Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 58, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1920 Page: 5 of 12
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SIX BUILDING
PERMITS ISSUED
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MITCH WORK IN PROtiRBSS AT
OENIBON FOR WHICH PER-
MITS WERE NOT SECURED, f
Denlson. Tex., Oct. 1—Building per-
mits for the mouth of .September uhow
only 11 total of aix. A better record
would be made if parties making im-
provements would take out the per-
mits at the city offices. More than
$80,000 worth of building and im-
provements have been under way in
this city in the past three months ami
there is not a record of a dollar of it
on the city's books.
Classified, the building tor Septem-
ber is located as follows:
West Denisou ...... $ 7.988.0O
South Denisou —....... ...... 2*570.00
Total
....$10,535.00
Freight Business Increases.
Denlson. Texas, Oct. 1—There lias
been a gradual increase in freight bus-
iness uloug the Maty lines through
Dealson during, w past three days.
For some tim'fe business has fallen off
considerable, but the increase is very
noticeable now atid railroad officials
say there is considerable coal, oil and
cotton moving that is causing freight
business to take a sudden jump and it
is the general belief that it will hold
up now throughout the winter months.
The Katy handled a solid train of
forty-three cars of Dort automobiles
into Denisou tills morning. The train
wus "broken" here aud the cars sent
out to various points In Texas.
O. C. Smith Resigns.
Denisou, Tex., Oct. 1—O. C. Smith,
superintendent of transportation for
the Katy lines bun resigned his posi-
tion effective toduy. Mr. Smith was
formerly located in Denlson hut mov-
ed his headquarters to Dallas several
years ago. His office has been consoli-
dated with that of the general mana-
ger. It is understood in local railroad
circle* Hurt Mr. Smith will become as-
sociated with a ovuiiuercial company
at Fort Worth. . v
Hollingsworth-Stevens.
Denisou. Tex„ Oct. 1—At lionhum.
September 27th, Miss Gallon Stephens
and Herman Hollingsworth were
quietly married. The uffuir was kept
a secret from relatives and friends
until -Thursday.
The bride is <ke daughter «>t *• Mr
and Mrs. J. H. Sleveus, 21 nf South
Sevetith avenue. The groom is con-
nected with Terry Garage as a sales-
man.
' Old Timer on
Denlson. Tex., Oct.
time I was in Denlson
24th, 1872. when the
just staked off," said
i Visit.
1—"The first
was on Oetol er
town site was
N. Smearly, of
Henrietta, this morning. "1 had no
idea that It, would ever he the place
that it is. The development is phe-
nomenal. Hut what Is better, there Is
room for improvement, and the city
seems ready to advance. 1 was here
the last time just ten years ago, and,
comparatively, there have been big im-
provements made," said the visitor.
Trash Wagon Added.
Denlson, Tex., Oct. 1—Another trash
wagon was added yesterday to help
keep the alleyways clean. Denlson
needs more civic pride in the keeping
of its allayweys and streets clean. The
approach of blghr winds will render
intolerable the dust and refuse on the
streets. It Is also hazardous as to
fires. Clean up and stay that way,
should l e the mandate of the police.
I Grayson County District Singing
Convention No. 2, north end, will meet
at Des Voigne school house, two miles
southeast of Denlson, October 10.
There will be a meeting of the tcach-
ers of Travla Street Methodist Sunday
school at the church Friday night at
7:90 o'clock. All teachers are urged to
attend.
The missionary society of Central
Christian church will meet with Mrs.
T. J. Brown Monday afternoon at 3:80
o'clock. Mrs. C. P. Gregory will lead
the lesson.
Mrs. Anna E. Tlnsley, 121 East
Cherry street, is suffering with s
broken arm which she sustained in a
fall at her home Wednesday. She is
reported as resting fairly well.
J. C. McKinstrey left Sherman Fri-
day for the Philippine Island and
Java, on a business mission for the J.
I. Case Implement Company. Mr. Mc-
Kiustrey's last trip took him to Greece
and other Balkan countries.
Frank Blake, formerly a special
Egent under the Department of Jus-
ice and more recently Federal prohibi-
tion enforcement officer, has been
transferred to Dallas, where he will
make his headquarters in the future.
He left Thursday for that city.
Judge J. R. Blades, Capt. E. J.
Smith, aud other ^officials of the Eas-
tern District Federal Court here will
go to Jefferson Sunday, where 1 the
first term of Federal Court in the new
court year will open Monday. Federat
Court convenes in Sherman in Janu-
ary.
The football team of Roff, Okla.,
high school arrived in Sherman Fri-
day morning for a tilt with the Cen-
tral High School eleven of Sherman, at
Kldd-Key Park Friday afternoon.
High school announced several other
opponents, hut the Oklahomaus were
finally secured for the engagement.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah
Duer, widow of the latP Joseph Duer,
who died at the home of her son, Fred
Duer, 504 East Cherry street, Thurs-
day morning, will be held from the
home Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Rev. J. W. Slaglc, pastor of Key Me-
morial Methodist Church, will have
charge of the religious services. Burial
will be lu West Hill Cemetery.
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Cotton Down.
Denlson. Tex., <>ct. 1 —Cotton Is
flown to 21c today and there are but a
few bales offered by the farmers. Most
of the cotton l>elng ginned is beiug
held off the market by the farmers.
This is also true of the farmers in the
other parts of the county, and also in
Northern Hunt and Collin counties.
There is no organized effort, but
farmers generally say they will hold
back for Is'tter prices.
HOTELS ANDCLUBS
AT ST. LOUIS LOSE
WAEEEOS BY STRIKE
Book out, manager for his
Thad Book out. announced
Hubert
brother,
Friday, morning .that Tlmd,,. would not,
wrestle J. T." Smith of Denlson Friday
evening, as announced several days
ago, as the match would interfere with
Bookout's training for his forthcoming
championship match with Fisher. The
latter comes off Oct, 7, and a new
ring Is being built, It is announced.
Fire Marshal George Hamblen, ac-
companied by Fire Chief Jones An-
drews, will visit a number of the
schools In the city next week and give
talks and practical object lessons in
fire prevention before the children of
the schools. The talks are a part of
the campaign'to make October 0,
which has been proclaimed as "Fire
Prevention Day" by Gov. Hobby, n
success. Mayor J. B. Wilson is ex-
pected to issue a proclamation next
week calling upon all Sherman citi-
zens to observe the day.
Excavation
ve led roads
of stone.
in Mexico ruins has re-
paved with huge blocks
I/otterles
Home and
Italy.
originated in
gradually spread
Ancient
through
Special for Saturday, Oct. 2 only.
7 pounds Sugar $1, with $5.00 order
or more. Union Co-Operative Co.
s30-2tc
Jests Having to Do With the Mother-
In-Law and the Intoxicated Man
Always Havs Power la
. . Cauae a Laugh. 1^1^-:
Some one once said that there ars
only two jokes in the world, ths
drunken man joke And the mother-lft>
law Joke. There are many variation*
sf the two themes, many ways of pre-
senting the two supremely comic fig-,
urea, but when we want to make eftcb
other laugh we always go back either
to tire drunken man or to the moth-
er-in-law.
The statement Is an exaggeration.
There are other jokes. The curate'^
egg Joke; for Instance, which ha*
nothing to do either with drunkard*
or mothers-in-law, and the more recent
"better 'ole" joke. But it remains to
be seen whether either of these Jokes
will survive, will amuse generation
aftec generation as the two great
jokes do. For the drunken man and
the mother-in-law are very old Jokes.
They have proved their worth by pro-
voking laughter for thousands of
years and they are still the most pop-
alar jokes there are. A comedian im-
personating a drunkard is sure of his
laugh, and a public speaker, finding
tils audleuce is getting bored, has only
to say the words "mother-in-law" to
provoke fuli-throated merriment.
Of the two the drunken man Joke
seems to be the older. The Spartans
knew It, and used to make slaves
drunk so that their sons, laughing
heartily, might avoid the vice through
fear of ridicule. The Jews knew It
Their ancient literature is singularly
poor in comedy. There are not half
a dozen jokes In the whole Old Testa-
ment, but the drunken man Joke is
there. Isaiah, a grim old puritan of
a statesman; made it, and made It In
an excellent form. The mother-in*
law Joke Is not so old, but It goes back
to classical times.
We find It In Plutarch. "A man
once threw a stone at a dog and hit
his mother-in-law^. 'Not such a bad
shot after nil/ he said." That Is Plut-
arch's version of the Joke. It Is so
neat and epigrammatic that the Joke
Itself must have been old In his time.
He could scarcely have achieved such
perfect form unless he had been
working on r. long familiar idea.
But ancient as these Jokes are they
have lost none of their freshness for
us. Time, It appears,- cannot stale
their Infinite variety. We may fairly
suppose that they will lust as long as
our race does. America may go dry.
but the great comic tradition of the
dfumNhi man will survive.
The bolshevlsts may abolish mar-
riage, but men will always remember
what marriage wus because they will
always laftgh when anyone says
"mother-in-law." We may picture to
ourselves the last survivors of. our
race shivering In Icy caves while the
sun smoulders to extinction. They will
no doubt cheer the desperate hard-
ship of their winter by Inventing fresh
quips about drunken men and moth-
ers-in-law.
No other joke seems to possess this
qtinllty of endurance. Indeed, the
path of man's progress through the
ages is strewed with the corpses of
dead Jokes which once were vital
enough, but somehow missed Immor-
tality. There Is the "doctor" Joke, for
Instance. The ancients knew it.
"Physician, heal thyself," Is a prover-
bial form of It. The story of the med-
ical man who went out hunting is an-
other version of It. "Today at least,"
said a friend who met ill in, "you will
kill nothing." It survived down to the
middle of the last century, and sven
In our own time G. B; Shaw ha* at-
tempted to galvanize it Into frfsh llf*.
But the joke Is really dead. We no
longer laugh spontaneously at the
thought of a doctor, though In Its day
the doctor joke was certainly a good
one.—Edinburgh Scotsman.
Americans who contribute to the Red Cross would feel amply repaid
for their generosity If they could see what It weans to hundreds of thousands
of wsr weary sufferers in the Balksns. Here Is s widowed Houmsnisn mother
with her five children just after a visit to s Red Cross relief station. All alt
barefoot and the boy at the loft is wearing clothes mode of scraps from tjjfl
battlefields. They hsve Just received winter clothing, food and condeMW
milk for ths baby,
from home,
Similar work is being doao for Russian refugees driven
COLD WEATHER AT
DETROIT PREVENTS
INDIANS OPENING
A *iciated Pre** Uupauh
Detroit, Oct. 1.—The first contest of
the final Atnericsn League has. ball
series between Cleveland and Detroit
was postponed yesterday on account of
cold weather. A double header will be
played today.
Rain at Philadelphia.
IfMotatM NH OIimMI 1-
Philadelphia,
Philadelphia gam#! postponed;
two guinea Saturday.
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National League Games Postponed.
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1 New York, Oct. 1.—Brooklyn at New
York game postponed • ratn.
Pittsburg, Oct 1,—Cincinnati st
Pittsburg postponed i / rain. j Double
header Saturday. - ^
I Boston, Oct. 1.—Philadelphia-Bos-
ton game postponed; rain.
The Plymouth colony in Massachu-
setts introduced lietup growing in
AlwHrtea.- ?. r
Oct.
Washington-
Service Car to Whites bo ro. Lesve
Williams Hotel, Phone 17C : fi:80 and
10 a. m., 3, (I and K p. m. R. M. Rag-
land. ol-tltc
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Tires are Made of
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Look at a Bergougnan tire after it has
been used until it is almost worn out—;
there are rio cracks, tears or breaks,
but tfte fubberls still tough and firm
and only the wear of hard usage is
shown. That is the sort of tires that
are economical in mileage—6000 and
8000 miles guarantee.
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Attoriatcd Prats DUpatrh
St. I/oni*. Mo.. 0(1. 1.—Hotels, clubs
and restaurant* hei'e were affected
today by I he strike of cooks, waiters
an/1 soda dispensers which started at
midnight last nljrht ns a resnlt of the
aetlon of the Hotel and Restaurant
Keepers' Association Inaugurating the
"open shop" policy and refusing de-
mands for witge Increases.
1'nlon officials declared that ap-
proximately 2.'200 men and women
were In the ranks of the strikers.
I/ord Mayor of Cork Alive.
Asnortatad Prw« niipateh]
I^ondon. Oct. 1.—Terence MseHwl-
hey, Lord Mayor of C4 rk, passed an-
other very hod night at Rrlxton
Prison, where he this morning hefpm
the fiftieth day of his hunger strike.
He slept a little before midnight, hut
not Rafter that hour, said a bulletin
Issued by the Irish HelM^termination
league this forenoon, and during IhS
morning he was suffering In hla arms
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I^)ln Kteak ^ 12Tc lb.
Porter Houiie Hteak «•.#..27c lb,
T-Bone Hteak .2Ie lb.
Armour or Rump Roa t....l7c lb.
Rolling Beet,,, .........13c lb.
Hamburger .. .. .......Mc lb.
Prime Rib Rosst 17e lb.
\esl fttepk *• ., 27c lb.
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