The Meridian Tribune (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 7, 1919 Page: 4 of 10
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THE MERIDIAN TRIBUNE
NOTICE TO SELLERS OF CREAM.
I have taken over the Cream Station of Metz-
ger Bros., of Dallas, formerly held by the Me- j
ridian Mercantile Company and will pay top |
market price in cash and guarantee my weights
and tests. Station now located at Shoe Shop.
DAVID WICKMAN, Meridian, Texas.
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One Year’s Crop paid
For Farm Near Meridian
Money Yields Large Returns
My Flag
Your Flag
“Long may it wave."
The Meridian Tribune.
THE DUNLAP PRINTING CO. PUBLISHERS
LEVI A. DUNLAP, EDITOR AND OWNER
Teel W. Dunlap-------
Assistant Editor
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
Entered at the postoffice in Meridian, Texas
as second-class mail matter.
SUBSCRIPTION ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
Six Months............60c. Three Months—.—35c.
Meridian, Texas, Friday, November' 7, 1919.
NINE PAGES.
Subscription Rate to Be Increased.
The price of most every thing has
advanced except the annual subscrip-
tion rate of the Tribune, and we now
realize this should have been advanced
months ago in order to meet the in-
crased cost and save us loss. The
Tribune is one among the few papers
of the United States that has not rais-
ed its subscription rates,—it is said
that 80 per cent or more have already
advanced rates from fifty to one hun-
dred per cent, while hundreds have
gone broke and suspended publication.
Every reader of the Tribune is fully
acquainted with the unusual conditions
and it is needless for us to take up the
space to enumerate them, and to make
a long story short, the subscription
rates of the Tribune will be increased
on January 1st, 1920 and will be as
Errors Will Occur.
In an article published in the Trib-
une on October 17th under the caption
of “Bosque’s Rendition Totals $13,-
473,800,” we stated that the value of
the land assessed in acres totaled
$66,839, 539 when the correct amount
should have been $6,839,530. Our at-
tention was called to the error and we
examined Tax Assessor Conley’s re-
port and find that we made the “bust”
in trying to increase Bosque county’s
wealth about sixty millions worth.
We call our readers attention to
this correction, and also ask Editor
Knight of the Cranfills Gap News
kindly take cognizance of this cor-
rection as the article was reproduced
in his publication bearing proper
credit to the Tribune.
This article also appeared in the
other papers of Bosque county, in
their issues following its publication
in the Tribune, without any credit to
same. It takes some time to get up
an article of this kind and we think
proper credit should be given.
- While we are not charging any one
with plagiarism, yet the evidence
seems rather strong when the same
error occurs in all the papers. We
suppose, though, “the minds of great
men” just happened to be running in
the same channel during that time.
About twelve months ago W. W.
Todd handled a deal whereby Robt.
Summers sold a 160-acre farm in the
Spring Creek Gap community to J. B.
White, consideraion being $5,500.
Mr. White was here this week mark-
eting some of his products’ and in con-
versation stated that he had sold to
date 26 bales of cotton, 1,400 bushels
of oats and 200 bushels of corn for
which he had received approximately
$6,000, and that he was not through
gathering his crop.
How is that for prosperity? Only
eighty acres of this land was in culti-
vation and the receipts for one year
more than pays for the purchase
price of the land. The farmers in
this section are highly pleased with
the excellent crops made and the
fancy prices they receive for their
products. There are some, however,
who have hit it hard. In the first
place they had a fine crop of grain,
but the constant rains prevented them
from threshing it and at a time when
they could have received a nice price
for same. But as a whole they have
all done well and we rejoice with them.
When invested in Christian missions at home or abroad.
4 i 1
View of the Canton Baptist Academy at Canton, China, showing the student®
assembled for review by Dr. and Mrs. J. V. Love, of the Foreign Mission Board, on their
recent visit to the foreign fields. A modern dormitory for boys, costing $20,000, was
recently contributed to the academy by one of the Chinese deacons, Wong Kok Shun,
/ though the attendance has now outgrown that dormitory.
follows:
One Year.........
Six Months.....
Three Months.
$1.50
. .85
.45
The best information obtainable is
that under present conditions weekly
papers must receive at least $2.00 per
year for annual subscriptions in order
to return a fair profit to their publish-
ers. We hope conditions will improve,
and for the present will bear one-half
this recommended increase but if
prices continue to advance, it will
soon become necessary to increase the
rate to $2.00 per year.
Subscriptions will be received up to
and including Jan. 1st, 1920 at the old
rates. You may now renew for as
many years in advance as you wish
at $1.00 per year.
Next Tuesday, November 11th, is
an International Holiday, and in ac-
cordance with the proclamations of
President Wilson and the Governors
of the different states, will be observ-
ed generally throughout the United
States. • On this date last year, after
four years of battle, blood-shed and
suffering, the Armistice was signed,
which was the first step of World
Peace.
The pretty weather that has pre-
vailed for the past several days was
changed considerable this morning
when a heavy rain fell for some.time.
It is regretted that the favorable cot-
ton picking weather could have not
continued for a few days longer, any-
/ how, that the fields might have been
relieved of their many pounds of valu-
able fleecy staple.
We are informed that J. H. Dilley,
head driller on the Ray well, and John
Mort, also driller, have bought some
leases near that well. From this
transaction it appears that the dril-
lers have faith in this well being a
producer. We trust they are correct
and their faith in Bosque county’s
prospects will be handsomely reward-
ed in a financial way.
Why is it cotton and grain is be-
ing brought to Meridian by people who
make Hico, Fairy and some of the
other nearby towns their regular trad-
ing place? Several of them were
here this week and some of them said
the prices paid here are better.
I Globe Livery Stable
CABLER BROS., Props.
First-Class Livery, Transfer
and Automobile Service
We do all kinds of hauling
Reasonable prices and prompt service
We Appreciate Your Favors and
Shall Strive to Merit Your Favors
For Sale—Half interest in Auto-
mobile Repair Shop—the busiest place
of its kind in Waco. Small cash pay-
ment, balance on easy terms. This is
an opportunity to secure an interest
in a well-going business. If interested
write LaFrentz Service Co., Waco,
Texas.
adv12tf
Raise More and Bigger Hogs.
Maj. Wan, raised in Michigan, an
800-pound registered Poland-China
barrow, has been purchased by Robt.
Summers and Will Cabler, for the pur-
pose of enabling the people of this
community to raise better hogs. It
costs less per pound to raise registered
hogs than scrubs, to say nothing of
the pigs when sold for breeding pur-
poses. This is a good opportunity to
improve your breed of hogs even if
they are not registered, for you can
raise bigger hogs on the same feed if
you have the right kind. Maj, Wan is
at Will Gabler’s pens and if interested
you should see him. Terms $10 or
one choice pig. adv
L. H. Coursen, of New York, who
spent the latter part of September here
inspecting the oil piospects, returned
to Meridian yesterday. We suppose
he found everything so favorable on
his first visit as to warrant a return
visit to this section, and no doubt,
will make some investments while
here.
The Fat Man.
There’s not much sense in being fat,
in wearing too much lard; the weary
years have taught me' that, for I’m an
obese bard. Diseases punk I enter-
tain, dire ailments two or three and,
though I’m twisted up ’with pain, I
get no sympathy. Men laugh to hear
a fat man groan; and though he’s
feeling tough, and has an achein
every bone, they think it all a bluff.
If I were thin and drawn and pale,
they would not treat me thus; if I put
up an anguished wail, they’d make all
kinds of fuss; with soothing words
they’d quell my fears, and bid my
pains depart, and shed the sympathet-
ic tears that reach a sick man’s heart.
But I am fat and when I yell they all
begin to laugh; and they’ll be laugh-
ing till my knell precedes my epitaph,
A lean man falls, and people sigh, and
wonder if he’s hurt; they bring his
hat, arrange his tie, and brush from
him the dirt. There’s tender feeling
in the glance that everyone bestows;
and for a padded ambulance some
sympathizer goes. A fat man falls
in a heap, and telescopes his spine,
and people stand around and weep—
but laughter brings the brine. The
fat man goes his greasy way, with
large and bulging vest, and to the
whole world, every day, his every
move’s a jest.—Walt Mason.
Sheriff’s Sale.
The State of Texas,
County of Bosque.
Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue of a certain alias execution issued
out of the Justice Court of Precinct
No. 4, Bosque County, Texas, on the
30th day of October, 1919, by Ed S.
Nichols, justice of the peace of the
said Precinct, County and State, for
the sum of Two Hundred Seventeen
and 25-100 Dollars and costs of suit
under a judgment in favor of W. A.
Lee in a certain cause in said court,
No.................and styled W. A. Lee vs.
Elmira Walker, et al, and placed in
my hands for collection and service,
I, Charles Romine, sheriff of Bosque
County, Texas, did, on the 30th day
of October, 1919, seize and levy upon
certain land and real estate situated
in Bosque County, Texas, described
by metes and bounds, as follows:
A part of the W. B. Wilson league
and labor survey in the northeast cor-
ner of Bosque County, Texas, in two
tracts, the first of which is described
by metes and bounds as follows:
Known as Block No. 8 of the Nancy
L. Ackerman subdivision of said sur-
vey, beginning at the northwest
corner of the G. J. Wilson sub-divis-
ion, same being the northeast corner
of said Ackerman tract in the north
line of said Wilson survey, from which
a post oak marked W bears N. 55 W
31-2 varas; thence S. 30 E. 6371-2
varas to a stake from which a black
jack marked V bears N. 60 E. 12
varas, and a post oak marked W
bears S. 30 E. 9 varas; thence S. 60
W. 1,024 varas to a stake from which
a post oak marked G bears S. 10 E. 7
varas and another bears N. 14 W. 8
varas marked D; thence N. 30 W. 629
varas to a stake from which a post
oak marked E bears S. 30 E. 20 varas;
thence N. 57 1-2 E. 1,024 varas to the
place of beginning, containing 115
acres more or less. Second Tract,
out of said Wilson survey, same being
44 acres more or less fronting Hill
Creek, in Bosque County, Texas, and
being the same tract of land convey-
ed to A. L. Cotton and J. W. Walker
by J. A, Blaloek as fully described in
said deed as recorded on the Deed
Records of Bosque County, Texas, and
the land owned by J. W. and Elmira
Walker at the time of the death of
said J. W. Walker, and levied upon as
the property of the defendants Elmira
Walker, Tom Walker, A. G. Walker
and J. C. Alexander and each of them,
and that on the first Tuesday in De-
cember, 1919, the same being the sec-
ond day of said month, at the court
house door of Bosque County, Texas,
in the town of Meridian, Texas, be-
tween the hours of 10 o’clock a, m. and
4 o’clock p. m., by virtue of said levy,
execution and judgment I will sell the
above described land and real estate at
public vendue, for cash, to the highest
biddrer, as the property of Elmira Wal-
ker, Tom Walker, A, G. Walker and
J. C, Alexander and each of them.
And in compliance with law, I give
this notice by publication, in the En-
glish language, once a week for three
consecutive weeks immediately pre-
ceding said day of sale, in the Meridi-
an Tribune, a newspaper published in
Bosque County, Texas.
Witness my hand, this the 30th day
of October, A. D. 1919.
Chas. Romine, Sheriff,
Bosque County, Texas,
adv. Nov. 7-14-21-28 inc.
The Pierian Club met Friday, Octo-
ber 31st, with Mrs. Roy Avirett. We
had a very interesting discussion of
Pam Americanism. After the lesson,
there was an “Author Contest.” Mrs.
Everett Turner won first prize, an
American Beauty rose, while the boo-
by, an imitation black cat, went to
Mrs. G. P. Robertson. The hostess
then invited us into the dining room
which was beautifully decorated with
Hallowe’en novelties, there a delicious
buffet luncheon was served. Mes-
dames Carruth, of Morgan, Hugh
Cureton and Miss Alexander were
guests. —Press Reporter.
The accompanying illustration shows the bright, ambitious
pupils of the Baptist Boys’ Academy at Canton, China, which
was made possible through a gift of $20,000 from a Chinese
deacon, Wong Kok Shun, in answer to prayer.
Missions is no barren work. In China, Japan, Brazil, Mex-
ico, Cuba, Panama, Italy and everywhere the gospel is preach-
ed the people are being enlightened and uplifted and show
their appreciation of the benefits the gospel has brought them
by contributing to the work of sending that gospel to others.
Seed sown by the missionaries are bearing fruit, some
thirty, some sixty and some an hundred fold. The
Baptist 75 Million Campaign
Is the five-year program of Southern Baptists to carry the
gospel and its institutions to the needy places of the home-
land and to all parts of the world.
This program has been so arranged as to care for missions,
state, home and foreign; Christian education, orphanages,
hospitals, ministerial relief and other general Kingdom inter-
ests. Every contribution made in cash and five-year pledges
during -
Victory Wee
Nov. 30-D
Is assured a return in the salvation of lost souls, the develop-
ment of Christian character, the training of Christian workers,
the healing of the sick, the care of the orphans and the relief
of human need and suffering everywhere.
Every Baptist is expected to do his best in raising
Millions for the Master
THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY
Ed White, Cash Grocer, Meridian
Only a Cold.
Are you ill ? is often answered—“Oh
it’s only a cold,” as if a cold was a
matter of little consequence, but peo-
ple are beginning to learn that a com-
mon cold is a matter not to be trifled
wiih, that some of the most serious
diseases start with a cold. As soon as
the first indication of a cold appears
take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.
Remember that the sooner you get rid
of your cold the less danger, and this
remedy will help you to throw it off.
22/2/2/e/2.2.2.2.2.e.e......in
ATTENTION!
HORSE TRADERS, STOCKMEN,
FARMERS, ALL!
You are cordially invited to bear
in mind the Tri-County Trade’s
Day at Hico the first Saturday
in each month.
BE THERE!
Hallowe’en At the College.
Las Saturday evening the faculty
members of Meridian College, even
John Cook Faculty, found themselves
securely buried with suitable epitaphs
to hold them in place while the stu-
dent-body, under the direction of the
Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A., held sway
in merrymaking. For a long time
these young people have wanted to
try out their ability as executives in
social functions and decided on Hal-
loe’en, arguing that any mistakes in
the proper procedure might be count-
ed as a part of the scheme and not a
reflection on them. So well did the
various committee members keep their
secrets that not a member of the fac-
ulty knew the full plan until the occa-
sion had become an item in the his-
tory of the 1919-20 student activities.
In Chapel Friday morning the stu-
dents who are not "Y" members and
the facutly were invited and intensive
interest prevailed until all the secrets
were finally disclosed, the last one
being the festive boards spread under
Jack’o lanterns and gobblin faces in
Higgins Hall.
Having demonstrated the ability to
do things, these young people hope
to have the pleasure of entertaining
the friends of M. C. in the near future.
The faculty will be duly resurrected
for the occasion.
A Good Cough Medicine for Children.
Mrs. J. W. Phillips, Redon, Ga.,
phoned to J. M. Floyd, the merchant
there, for a bottle of Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy and said she had
bought a bottle of it at his store re-
cently and that it was doing her chil-
dren so much good that she wanted to
keep up the treatment. You will find
nothing better for coughs and colds in
children or for yourself. It keeps the
cough loose, expectoration easy and
soon frees the system from the cold.
Have you a son, daughter or other
relative or friend residing out of Me-
ridian? Present them with a year’s
subscription to The Tribune.
Posted.
My farm on the Bosque south of
Meridian, and also the Fair Grounds
between Meridian and the depot are
posted against pecan gathering, so
stay out. Robt.
Summers.
advl9tf
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Dunlap, Levi A. The Meridian Tribune (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 7, 1919, newspaper, November 7, 1919; Meridian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1630696/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Meridian Public Library.