The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1924 Page: 3 of 4
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The New
OLDSMOBILE SIX
The Lowest Priced 6 in the World
A Product of General Motors
—Touring $795
—Roadster $785
—Sport Touring $915
—Two Passenger Cab $985
—Four Passenger Coupe $1075
—Five Passenger Sedan $1135
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All prices F. 0. B. Lansing, Mich.
A demonstration will convince you.
E. M. STRANGE
Hurdleston Hotel Bldg.
BEN FRANKLIN'S
HOUSE RAZED
FOR BRIDGE
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 25. (United
Press.)—Benjamin Franklin's sup-
posed "first Philadelphia home" has
been razed to make way for modern
day traffic.
McElroy Pleased
More Than Ever
With Home Town
John I. McElroy has returned from
Eastern markets, where he went in
the interest of the imposing establish-
ment of Higdon and McElroy of this
city and community.
He returns with much enthusiasm.
The little alley house, more than having been convinced that he is a
200 years old, was in the path of the
approach of the Delaware River bridge
which will connect southern New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania.
Sentiment was cast aside when the
the wrecking demolished the house at
Fourth and Race streets. Under the
picks of the razers, the little dwelling
vanished, but the bricks were good de-
spite their age and will be sold to be
used in the building of another house.
Whether the house was ever the
Franklin home has long been debated,
but never decided. Several efforts
were made tc save the structure, but
were abandoned because the authenti-
citizen of and that his concern serves
one of the very best sections and the
very finest people in the United States
While at market, he studied stocks
offered the trade very carefully and
used his Iwtt taste in the selections
made. His attention was not confined
strictly to apparel for women and the
things they find most interesting in a
merchandise establishment, but also
studied Gent's furnishings and came
back with an insight into fashions and
pattersn that are soon to predominate
in this part of the country.
j Besides shop talk, Mr. McElroy re-
; turns with other interesting matters
Forty-two Club
Entertained
Need For Aid In
Near East Great
0. K. Well At
Teague Shows
Gas Pressure
DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 25.—A cable
gram just received by Charles L.1
Sanger, Stite. chairman of Near East I Word reaching Teague from the
Relief at State headquarters here, jO. K. well f> miles southeast of Teague
city of the house could not be verified. I as well. Ke said that while in Newj
°~ . | York City over Sunday, two weeks |
ago, that ne went to one of the leading
j churches of the city. He said that it
was a bleak day, which was probably
some excuse for a small crowd, but
that he was surprised to find only
about 100 people assembled to worship
God on His holy day in an auditorium
which could have accommodated in
comfort 2,'JOO or more. These he said
were scatteitd all over the big house.;
The paid choir consisted of about five j
voices. From this he gained the im- j
pression that pleasure mad New York i
City is worshipping false gods and re- j
jecting th > Hily Sabbath. On the j
same day, he collected a pile of New!
York City newspapers, which he found !
consisted of so many pages that he j
found trouble in getting in his door j
to his hotel room with them.
When in St. Louis, the next Sun-!
day, he said he attended church ser- j
Friday afternoon Mrs. J. K.
Hughes entertained the forty-two
club with a delightful party at her
home on South McKinney Street.
George Washington's birthday was
carried out in the color scheme, and
the decorations were cherry blos-
soms and cherry fruit in green set-
tings. There were forty-nine guests
present, and twelve tables of forty-
two. The small cherry trees on each
table and bud vases were given as
cut prizes. The favors were exquisite
corsage of sweet peas and ferns.
A course consisting of nut salad,
rolls, olives, pickles, and tea was
served, followed by cream and cake,
the latter carying out the Washing-1 v'ces aSaii. and there, he was glad to
MEXIA DRUG COMPANY
Always
A Full
Carries
Line of
Drugs, Toilet Articles and Sundries
Dr. Le Gears Stock and Poultry Remedies
Prescriptions Promptly and Carefully Filled
Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobaccos
Make Our Store Your Headquarteri
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MEXIA
DRUG COMPANY
The Rexall
Store
ton motif, in the continental buff
and blue colors. The cream was mold-
ed in the shape of Washington's
bust, and was buff in color, while
the cake was blue.
from Professor Paul Monroe of Co-
lumbia University, a World Traveler,
and Dr. R. R. Recder, former directoi
of Serbian Child Welfare association,
declares distressing conditions among
refugees of Salonika, Macedonia, con-
stitute the greatest need they have
seen in any country since the World
War. The cable in full, follows:
^"Our personal inspection refugees
situation reveals most distressing con-
i is to the effect that the well is show-
I ing a strong gas pressure. Casing
I has been set in the well and shows
; considerable gas. A match was
ignited and the gas burned for a long
while until shut off burning around
the rotary and drill stem. Bailing has
been in process at this well and at the
beginning the bailer went to the bot-
tom of casing at 3001 feet and after
the first few bailers coming out show-
ditions, especially of the hundred and j ing oil the gas pressure caused the
twelve thousand refugees in Salonika fluid to rise up 400 feet and bridge,
out of the five hundred thousand in j necessitating the use of the bit to drill
Maredonia. Scores
mostly women and
nourished, malarial,
of thousands,
children, under-
living indescrib-
through the bridge. The log shows
that the log of this well compares very
supposed to be the cap-rock on foot
Petty Crimes
Sweep City
he found a large attendance.
SHERIFF'S FORCES
MAKES BIG RAID
of
Another Fine Home
On Ross Avenue Is
To Go Up at Once
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For the past week the officers
the County, under the direction of
Sheriff Popejoy, have put in the most i
of their time on the illicit traffic of j
liquor. About a week ago the big raid1"*'
started in the Aletha countrv. The !el'cct a handsome home.
John R. Neece has purchased a 3Vi i
acre lot on Ross Avenue, out of the
J. Beckham block, where he will |
ably crowded, unsanitary barracks, and casing set and then the bit further
hovels and shacks. Greatest need we , penetrated rock eight feet and driller
have seen in any country since World reports that bit was within several
War." j inches of going through.
According to Mr. Sanger, the Near j Acreage around the well is prac-
East Relief has not adequate funds to | tically leased and is reported that
support the orphan children already j trading has been active. This block
sheltered in its institutions, much lessiof acreage held by the O. K. company
to meet distressing conditions ov' is east of the block of acrage owned J
thousands of other orphan children [ by the Ameiada interests and it is said j
suffering and perishing in refugee j that the log of this wel compares very
camps. "Indeed," said Mr. Sanger, favorably with the three tests drilled
continuing, "unless Near East Relief!by the Amerada within a short dis-
has substantial increase in immediate, tance of each other on the same tract
cash contributions, it won't be able to jnnd all shut down at 3000 feet. It will
maintain the children already in its j be recalled this test has had oil sand
orphanages, and I fear greatly the (showing considerable oil at 815, 1200,
necessity for turning thousands of j 1625, 2140 and at present depth. This
these helpless little ones out to die of! well was spudded in in Nov., 1920 and j
first day the officers caught three
A fietty crime wave seems to be jlarge stills, 72 barrels of whiskey mash
sweeping over the city inspitc of thejjo gallons of whiskey and other equip-
strenuous efforts of the officers to j mont for manufacturing liquor. There
control it. They state that practical- L-ere six arrests made on this raid,
ly one day out of every week is con-j The second day of the raid which was
sumed in tracing down thieves of Saturday February 16th, was made
small articles and administering|about seven mjles east of Kosse.
justic eto the offenders. These arc There was destroyed on this raid four
mostly small children, both white jban.els of mashj f;fty ga„on gtj„ an(j
and black, but often older persors' tent A]so on thjs (lay there wflR a
are convicted. John Young, a negro |ra](j ma(|e on the farm 0f y/ ^ ytrain
manfi was arrested on the charge of
steailing a dress coat which he sold
to a man here in town, and was pla-
ced in jail Saturday to await the
action of the Grand Jury at Groes-
beck.
The plans are ready and construc- j
tion will start in the near future.
The transaction was made through |
the realty firm of Boyd and Forrest. !
Local realty dealers report quite a i
bit of Mexia property changing hands.'
with a view to a very general home ;
building campaign early this spring, j
Arnett Buys Brake
Lining Machinery
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TOMORROW
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With most men
"tomorrow"
which is about six miles southeast of
Mexia and here the officers captured
about six barrels of mash, one gallon j
of corn whiskey and a fifty gallon
copper still, this was one of the most j the automobile accessory industry this
Another advanced step was taken in
captured ' week when Arnett Auto Farts Com-j
SNOW WELCOMED
DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 25.—Heavy j *
complete little stills e1
in this County. The still and other | Pany installed in their home a new,
equipment was found in a small out-! machine for lining brakes.
on the Strain farm. W. M.
snows which ranchmen welcomed as i „
a needed lift to winter crops, fell gen- , , „ ,
' . county jail. The third dav of the raid
erally over north and west lexas to-'
day.
Mr. Arnett in installing the-e ma-
Strain was arrested and placed in the j chines feels that he has rendered a
service to Mexia, not only from the
standpoint of commercial service but
jwas on Monday February 18th, when
Wichita Falls reported the heaviest]
a still was captured on the Navasota
River near Comanche Crossing. At
I the still there was found and destroy-
snowfall in years. In the Panhandle
and throughout New Mexico and Ari-■ ... , , . . ,
,. , . _ . , , . „ led six barrels of whiskey mash
zona light flurries of snow have fallen i ,. . , ,, , .
. , |was ready to be "cooked off'
i for the past 21 hours. I ., . „ „ „
* ... ;other equipment. R. B. Spence
The flakes were unaccompanied bv
that
of taking proper care of brake linings
and thus reducing the possibility of
accidents caused by improper brake
linings. Mr. Arnett states that "prop-
and ' er brake lining" is important. In or
wasider that every square inch of brake!
starvation and exposure. I believe,
however, that big-hearted Texans.
whom God has richly blessed during
the past year with abounding pros-
perity, will respond promptly by pour-
ing forth funds sufficient, when added
to the gifts of other sympathetic peo-
ple throughout the land, to enable us
tjrmcet not only the pressing needs of
the 60,000 children safe within our
own orphanages, but also those suf-
fering kiddie in the refugee camps."
Checks to assist in this work may
be sent to Mr Sanger, W. O. Connor,
State treasurer, Republic National
Bank, Dallas, or to the Sate office of
Near East Relief, Slaughter building,
Dallas.
WACO PARTY INSPECTS
PIPE ORGAN HERE
Rev. Watts, pastor of the new St.
John's church at Waco, and a commit-
tee of five ladies from the congrega-
tion, were in Mexia Thursday to in-
spect the new pipe organ recently in-
stalled in the Methodist church here.
Mrs. Roy Akin, organist, performed
for them on the magnificent instru-
ment, and they spoke with enthusiasm
concerning the organ. D. K. Hol-
brook of Dallas, agent for the com-
pany handling the organ, was also
with them.
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CAMP FIRE GIRLS
The Car.!;, Fife Girls met at 4:30
Thursday afternoon and after a short
talk by Mv.i. 55 Roche'.le the troop was
organized with the following officers
elected:
Josephine Harris president.
"Martha Mitchell, vice president.
Fay Ovcrstrert, secretary.
Lila Mays, reporter.
Jewel Thirnton, treasurer.
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Mrs. Hnttie Moore of Dallas spent
Ihe week-end with her sirter, Miss Ida
Belle Hunt.
has drilled carefully giving the area
wind or sleet, and melted as they fell. I
The thermometer however, registered
! arrested at the still and placed in the
surface shall be brought into use,
county jail. On Thursday, the officers ] lininE 'tself must be correctly
one of the best tests in each forma-1, , . ., , ; headed by
, „ lower temperatures, the mercury drop-; , , ,, , . ,
tion. All wells drilled in Freestone! . ,,,, , . , „ . , .day of the big raid was made in the
! ping 32 degrees in west Texas during „. ., ,, . ... . „
County report favorable showings at;tjlp j, ^ JOletha Country. The officers left the
„ ... . . , , ., . , ., [County Capital before daybreak and
Cattlemen rejoiced at the heavy fall , , , . ,, , . ,
. it. ■ ., !was down on what is called "Whiskey
of snow, declaring the drouth in the |
range country had been broken.
around 3000 feet and it is believed that
had proper tests been made first pro-
duction would have been had long ago.
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MEASLES fi.-gr,
Miss Madeline Beene, 20, of Shiloh.
died at the home of her aunt, Mrs.
H. R. Little at 801 South McKinney
street Friday evening at 9 o'clock of
measles complicated with lung trouble.
She had been sick for only a short
time and hor death came suddenly and
almost before the seriousness of her
condition was realized.
Furcnal services were held at her
PRICK ETT-PRESSLEY
Last Sunday afternoon Johnnie
Prickett and Miss Juanita Pressley
drove to Waco and were quietly
married by ev. W. M. Clark, pastor
of the First Methodist Church of
Waco, at the parsonage. The mar-
riage took place at 3:30 after which
the happy your.g couple returned to
Mexia to make their home in the
the j
at-'
Sheriff Popejoy, the fourth jtached to the brake band.
"Many owners believe that relining
brakes is a simple operation. On the
'contrary, renewal of lining requires
skill, care and experience. The
functioning of brakes is more im-'
portant than the functioning of the1
motor as life itself may depend upon i
the brakes."
PkRA/s,
the word
means remote
future. The word "tomorrow"
is often an expression that
frames an excuse. Tomorrow
is the hereafter of all hope.
It is the refrain of failures.
Don't wait until "tomor-
row," to take what experi-
ence has proved to be abso-
lutely necessary step on the
pathway to success.
Start that bank account To-
day.
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Crfeek" before sunrise. Three big stills
were captured on this raid. The first
capture was a hundred and fifty gal-
lon copper still, thirteen barrels of
mash, three whiskey kegs and other
equipment. The second capture of the
day was a fifty gallon copper still and
a barrel of mash. The next capture of
of the day was a little farther down
the creek where they found a fifty
j gallon copper still, sixteen barrels of
mash and a sack of bran, one sack!
,! of flour, several
new bunalow built as a model home!
home at Shiloh Saturday afternoon at j \,v j k. Huhges under the supervis-1 waff011 sheet, fruit jars etc.
2:00 o'clock and interment took place
at Union cemetery, about four and
one-half miles southeast of Teague.
Miss Beene was an employe of
Cheoves Brothers here. She leaves a
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Nix-
on Beene, of Shiloh, and several sis-
ters.
The family had moved into the
Sholoh community but a year ago,
from Unio.i where t^s deceased was
buried.
Mrs. Bon Smith has returned from
Dallas where she spent a few days the
pa.;t week on account of illness which
Curroy Released
On $5SS Bond
Floyd Curroy, negro, charged with
slaying of "Son" Bell, negro, was
given a preliminary hearing in the
Justice Court here Thursday and re-
leased on $500 bond. The negro stat-
f.
R. WILD,
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38 pistol for an attack upon
at her home several
ion of the News Publishing Com- decora ing to a statement made byje(] that he ki,Ied Bcl, by shooting hini
pany. | Seott Reed, County Attorney, there
The bride is a young lady of love- j 'las ,iever been such a wholesale dis- j (jurroy>s wjfe
ly charms and has a host of friends j truction of whiskey stills, mash a^0
in the community. The groom is one | °ther liquor manufacturing equip 1
of Mexia's worthy young business j ment made in the history of this Coun
men. The happy newly weds are ty
both receiving the congratulations of
friends who wish them much joy and
success and are glad to know that
they are "at home" in Mexia.
LIMESTONE PIONEER
NOTICE
BURIED SUNDAY
This section of the country is free
from qauarntine and it is not com-
pulsory that you dip your cattle but in
order to pi event any return of ticks
and to clean your cnttle of lice you
KOSSE, Texas, Feb. 25.—The death should dip them. I have made ar-
W. C. Puts Out
Trees on Campus
Westminster College took advantage
of the holiday given the students to
set out a number of trees upon tho
campus Friday. Quite a number of
trees were planted, among them sonic
Elms and Sycamores along the walk
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Has a Large Stock of
mm HMD F0RNSTU1
And Fverythir.g for the Home, including1
Kitchen Equipment
Very Low Prices
SEE ME BEFORE BUYING
117 Palestine St.—Just East of Neece Lumber Yard.
has proved a source of worry to her of S. E. Dean, aged 7fi, and a pioneer ] rangementn with the Commissioners Reading from the girls dormitory
many friends since first stricken. ] settler of this section of Limestone t Court to dip your cattle without cost
hey will be glad to learn that she is j County, occurred Saturday morning, to you, on the following dates: Re-
The funeral services were conducted union Grounds vat, March 10t.h, Ros-
Sundny afternoon, interment follow- son, March 11th, Springfield March
ing in the local cemetery. 12th, Carter March 13th. L. C. Estca
better and thnt her return to health,
though gradual, is certain with proper
rest and precaution.
Lee Dorsetr was in town this after-
noon and -810 that the snow was heavy
out his vv-iy The recent rains have
put a stop temporarily to farm work.
Mr. and Mrs. K. F. Wright of Den-
ton are in the city visiting relatives.
March 14th. For further information
E. L. Smith spent Sunday in San see O. Lewis, Mexia. 28-5
Antonio where Mrs. Smith and E L o
Jr., are spending a few weeks. E. L. Smith left Saturday night on
o the mid-ni^h; train for San Antonio
Hugh Freeman went over to Waco to join his wife and son, E. L. Jr.,
Sunday afternoon, to appear in the who are spending several weeks in
Federnl court as a juror. Ithat city.
COMING EVENTS
March 4, 5 and 6—Western Petro-
leum Refiners' Association, at Dallas,
Texas, annual meeting.
March 25, 2(5 and 27—American Oil
Men's Association, Congress Hotel,
Chicago, annual meeting.
April 7, 8, 0 and 10—National Pe-
troleum Marketers' Association, at St.
Louis, Mo., spring meeting.
October 2 to 11—International Te-
'.ro'eum Exposition, at Tulsa, OkU.
THE CITY NATIONAL HAM
Mexia, Texas
Member Federal Rcr-erve System
STRONG—LIBERAL
We respectfully solicit the accounts of those who ap-
preciate a cr.reful and efficient service and safe and con
servative banking.
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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/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.