
Have 65 acres 3 miles southwest of
Campbell, block and black-mixed
land, all In cultivation; 4-room bouse
and outhouses; good Well. Will trade
for residence in Commerce.
We have a customer who wants a
farm near Commerce at a bargain for
cash.
We have a flue residence in Green-
ville for sale or will trade for real-
dence in Commerce.
Have a 63-acre farm on Dixie High-
way between Emory and Alba to trade
for residence In Commerce; 60 acres
17a’nf ArkansaR '"’'«l«>rnwitoe re”".’ '
■ -r n few days.
Mrs. B. D. Ewing and children of
I-eonard were guests over Saturday ■ ’* here unnl
and Sunday of Mr. and Mrs W. F.
Thomas and Mr. and Mr;. J. j.
Townsan.
Mrs. T. W. Thompson and son, T
W., Jr., of Greenville were in Com-
merce today. Mrs. Thompson is vis.
■ting with her daughter’s family, Mr
and Mra. Cecil McFarland.
Mill Moody of Dallas has return-
ed home after a short visit here with
his mother, Mrs. S. E. Moody,
his sister's family. Mr and Mrs.
Jordan.
hungry.
Hopkins
telling his age any i abundallce of good things to eat.
nobody’s business. ! Su'^ur Sprinss News-Telegram.
-------------- j I here are also a lot of peo-
People continue to move to iwbo " ’b leave this part of
------ .j make their Hbe and go west be-
s year’s drouth
here. A year or so later many
of them will move back to
“God’s country” and begin
all over again. This country
is all light Hut if occasional-
ly has its off years, but, not as
badly” offas many other seb-1
tions of the Lone Star State I
or other states. ,
. T--— ■ »
A Journal subscriber com-
plains that these days women
are afraid to get flour on their
noses and dough on their
bajids. Still, here in Commerce,
they seerti to get something
that looks like flour on their
noses and they get their hands
on all the dough they can.
Herriott, Socialist labor
1 rime Minister of France,
finds good combinations of
words. He says “right and
might must rule the world.” A
right plan would find, “Might
Just, and; the Just Mighty.”
The just always I
mighty. Fob justice is
gence, and intelligence
—Arthur Brisbane.
ai me Hunt County Fair at
Greenville. Later on the bet-
ter exhibits will go f
Greenville to the State Fair
at Dallas. Fairs are healthy
manifestations of a country’s
resources and 1 '
Backward countries ,
have fairs, neither do
hack farmers exhibit
products at fairs. The Jour-
nal is strong for all fairs.
Now, let’s all l” 2
Hunt County Fair this
and later on take in the
one at Dallas.
Mr. and Mra. E. L. Richardson of
Sulphur Springs were guests of Mr. '
Mrs. J. M. Branom, Monday
night.
Misses Anna Ixmi Williams
1 ampbcll and Maydelle Presley
Clarksville were guests of the family
Of Rev. J A. Old Friday and Satur-
day.
Charles H. Martin, prominent eil
man that is putting down the deep
test well at Shiloh, has received
wire message calling him home
Ilttshurg, Pa.,
illness.
FAIB A SUCGXSSFUI.
AFFAIR
q^Tyce
HMt I’a,r wa£ a full and complete
fte’BMter Tho exhibits-with..the1 excep-
tion of hogs ''Rtert^ptairtifQK
and good. There was a'dargt
attendance and evt—ror.^
manifested a lively ioteresi,
The various rural <
ties and individual farmers
that arranged exhibits art* lo |a» snappy program"■
be commended for their en-
terprise and spirit of uplift.
Also the people in town who
placed various articles on ex- r«tcnd«d a welcome to the
hihition are due a lot of cred-1Uachere “> Upshur oounty.
it, and especially are tho«e ’r"rt" 8*ve a ,oa8t to the B" Co1'
who 41, ' . I **Be for the ’Pteodld work as mani-
g then time as super- I tested In its products. Mrs. Palmer,
mtendents of denartments I Superintenedtn-elect, gave a warm
welcome to the teachers and assured
them of her ‘hearty co-operation.
Mr. Flowers paid a beautiful trib-
ute to the Institute as a whole for
the splendid response and enthusiasm
in this week’s work. Miss Hackworth
expressed her appreciation for the
Upshur county institute, She com-
mended the E. T. rally as evidencing
The I the loyalty and cooperation of this
Miss English gave evi-
I dence of her appreciation of the oc-
Should far exceed this'year' "T* hwordR and actions'
• f 1 11 * • I At an early hour the partv return-j
Many of tins year’s exhib- to the city and many attended the I
its are being shown this week Pictur« show.
at the Hunt County Fair -if I ThoBe Prese,lt were Misses Rods I
... - ’I Miller, Nina Watts, Gladys Farmer, I
----- Hightower. Grace Kuykendall, Fay
from I and Alice Maberry, Ixirene Ferrell, I
Wilma Brown. Tressie Youngblood, I
Floyd Jordan, Ester Brown. Vera
, English. Ix-ctor Hackworth, Bonnye I
a Country s I Sexton, Ix>is Fenlaw, Mattie Wright. I
aspirations^! Ettie Mae Parish. Alice Keeling, Doi-1
do not I lie Uunagan, Ama Belle Kelling,
Ozelle Foster, ate Douglas, Siddie I
Phillips, Chloe Oliver, Elizabeth Oliv
er. Marguerite Cone Maurice Rooker. I
Mesdaes H. H. Price. B. E. Dun-1
agan, S. T. Buie, Maude Palmer. I
Clyde Proctor. J. T. Jones, B. A. Mil-1
ler. Dave Douphrate, Loyd Cone, I
Henry Morris and W. O. Edwards. I
Messrs. B. E. Dunagan, f. C. Hin-1
son, L. W. Garrett. Clyde Proctor, T. I
E. Beard. Aubrey Snow. J ,T. Jones. |
C. H. Cadenhead, Hort Brown, Curtis I'
Hill, Wilbur Petet. H. H. Price, l^e I:
Jones, J. G. Flowers. W. O. Edwards,]
S. T. Buie, and others whose names |
we failed to get. | ’
Mrs. Justin P. Williamson mA
daughter, Justine, have return!)
home to Little Rock. Ark , after an
extended visit here with her sister',
family, Mr. and Mrs J. E. Moran
Greenville road
front last winter 1
weather so that the p ’’
would not have to detour ever
the dirt roads in muddy weath-
er. F rom the slow progress be-
ing made now. it looks like
the detouring in the mini will
have to be done during the
coming winter.
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