The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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See J. Sandford Smith for FIRE, LIFE and TORNADO Insura***, rie*ia, Texas.
The Mexia Weekly Heral
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Seventh Year
MEXIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MABCII 17, 3910.
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ATTIRE!
You had better let us sell you that new "High Art" Suit, that
we have for you, before EASTER; that is the time when the world
and the men and the women in it blossom out in new Apparel.
You want to be in the boquet and you want to look as good as the
best. That is easily possible wluv. you let us fit you out. We
have the Suits—the Shoes—the Mat and the Shirt, collar and Tie.
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Men's Clothing.
None quite so good as "High Art" They have
tho smart style as well as durability.
We have in stock a fit for the slim man, and
the stout man, as well as for the regular, ra -g=
in price from
$17.50, $18.50, $20.00 to $25.00
Men's Shoes
Low Quarters are fret 2 in all the new leathers
demanded by the "style wisi" y ung man for
this season
With Hanan & Son Shoes at $6.50 to $5.50.
R. & S., Kneeland and Walkover I'hoes at $5.00
to $3.50 and Beeicon Shoes at $3.50 we can fit
the foot and the purse of the most exacting.
Men's Furnishings
With a large variety of patterns in Monarch
Shirts at $1.00 and Cluett Shirts at $1.50 $2.00
to 3.50, we can please the most fastidious. We
have the soft pongee Shirts in white cream and
fancies at 50c to $3.50.
This season's latest in collars and ties.
An inspection of our stocks does not obligate you in any way to buy. We are always more than glad
to show you and to offer any suggestions such as you are entitled to from your Clothier.
(Incorporated)
TEXAS.
MEXIA,
Court House Notes
Groesbeck Journal.
The Court house has been prac-
tieal 1> deserted for the past two
weeks and the news of the courts
is therefore nil. It is kinder 'be-
tween seasons' with the courts
and offices and save for the gen-
eral routine of work, there is
nolhiii" lo r<
Ksteibi Jackson to Clarence
.janiin.
• iirldys
lull.
Feedlia 111 1 o C. II. Wi
Permits to Wed.
The following marriage licenses
have bet n issued since our last
r -port.
IJcbeo-a (Irecii to Will Mrisco.
IJachel Harden to^W. D. Faulk-
ner.
Nona Daniel to John I )aile,v.
Alice .Mays to Tommy Wil-
liams.
Cordelia Dixon to William
Da vis.
Fnima Waters to Robt. Culber-
son.
Annie Travis to Dug Bradford
Mittie Miller to Robt. Henley.
Lizzie Brown to John Scott.
Emma Brown to Tommy Crabb.
Ollie Dabney to Ed Gees.
Georgia Archer to Wash Talton
Mildred Watts to James Ran-
dom.
Katie Goodwin to R. C. Turner.
Emma AdkSns to John Reagan.
Births.
To Dan. Parker and wife,
Groesbeck; March '!—a boy.
To Aire Sanders and wife. Fro-
sa ; March 4—a boy.
Deaths.
Augustus Robison, Frosa.
Died Februarv 27.
IS SURE MARS IS INHABITED 11,.- Verkes observatory. The new
I'-anal. 1000 mtiles long. extends
Prof. Lowell Says New Canal j s,':i,l"'ilsl tV"m n'"'ion "r v,,«"
| Has Beeen Built. • j":ill('" known as Syrns Major.
, , ,, ... , 1 through the great plain of Libva.
Announcement ot final pi-<M r; ;
sa id.
'Prof. Powell's discovery is of
,. , . 11 lie utmost importance." said
Maritan expert and;
! 1 rot. [surnliani. "It seems to he
! i 1 strongest confirmation \ et ob-
cago as
final proo
that the planet Mai's is inhabit- i
bv Prof. I'ercival
aire
.i.t years
Walter Shed, Krosa. age 111
years- died March •!.
M. King age 21 years,---
died February 2" .
Mrs. Iv E. Smith. Bighill. age
70 years—died March 4.
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New Trial Granted.
(In motion of Frank Sm'itli.
one of till1 defendants in the cele-
brated cotton case from Mexia.
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tried in the county court of cou-|
pie of weeks ago, Judge Keeling
granted a new trial and it will
coi.ie u]) in its regular order at
the nexl term.
•■I was mad
Powell, the
director of the observatory
,Flags'taff, Ariz., to <
< 1 roiioiners as he passed through
| New York and caused a stir in
I ast ronomieaI circles.
Prof. Powell announced that lie
I fiad seen a new canal spring into
! being last summer, showing, lie
| declared, that it had been just
•oitipleled bv (lie Maritians. Wn
I tor had .just been turned into ii
tabled of the belief that there are
living, intelligent beings 011 Mars.
Mis theory, that the markings on |
the planet arc canals and that J
these canals are the work of liv-j
big beings, is the only one that
fits all the known facts."
A. & M. BULLETIN. Experiments in feeding have at
| various times been conducted, the
In his bulletin on Dairying in j results ot which have already
Texas .just issued by the Depart-1 been published, and in so far as
111 cut of Agriculture, at Austin, | the results of these trials indi-
Prof. C. II. Alvord. professor of j eated desirable the practical man-
Agriculture of the A. & M. Col- agement of the herd has been
lege of Texas says: made to correspond with them.
Soon after the organization ofj In the feeding of the cows the
the A. and M. College a dairy-'feed stuffs that could be grown
herd was established on the Col- "" tlie College farm, sorghum,
lege I'mrin and maintained for oats and cow peas, have been ex-
ilic purpose of supplying milk tensively used, these have been
and dairy products to the stu-
dents boarding hall and also to
the families residing on the cam-
pus. This herd consisted at first
— 1 nf only native cows. Paler some
VNY LADY can easily make, pure bred Jerseys and llolsteins
land vegetation had sprung up in j from $18.00 to $25.00 per week! were added and since that time
' .1 hitlierto
supplemented by the purchase
of cotton seed meal, wheat bran
and rice bran and polish. The
milking herd which numbers
about one hundred animals, run
in the same pasture ami all get
the same kind of feed, the ouan-
jitable part of working for me quetlyi in her nothing but approved pure bred |1 '*>" being varied somewhat ae-
great desert which comprises owu home locality.
the amount
giving.
milk
Parties are corresponding with
Mexia people with a view to put-
ting in an overall factory. Let
our Young Mens Industrial club
get busy and land this enterprise,
that will employ quite u number
of people.
This is a sires have been used in the herd, cording to
;ii .st of the planet's surface. bonafide offer—one which will Tin herd has been increased by 'he cows are
Not only did he see the new pay you to investigate, even if. the raising of desirable female —
canal, but lie photographed it. lie you can only spare two hours calves and through the continu Are you frequently hoarse?
asserted. Previous photographs per day. No investment requir- mis upgrading the majority of 1 >,. you have that annoying tiek-
of this region, made as late as ed. Turn your spare time into the animals are now not less ]j,,„ your throat? Does your
last May. failed to show any, money. Write me at once for than seven-eights pure bred, j cough annoy you at night, and
trace of it. The fact that it de- particulars. Address Mary B Yearly records of milk and but ! do you raise in the morning? Do
\nioped between May and Sep Taylor, Box 30, Woman's Build- ter fat production of the individ- von want relief? If so. take
'Btober. when it was first ohserv ing, Joliet, Illinois.
ill. Prof. Lowell regarded as posi-j
live proof that it was artificial. .Mrs. A. C. Prendergast, after have been gradually weeded oiit|\[exja Drug Co.
ual cows in the herd have been, Ohn niberlain's Cough Remedy
j secured and the undesirable cows .,n(| vou w;u he pleased. Sold by
and therefore that living beings a few days visit to the old home
exist there. I here, has gone to Ennis to visit
Prof. Lowell made his announc* a few days before returning to
ment to Prof. 8. W. Burnham of I her home in Amarillo.
of the herd. In the care, man-j
agement and development of this^ Mrs. Joe Sherrer is visitng riel-
herd of cows the work has been atives and friends in Wortham
placed on a commercial basis..for a few days.
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1910, newspaper, March 17, 1910; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth290258/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.