The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1920 Page: 3 of 8
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Telegraphic Brevities
(By International New« service)
New York, Dec. 8.—The
breach between the clothing
manufacturers association of
New York and their 65,000 em-
ployees, widened today with in-
dustrial warfare as an immedi-
ate prospect.
The manufacturers associa-
tion's ultimatum for the re-es-
tablishment of the piece work
system, reduced wages and the
right to hire and fire, was re-
jected by the employes.
The manufacturers countered
4 by declaring that they would
have no further negotiations
with the Amalgamated Cloth-
ing Workers of America.
The manufacturers declared
* their intention of running an op-
en shop.
Only some 10,000 of the 65,-
000 workers are now employed.
London, Dec. 8.—A great an-
ti Sinn Fein raid was made in
South London today and forty
Sinn Feiners were arrested.
The police searched the whole
block of buildings.
The prisoners were removed
in lorries.
Chicago, Dec. 8.—Officials of
the stock yards labor council
here have called a meeting for
next Monday to discuss the new
wage award made for stock-
yard workers throughout the
country yesterday bv Judge Al-
schuler, appointed mediator in
the wage disputes between the
packers and their employes.
The members of the stock yaids
Vunion are said to be generally
diss*. .sned with the award.
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London, Dec. 8.—A detatch-
ment of the Royal Irish constab-
ulary raided Tralee today, com-
pelling many inhabitants to tear
down pictures of De Valera and
to swear allegiance to King
George upon a bible, said a dis-
patch from Trailee today.
RED CROSS COMMITTEES
Post Office
Hilda Nussbaum, Mrs. Porter
Bob Forrest, Dasa Ellington,
Christine Kendrick, Lucille Den-
ning, Mary Beth Alderman, Will
Etta White, Elsie Desenberg.
Miscellaneous
Irene McLendon, Mrs. Fort
Smith, Chubby McKenzie, Mrs.
Alf Harper.
Residence Section No. 1
Mrs. Desenberg, Mrs. E. L.
Smith, Mrs. Huchingson, Mrs.
Joe Vaiden.
Section 2
Miss Mattie Watson, Mrs.
Jack Womack, Miss Mamie Ken-
nedy, Mrs. Babb, Mrs. Allen
Hatch.
Section 3
Mrs. George Peyton, Mrs.
Blake Smith, Mrs. W. R. Storey,
Mrs. Rex Forrest.
Section 4
Mrs. John Sweatt, Mrs. Gene
Sinclair, Mrs. Horace Stevens,
Mrs. Walter Boyd.
Section 5
Mrs. Ben Smith, Mrs. Roy
Bass, rMs. John Davis, rMs. N.
P. Houx, Mrs. D. Leon Harp.
Section 6
Mrs. R. J. Ellington, Mrs. J.
M. Tidwell, Mrs. A. W. Bonner,
Mrs. Jess Denning.
Business Section No. 1
Mr. Gene Sinclair, Mrs. T. B.
Chatham, Mrs. Zeno King.
Section 2
Mr. J. I. Riddle, Mrs. Sandford
Smith, Mrs. Lillo Munger.
Section 3
Mr. Phil Karner, Mrs. J. R.
Corley, Mrs. George Perkins.
Section 4
Mr. Rex Forrest, Mrs. Sam
Cox, Mrs. John Neece.
School Committee
Prof. Butler and Prof. Per-
kins.
News Stand to Move
Washington, Dec. 8.—The to-
tal expenses incurred by mem-
bers of the peace committee
were $1,651,191.09, according to
a report transmitted by Presi-j
dent Wilson to the Senate to-
day.
Washington, Dec. 8.—The
State Department today replied
to the invitation of the League
of Nations that the United
Spates name a representative
tor a permanent commission on
disarmament. The State De-
partment refused to disclose at
th sitime whether or not the in-
vitation had been accepted.
I. Newman, dealer in the Dal-
las News and Journal, has rent-
ed quarters in the building for-
merly occupied by the Cletrac
tractor demonstration rooms,
and will move to his new loca-
tion Jan. 1st. Some disposition
will be made of the building
from which he will move, prob-
ably throwing all the small
rooms now used by the little res-
taurant, tailor shop and news
stand into one larger building,
for tenancy by a larger busi-
ness.
Boy Breaks Leg
Pathe Camera Man
in Mexia to Get
Scenes of Oil Town
Fred Bockelman, camera man
for the Pathe Company, one of,
if not the largest news picture
gathering concerns in the world,
featuring current events as they
happen, while they are live
news, is in the city preparing to
make motion pictures of street
scenes, oil field scenes, and other
happenings now going on in our
midst.
Mr. Bockelman has a $1,000
camera with him and came here
with instructions to put Mexia
on the map through his motion
picture work. He is official cam-
era man for Texas and belongs
to the Dallas Chamber of Com-
merce, where he has his head-
uarters.
Mr. Bockelman was confer-
ring with members of the Com-
mercial Club Wednesday, where
he was given assurance of all
the co-operation necessary to se-
cure what pictures he wished to
take while here.
Red Cross Meeting
Mrs. W. M. White, chairman
of the Christmas Red Cross
drive, desires to meet the com-
mittee chairmen of the work
Thursday afternoon at the City
Hall, City Secretary's office, at
4 o'clock. The meeting is for
the purpose of co-ordinating all
the work under a team which
will make the drive in a short
period o ftime and with ultimate
success. All chairmen are re-
quested to attend. Watch for
announcement in Thursday's
News.
Breaks Arm Cranking Ford
H. L. Hall is carrying one of
his arms in a plaster cast swung
to the side as a result of a kick
from a Ford car when he at-
tempted to crank the engine of
the car one day last week. The
break was a bad one and will ne-
cessitate several weeks watch-
ful waiting before young Hall
can again do a man's work.
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The Roderick Lean Automatic Disc Har-
ow, built purposely to work with the
fordson, is now considered a most neces-
sary implement by thousands of Amer-
ican farmers.
Discing with the Fordson and a Roderick
Lean Automatic Disc Harrow, just after
the harvest, enables the plow to turn all
improve
trash well under where
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with the Fordson to the end of growing
better crops.
It provides fast, thorough and deep seed-
bed preparation. That is why you wiil
want one with your Fordson. Then, too,
there are Rodericl:Leanspil:e tooth, spring
tooth and orchard harrows, specially
built to work with the Fcrdc.on.
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moisture by evaporation ar 1
land fit for plowing at any ur. j.
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better crop. The Roderick I .can Auto-
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Washington, Dec. 8.—The re-
ligious question does not enter
into Ireland's fight for indepen-
dence, it was declared here to-
day by Miss Mary MacSwiney,
sister of the martyred lord ma-
yor of Cork, who testified before
the American commission on Ire
land. Indeed, declared Miss Mac
Swiney, many of Ireland's most
reveranced leaders have been
Protestants.
Archie, fourteen year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Geddy,
sustained a compound fracture
of his left leg in an accident at
the school building Tuesday af-
ternoon.
While playing with the other
boys of his class he fell in such a
manner that a companion landed
on top of him, causing the brok-
en bones.
Mexia Has Pound Man
Sandwich Shop to Open
Limestone Motor Company
F. W. WELCH, Manager
MEXIA, TEXAS
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Sign Board Removed
The old bill board, which has
been an eye-sore for many years
on the vacant lot between Hick-
man's and Robertson & Bass,
was torn down Friday. The lots
fronting along Commerce Street
at this point have considerably
enhanced in value, and no doubt
will soon be the site of substan-
tial business buildings.
Several offers for purchase of
this property have been made
the owners, but no changes have
yet occurred so far as we know.
New Sewer Ordinance Passed
Earle Carroll has been em-
ployed to look after the task of,
seeing that no stock run loose on '
the streets of Mexia.
He has been given authority
to pen all stock found at large in
the city, and those who have
been careless with gates should
look after "Old Brindy" as Mr.
Carroll will charge a nice little
fee for lodging if he has to drive
them to his pound pen.
Messrs. Paul G. Taylor, Car-
lyle Crouch and Homer M. Fer-
ris, proprietors of the new sand-
wich shop to be known as the
Sandwich Shop Company, state
that they will be open and ready
for business in their new quar-
ters in the basement of the Pitt-
man building by Friday of this
week.
The sandwich shop is a new
departure in lunch rooms, and
the management of this new
business promises the public
something a little different and
a little better than is usually ex-
pected in the restaurant line.
All food is prepared in plain
view of the customer, all sand-
wiches served on toast, and ev-
erything neat, spick and span.
The fixtures going in are of an
exceptionally nice character.
The City Commission at its
last meeting drafted an ordi-
nance which will force all prop-
erty owners in the business sec-
tion of Mexia to connect up with
the sewer department.
There has been an ordinance
in effect for some time which
sought to regulate the matter of
-sewerage disposal, but it seems
\hat it was not effective enough.
The new ordinance is said to
lack nothing in the way of effec-
tiveness and all property owners
within a certain radius of the
center of the business section
will be expected to immediately
conform to its provisions.
Some effort is being made, ev-
en at this early date, to extend
the area thus affected by the or-
dinance, but we do not know
with what success the request
will meet.
Misses Elaine Oppen and Bet-
*^-tie Kennedy went to Dallas Sun-
day for a few days' visit with
ftiends.
Another Rig Arrives
Another drilling rig arrived in
Mexia Monday and is now being
unloaded from the cars on the
T. & B. V. tracks. It is suppos-
ed that this is one of the sever-
al which have been ordered ship-
ped to Mexia by the Humphreys
interests to be placed on one of
their new wells to be drilled
here within the next few days.
DISTRICT JUDGE AT
CORSICANA QUITS
Corsicana, Dec. 4.—Judge H.
B. Davis will telegraph his res-
ignation as judge of this judicial
district to Gov. Wm. P. Hobby
at Austin tonight. It is expect-
ed that Judge Hawkins Scarbor-
ough, who was elected district
judge at the November election,
will qualify Monday morning. It
has been customary for the
newly elected district judge to I
enter upon his duties the first:
of January following his elec-i
tion, but a press of business |
matters has caused Judge Davis!
to find it necessary to vacate1
the office at an earlier date.
Judge Davis will enter into the
general practice of law and will
open offices in Corsicana and at
Mexia. He has been judge of
this district for twelve years.
G. C. (Cook) Anderson, is
back home from Wichita Falls,
to visit homefolks a few days.
Corsicana Oil Men
to Drill at Mexia
During the past week the
Main Oil Company was organiz-
ed in Corsicana and it is under-
stood that they will drill a well
a short distance east of Humph-
reys Petroleum Company's well
at Mexia.
The new company will main-
tain offices in the Main Hotel,
this city. The officers are Fred
Upchurch, president; Howard
Marr, vice president; John Ham-
ilton, secretary and John W.
Hoser, field manager.—Corsica-
na Daily Sun.
Italian Sailors Join
D'Annunzio Fleet
(By International News Service)
Milan, Dec. 8.—The situation
at Fiume gets more serious des-
pite the efforts of the parliamen-
tary committee to bring about
peace between D Annunzio and
the Italian government.
The report that one of the
torpedo boat destroyers of the
fleet blockading Fiume had join-
ed D'Annunzio's fleet was offici-
ally confirmed today.
C. L. Curlee and Gladyne Eliz-
abeth Cooper.
Curtis Hopkins and Leila Wal-
ker.
Geo. Cook and Bell Branch.
Will Quinet and Mabel Brown.
Robert Melton and Alma
Brooks.
Archie Pringle and lone
Thornton.
Geo. Adams and Lillie Jenk-
ins.
Orvel Smith and Swazie Mc-
Corken.
J. H. Seale and Ella Sanders.
Raymond Brooks and Annie
Harris.
Cleveland Johnson and Pearle
Black.
Mraion Bacon and Eddie Gor-
don.
Dolph Gordon and Flossie Ba-
con.
Garner Hearne and Mary Tan-
ner.
Sam Connor and Beulah John-
son.
Thomas F. Sanches and Mrs.
Eurilda Johnson.
J. R. Van Winkle and Esther
Cooley.—Groesbeck Journal.
(i.j HENS BRING MORE
THAN 11 BALES COTTON
A flock of sixty-five hens
bought last spring by O. M.
Mashburn of Hugo, Oklahoma,
brought more ready cash this
year than the 14-bale cotton
crop which he has produced.
The old stock was sold off at an
average of $2.50 a head; eggs
brought more than $350 during
the year, and there is on hand a
flock of 125 pullets with a valu-
ation of $2 placed per head.
Money from the sale of the
rhickens and eggs was used to
pay cotton pickers.
Jim Miller to Build Two Houses
Sustaining Fund Sub-
scriptions to Date
Following is a list of the Me-
xia business men who are con-
tributing to the Mexia Com-
mercial Club Sustaining Fund.
We will continue to publish the
list as more firms are added to
the list from time to time. The
Commercial Club has a large
volume of work to do and it
takes money to carry on this
work. The list as furnished us
by the Commercial Club to date
is as follows:
Cox & Forrest $ 24.00
J. M. Lamberth 6.00
Farrar Lumber Co 24.00
B. R. Howard 3.00
Mexia Tire Co. 12.00
Smith & Karner 12.00
F. L. Coles 3.00
Farmers State Bank 60.00
Home Insui'ance Co 12.00
Duke & Ayres, Assessed
$12.00, paid 24.00
Star Store 12.00
j Munger Oil & Cotton Co. 60.00
Karner & Phillips 24.00
E. M. Oates 3.00
j Limestone Motor Co 24.00
j Mexia Bottling Works .... 24.00
i Berry-Barnett Groc. Co. 60.00
! Gene Sinclair 12.00
Humphreys Mexia Co. . 500.00
Mrs. While Heads Red Cross
Pistol Duel on Train
Following Argument
(By International News Service)
Pikeville, Ky., Dec. 8.—Will
Blackburn was shot and killed
and his brother, Henderson
! Blackburn was probably fatally
wounded, and Will Hopkins, a
| prohibition enforcement officer
! received wounds that may cause
! his death during a pistol duel on
I a train, en route to this city, it
j became known when the train
; arrived here today.
■ The Blackburns were on their
way to Pikeville to testify at
J the trial of another brother, ac-
! cused of shooting "Buddy" Hop-
kins, brother of the prohibition
officer.
According to Hopkins the
! shooting resulted from an argu-
ment that arose on the train
during which he says the Black-
burns insulted and threatened
him.
The sailors on board the des-
troyer overpowered their offi-
cers and voluntarily joined the
D'Annunzio navy.
Hon. Walter A. Keeling, for-
mer county judge of Limestone
county, now Assistant Attorney
General of Texas, was in the
city Monday shaking hands with
friends and mingling with the
big crowds.
Jim T. Miller has let a con-
tract for the erection immedi-
ately of two bungalow cottages
in Mexia, the exact location of
which we have not learned.
The housing shortage here is
in a measure to be relieved by
the building of several resi-
dences for rent purposes and we
suppose Mr. Miller is construct-
ing the two above mentioned
for rent purposes.
According to the contract the
two dwellings will be modern,
neat and up-to-date in every re-
spect. _
The Methodist ladies announce
that the annual bazaar has been
postponed until the early part of
next week, definite announce-
ment to be made later.
Announcement is made that
i Mrs. W. M. White will be select-
| ed chairman of the local Red
! Cross chapter to carry out und-
: or her direction, the fourth an-
■ nual roll call, which is now und-
| er way. The committee this
! year began the work of renew-
ing and soliciting members a
little late, but we learn that
\ progress of a gratifying nature
1 has been made already.
i CORSICAN A WANTS GOOD
ROADS TO OIL FIELDS
Corsicana, Dec. 7.—Business
interests of Corsicana are alive
to the opening of the Mexia-
Groesbeck oil fields. Plans are
now on foot to rush the good
roads program and complete a
series of paved roads from Cor-
sicana to the four ends of the
oil territory.
Though the motor car service
is now being established over a
number of the highways with a
view of giving oil promoters an
opportunity to make Corsicana
their headquarters.
Sam Hodges ot Austin, who
is attending State University,
spent Saturday and part of Sun-
day with Leonard Tidwell.
Clara Smith Hamon
Charged with Murder
(By International News Service)
Ardmore. Dec. 8.—Mrs. Clara
Smith Hamon, so called affinity
of Jake Hamon, the "oil king,"
will be formally charged with
his murder this morning, ac-
cording to a statement by Coun-
ty Attorney Russell P. Brown.
She is now charged with the
shooting of Hamon with intent
to kill, but a new warrant will
be sworn out today charging
her with his murder. Attorney
Brown said.
Fire at Coolidge
Coolidge, Dec. 4.—The resi-
dence and household goods of
Alex Robbins were partly des-
troyed about noon Friday when
fire was discovered in the bath
room where the fire is supposed
to have started from an oil wa-
ter heater. Mrs. Robbins had
no insurance on either the house
or the furniture.
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The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1920, newspaper, December 10, 1920; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292392/m1/3/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.