The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1924 Page: 2 of 4
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IY rr WITH FLOWERS
tragic death recently of the
Texas girl in the Nation's gres*
aroused the sentiment of
of a people. Like new found
and streams, it welled up and
tubed onward, always stopping be-
side the lifeless and bruised body of
the little Texas musician. As the body
Was being moved from the morgue
seemingly homeless and friendless in
• great city, there came out from the
Unknown, a spray of white lillies to
By A. Garland Adair
. No citizen has a right to intellec-
tual ambition until he has learned
to lay his course by a star which
he1. has never seen—"to dig by the
dividing rod for springs which he
may never reach,
In writing along this line, Oliver
Wendell Holmes has said;
"I say to you in all sadness of
conviction, that to think great
thought you must be heroes as well
as idealists. Only when you have
worked alone—when you have felt
ground you a black gulf of solitude
more isolatng than that which sur-
rounds the dying man, and in hope
and in depair have trusted to your
own unshaken will—then only will
you have achieved. Thus only can
you gain the secret isolated joy of
the thinker, who knows that, long
after he is dead and forgotten, men
who huve never heard of him will be
moving to the measure of his
thought—the subtile rapture of post-
and Lytls, in the Northaast
Mexia territory, about two miies south
of Worth#m and 3% miles North
cast of the Fishpond producing area,
features the opening of the new Week
Many who have closely followed the
bit in its downward course, to the
depth of 2960 feet where easing is
said to have been set, are sure that by
this time next week, the work of drill-
ing in a new oil pool will be under
way.
A bridge has been placed across the
ditch by the side of the road, separat-
ing the highway from the test, just a
few feet east of the H. & T. C. rail.
road. This is for the convenience of
the visitors and interested parties who
go to the location daily.
Dividing interest with the Hackney
is the prospective campaign just be-
ginning in the Richland area, where
more than a dozen new rigs will be
running within the next ten days,
weather permitting. These operat-
ions will bt in the neighborhood of
the two wildcat oil producers brought
in recently by McDonald Brothers on
the Brown and Swink tracts, located
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rest on the casket above the breast of - . ... 1.1 j j t. „
the girl who had known life to love it, j P°ned power, which the world knows between the Richland and Powell pro-
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who had lived to enjoy its beauties. not because it has no external trap-
pings, but which to his prophetic
vision is more real than that which
commands ati army. And if this joy
should not be yours—still it is only
thus that you can know that you
have done what it lay in you to do
—can say that you have lived, and
be ready for the end" and that you
have served your country, as you
passed this way.
A bunch of lillies, sentiment in con-
crete, sentiment beautiful and fragrant
That sheaf of white lillies redeemed
the condemned friendship, for they,
the flowers held sacred some unknown
message. We trust that their mes-
sage was not in vain, for we know that
the old world is kind, is loving and
charitable. The donor of the white
lillies had a heart, a soul, a conscience
and the flowers bore in sentiment, a
message overwhelming and powerful,
in the silent fragrant petals. There
was a voice and a love' and sympathy
hidden in the heart of the flowers.
From the towering rigging of a
moster battleship, there recently was
lowered a beautiful wreath of flowers
to float silently and majestically on
the bosom of the restless waters of the
ocean, beneath which slept- dead heroes
of the World War. Soon from the
vision the swaying moving flowers
passed, caught in the mad whirl of
the tossing white caps, and again the
heart's sentiment of a Nation dwelt in
a wreath of flowers. As we love and
sorrow together we may know in part
something of the message of the white
lillies, and the wreath of flowers cast
upon the waters.—W. M. Woodall in
West News.
If our present day jelly beans, and
drug store cowboys were as slick as
their hair, father wouldn't have to pay
for the gasoline they burn up in speed-
ing about in the family car.—Palo
Pinto Star.
They se°m to be pretty click, or
papa would not be so easy.
Why should the women insist on
seeing the old mummy of King Tut,
anyhow, when there are real live men
to look at? Some women kiss the
cold nose of a dog when men are stand
ing within ten feet of them.—Denison
Herald.
"Why stand thee there idle all the
day?" Move up closer and maybe you
will get some of those smacks that
are being bestowed on the pup.
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VISION ANDWORK
Mexia citizens may well congratu-
late themselves on securing for this
community the large Fertilizing plant,
which has recently established itself
here and which is to develop into the
largest industry in this part of Texas.
The strong company behind the propo-
sition, the vast area to serve, the
growing enthusiasm on the part of
the farmers and the sympathy ex-
tended by Texas citizenship warrant
the prediction of its greater growth.
More industries are needed. More
industries are sure to come if they
find the community receptive in the
establishment of industrial homes
here. Mexia went after tank farms.
A liberal taxation policy was assured.
This same liberal policy should be
maintained in connection with all in-
dustry seeking a location, especially
during its developing days.
B. C. Forbes has well said that
things, civil, industrial and commercial
don't just happen. It is a good gospel
for Mexia or for any other alert com-
munity. Natural advantages are often
a curse, in the sense that they tend
to make citizens believe that they will
do for a country what must be done,
after all, by human hands.
The history of community develop-
ment in America has witnessed many
tragedies and many triumphs in which
this principle is involved. -
Mexia probably in boom oil days de-
pended too much on this mighty
natural resource, the Golden Lane and
ducing areas.
This new area there bears much the
same relation to those fields as the
location on the Hackney where Carter
and Lytel are testing relates to the
Fishpond area and the Currie pro-
ducing pool.
The discovery well on the Brown by
McDonald Brothers, on the 8 acre
tract, continues to flow around 250
barrels daily, 42 gravity and no water,
at 2977, which is about 17 feet below
that at which the Hackney is said to
have set the casing the latter part of
last week. The second producer by
McDonald Brothers, about 1000 feet
Northeast and in the south center of
a 39.1 acre lease is swabbing around
100 barrels daily at 2948 feet, which is
about 12 feet above the Hackney
depth. The Texas Pipe Line Com-
pany has coi nected up with these pro-
ducers of high gravity petroleum and
is purchasing it at $2.00 per barrel.
The Boyd Oil Company has made a
location on the A. A. Allison, 62 acre
tract, about a mile northeast of the
two McDonald producers, while a
diagonal offset southeast of the Boyd
company's location has been made by
McDonald Brothers. The Texas Com-
pany, owning offset leases adjacent to
these, is expected to have an opera-
tion under way within the next few
days. Also, McDonald Brothers are
planning a second test on the Brown,
about 300 feet due North of the dis-
covery well, at the same time making
a new location in the south end of a
twenty acre strip off the east side of
the S. T. Green lease. This gives this
company two producers and three im-
mediately prospective drilling opera-
tions.
Max Gutwan is drilling near Wood-
bine depths on a 1162 acre lease and
is slated as the next and third pro-
ducer for the newly opened territory.
It is south of the discovery well.
The Godley Oil Company will start
a test as soon as weather permits in
the Northeast corner of the Allison
Gordon lease, about 1000 feet south
We are showing a beautiful range of New Spring Suits
in all the New Sport and Dressy Materials. Most of these
suits ar,e made up in the little "Boyish" or "Mannish" styles jS
which promise to be so good for this season. Here you will
find the light colors in Tan and Gray, also the desired pin
stripes. See our display on the balcony floor.
SPRING COATS I
Priced SIMS to S3M5 |
FOR SPORT - FOR STREET - FOR DRESS jg
Spring is just a matter of a few days! In
fact it is now in the air! Coats such.as we are
showing will be necessary in order that you
be correctly dressed.
Our collection is complete—showing all
the new shades and styles of the season. We
invite you to see our showing immediately so
that you may have a wide range of styles
from which to make your selection. Moderate-
ly priced from $16.75 to $39.75.
COMPANY
"The Place Where You Will Eventually Trade"
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
From Files of Mexia Evening News
Of Feb. Z6, 1899.
Miss Daphne Camp is sick with
pneumonia.
Mrs. M. B. Kemp visited in Groes-
beck the past week.
its environs. It was a dear lesson,
but has been well learned and thej0^ t^le discovery well.
community's citizens are aroused to j According to reports, the H. A.
Tomorrow it will be twenty-two ! necessity of linking themselves | Swink 1, of the Miller and Lewis inter-
years since the present editor" took i more closely to agriculture and in-j psts, located about three quarters of a
charge of The Rustler, and twenty dustry.
I mile southaast of the McDonald Br
years of that he worked on salary.
In these twenty-two years he has
done all the work on the paper. No
other printer has set as much as one
line of type for the paper. In these
twenty-two years The Rustler has not
missed an issue, and it has always
come out on time. If there is another
printer-edifor in Texas that can come
Mrs. David Murphy has returned to
her home in Groesbeck.
DIED.—The infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. W. Hodges died last Satur-
day and the remains were taken to
Palestine for burial.
H. M. Munger has returned from
Dallas where he has been making
arrangements for a new oil mill.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McLendon of
Calvert were in the city attending the
bedside of his mother, Mrs. S. G. Mc-
Lendon.
anywhere near this record, we have j re1u'red to serve the thousands who
failed to hear about him.—Riesel jlook to Mexia as the center of activi-
Rustler. rties> the distributing point for a vast
And during all those twenty-two }era and easily reached territory.
Mexia possesses natural advantages j fafed to develop into a producer re-
that lift her high above the ordinary ] ce"tly when storage was arranged
community. Tnese advantages arejand Plans "-ade to <Iri11 in at 3.000
not confined to resources of field and 1 feet- The bit is sai(i to have keen!
earth, but are also seen in her ad-!Rent deeper but with no oil showing,
vantageous location with reference to!This is the third test in the territory
other cities, in reference to the center ito have des -ended to Woodbine depths,
of population of Texas, and in refer-ilts aPParent failure has led to the be-
ence to the needs of many industries;^' that it is off structure.
Production from the deep areas of
this section, Mexia, Currie, Richland,
New Richland and Powell hangs
It is a fact that no city of 10,000 in
the southwest offers greater ad-
cantages to the homeseeker or more
opportunities for the live business
man than Mexia.
But Mexia cannot win by natural
Wanted—A Man! advantages alone, although situated
I want a man to work on my farm. i'n t'1e ^eart of the richest section in
I don't give dancing lessons. I havei"16 ^Jn'ted States.
years Brother Fischer has given his
people a paper in keeping with the
community, and they have given him
a liberal support—a worthy tribute to
a worthy ed'tor.
no piano. I can't serve plank steak! ^e citizenship must be mobilized
three frimes a day. I do give three'^or t'1e man s'zed tas'c community
square meals, a real bed. fair wages./development.
If any man who knows a cow frc
Vision and work have built magnifi-
talking machine, can hear an alarm :cent; cities in swamps, in deserts even.
clock, get up at 5 o'clock, wants the
and
the unfriendly spots of the
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job, I will agree to treat him likejwol'd w'lere nature seemed to have
one of the family, but darn sight rrowned its worst. and these will al-
better. Apply at the Steve Wiggin!ways be a *actor in progress.
place, Intervale Road—Advertisement! 0
clipped from the Rome (Kansas) j ^ Jersey cow of the A. & M. Col-
lege herd completed a test the past
Record.
EARLY SPRING
There is a faint green veil high in
the tops
Of elm trees, and the yellow daffo-
dils
Have opened gold beneath my win-
dow ledge,
And there is green upon a distant
hill.
A thrill runs shivering through the
damp, cold earth.
Dead smells are gone, the air is
clean and sweet.
Some hand has drifted violets tru
the leaves,
And sprinkled daises at my eager
feet.
week, showing a year's production of
936 pound* of commercial butter fat,
which is the best record ever made
at the College or in Brazos county.
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The George Washington Dance giv-
en at the Elks Club rooms last Fri-
day evening from nine to one was a I
complete .success and was attended by!
what is said to he the largest crowd :
i which has ever attended a dance given j
by the club. The rooms were decorat- i
ed in the patriotic colors of red, white '
and blue, with American flags draped '
in conspicuous places. Music was fur-1
nished by the Elks Orchestra with j
Frank Wevner at the piano and direct-
ing in the absence of Charlie Clover
who was sick and unable to attend.
I All during the dance refreshments
—Sadi Kirgan. i were served to the dancers.
tenaciously around the 140,000 barrel
daily mark.
DISTRICT JUORORS
Fifth Week—To Appear March 3rd,
1924:
J W Poindexter, Kosse
W L Rosson, Coolidge
L W Patterson, Mart
A E Hills, Axtell
J W Laird, Coolidge
C M Rhodes, Thornton
W T Williams, Farrar
T B Walker, Mexia
W J Dunbar, Coolidge
W I Waller, Kosse
G H Coe, Goesbeck
K B Roach, Thornton
H T Glass, Mart
M D Cox, Mexia
J W Childress, Groesbeck
W A Harris, Mart
W L Morgan, Kosse
J J Rogers, Thornton
C M W.vatt, Thornton
W T Wallace, Munger
A A Logan, Thornton
J L Weed, Mart
I A Walling, Thornton
R A Taylor, Hubbard
J W Lindsey, Mexia
L G Fox, Thornton
Chas. Jackson? Groesbeck
W T Lattner, Thornton
W J Welch, Groesbeck
O G Walker, Mart
W F, Hines, Groesbeck
W A Ainsworth, Kosse
J E Gibson, Thornton
J O Rochelle, Thornton
John Focke. Me.ria
7. Merrett, Coolidge
The Home Missionary Society of the
Methodist church elected the following
officers: President, Mrs. J. W. Kin-
cheloe; first vice president, Mrs. Geo.
M. Wood; second vice president, Mrs.
Lee Vance; recording secretary, Mrs.
J. M. Long; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. J. D. Jackson; treasurer, Miss
Ida McKenzie; agent for homes, Mrs.
C. W. Metcalf.
C
OME in and let us show you the many ways in
which our BANK SERVICE will fit your particu-
lar needs. You will find your relations here most pleas-
ant.
REMBERGAST- dJAITH IS,ML DANK
The Old Reliable
Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent—$-3.00 and up.
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Died.—Last Friday morning at 8:30
o'clock Mrs. S. G. McLendon died af-
ter a few c'&ys illness with lagrippe.
The bereaved family have the heart-
felt sympathy of the entire community
in which the News joins.
Mrs. Leo Scharff of Groesbeck is
visiting Mrs. J. Desenberg.
Miss Mary Connoughton of Calvert
is in the city visiting Misses K.nma
and Sallie Smith.
T. A. Kindred of Salado is in the
city.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Fees—In Advance:
District, $15.00!
County 10.00 ,
Precinct, G.00 j
The Herald is authorized to an- j
nounce the following candidates, sub-1
ject to the action of the democratic
primaries to be held in July, 1924:
Major N
News, is
P. Houx, editor of the
in Waco attending a meet-
ing of the Press Association.
Miss Louise Kauhl is up after an
attack of la grippe.
Mrs. Mattie Smith is having the
cellar unde" her building occupied by
R. H. Keeling, filled up.
Editorial.—Dewey is to be made a
full admiral, which rank he may hold
until death, unless he elects to retire.
Miss I. eland Gunter of Irene spent
ihe week "no with her brother, Letter
Mr. and Mrs, D. M. O'Neal have j Mrs. Blake Smith left for Dallas j Gunter of this city. She was ac-
to Mexia and are now making I Sunday afternoon to visit friends Rnd jcompanied by Miss Armstrong, rIso of
home. i1'1 attend (iran-l Ooern '-roe. where the" are leaching school.
Knights of Pythias Banquet.
Travis Lodge No. 20, Knights of
Pythias, puiied off a big banquet last
Thursday night at the city hall.
An interesting program was render-
ed, which included an address by Past
Grand Chancellor Pink Downes of
Temple and one by Grand Chancellor
H. P. Brown of Cleburne.
J. W. Blake was master of cere-
monies and during the banquet a num-
ber of toasts were responded to,
among them of interest to present
day folks:
Our Guest*-—Prof. J. W. Reid.
Our Endowment Rank—Hon. E. A.
Strickland o' Georgetown.
The Maccabees—Miss Laura Rogers
The Pythian Goat—P. S. Park.
Friendship— Mnior N. P. H*"
For District Judge, 77th District—
W. R. BOYD, (Freestone County.)
For District Judge, 87th District—
J. E. WOODS, (Freestone County)
For District Clerk—
ELLIS DICKERSON.
M. A. AINESWORTH.
For County Judge—
JOHNSON WAKEFIELD
B. W. MILES
For Tax Assessor—
R. W. (Bob) STEEN
J. L. HIGGINBOTHAM
Dirt Farmer Preacher
For Sheriff—
WHIT POPEJOY (Re-election)
For County Superintendent—
J. J. BATES.
MRS. CORA FERGUSON
For Re-election
For Co. Commissioner Precinct. 4—
JHON M. KENNEDY (re-election)
LUTHER COX
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Attention
Housekeepers
Buy your heating stcr.es
now before it gets coid. I
have a large stock of all
kinds of Heaters, Cook
Stoves, Dishes, Aluminum
Vessels of all kind?. In
fact, I carry most any-
thing to be found m a
modern hardware stcre for
the housekeeper.
Attention
Farmers
I sell the celebrated line
of Oliver Implements, Pet-
er Schuttler Wagons, Bird-
sell Wagons, Hercules Bug
gies. I am headquarters
for the good oid hand-
made harness thut wears
like a pig's nose. The best
collars, bridles and lines as
cheap as good ones can be
sold.
Jere H. Cason returned Saturday
morning from Austin where he had
been attending a meeting of delegates
from the different Lions Clubs in this
district, presided over by Colonel
Louis C. Perry, district Governor of
the Lions International. Mr. Cason
reports that the meeting was entered
into with lots of vim, vigor and vitali-
ty and that the outlook for the or-
ganization seems brighter than ever.
Jack Woniack who has been in the
Baptist Sanitarium at Fort Worth for
the past several weeks, has returned
to his home and the News is glad to
report that he is much better. Mr.
jWomack is one of our most valuable
i citizens and when he is out of the city,
'he is always missed by his many
i friends.
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All Kinds of Guns and Ammunition.
HARDWARE
209 E. Main St. Phone 387
We also sell fertilizer.
Major Herbert Murphy, adjutant
of the Cadet Corps at A. and M.
College, came up Friday to spend the
v.eek-cnd with his parents, Mr. a-id
Mrs. David Murphy. He wax acconi-J
panird by Lieut. A, D. Magruder, of
' • ' ' in the cadet crop.v ■,
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES
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20?) E. Commerce St.
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1924, newspaper, February 28, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292407/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.