The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1924 Page: 3 of 8
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One of the most elaborate affairs
ever witnessed in Mexia featured the
opening of the Third District Con
vention of Texas Federation of Wo-
men's Clubs Tuesday afternoon, when
4:00 to 6:00 in the afternoon the
delegates and visitors were received
by the clubs of Mexia at the hand-
somely decorated Public Library.
As the guests approached the bril
liant and lovely scene, they could
catch strains of sweet music as play
ed by the Elks' orchestra, the sing-
ing of many canaries and the chat-
ter of the happy hosts and visitors.
The ceiling and lattice work sur-
rounding the walls were covered
with smilax and morning glories,
festoor.s of wisteria and red wood
blossoms, Iavendar and green pre-
dominating in every room. Japanese
lanterns and umbrellas hung from
the ceiling, all combining into a
veritable fairyland, representing a
spring garden and forming a perfect
setting for the beautiful gowns
worn.
The color scheme was also carried
out in the ice course. The plate fav-
ors were sweet peas. In the center
of the building was a huge pile of
rock and "an old oaken bucket that
hung in the well" from which Miss
Frances Bass dispensed delicious
punch to the guests. About 400 wo-
men called during the two happy
hours.
Son'e of the prominoit women in
the receiving line were Mrs. II. O.
Cravens of Wichita Falls and Mrs.
Julian Wood of Greenville, who will
long be remembered here because of
their acitve work in the Friday club
and Mexia Library Association; Mrs.
Ilfenry Redmond of Corpus Christi,
State President; Mrs. E. E. Maloney
of Commerce, District President;
Mrs. J. E. King of San Antonio,
chairman of ^the Prison Reform
Board; Mrs. J. E. Lindsay of Mt.
Pleasant; Mrs. Maggie Barry of
Texas A. and M; Miss Shelton of
Ft. Worth, Mrs. Robert Browning of
Terrell and Mrs. Mills of Texarkana.
This event was followed Tuesday
night by the program rendered at
the First Methodist church.
At 9:00 o'clock this morning the
pseeting got under way again at the
High School auditorium where the
first business was transacted. About
125 delegates were present at that
hour, bar.ners posted over the audi-
torium signifying where each dele-
gation was seated.
Luncheon was served in the din-
ing room of the High School Build-
ing and the afternoon session con-
vened in the auditorium at 1:30 p. m.
Fuller reports will appear in The
Mexia Daily News in early issues
of the sessions of the convention al-
ready hold and of those to follow.
A drive through the oil fields will
be enjoyed late this afternoon end
the night session will be held at the
Baptist church.
Groesbeck Picks
Brown For Mayor
In Hot Election
GORESBECK, Texas, April 2.—
What had promised to be a quiet city
election in the forenoon today develop-
ed into one of the most hotly contested
during the afternoon, resulting in a
total of 600 votes being cast when only
('27 poll taxes had been paid. L. L.
Brown was elected Mayor over W. A.
Browder with a majority of 59 votes
end C. S. Bond and R. M. Usry were
chosen as commissioners. All three
of these men are well known business
men with progressive ideas and are
expected to champion a policy for
liberal city development. L. L. Brown
is proprietor of the Reisen Hotel and
owner of a number of brick buildings
ar.d has large land holdings near this
city. C. S. Bond is of the firm of Bond
Brothers Dry Goods, and besides his
mercantile interest has considerable
real estate holdings in and around the
city. R. M. Usry is a real estate agent
and has real estate interests and was
at one time County Commissioner.
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Freestone Countv
Tests Drill Again
The Keechi Petroleum Company's
cieep lest in the extreme eastern part
of Freestone County is still drilling,
recording to reports here Tuesday.
The Green well is also going right
cr. down and is now around 1,000 feet
deep.
The O. K. Well, east of Teague, six
miles, is also drilling again. It is
believed that the operators are now
prepared to complete the test without
further delay. All of these are Free-
stone County tests.
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POLL LIST K
ABOUT THIRD
OF COUNTY
According to the records kept by
Tax Collector W. A. Robbins of Lime-
stone County, a total of 9483 people
paid their poll taxes for the 1924. Mr.
Robbins was here Tuesday and stated
that this is a substantial increase over
rbe past two years.
Of these about one-third of the poll
tax payments is in Precinct No. 4 in
which Mexia is located. There were
30S3 poll taxes paid in this precinct.
Of these, the Mexia voting box has a
poll strength of 2288 or just a little
less than 25 per cent of the total vot-
ing strength of Limestone County.
Mexia has a larger voting strength
than any two other boxes in the
county.
The vote fol-
Precinct
4 is as
fol-
lows:
Voting Box
102-1
1923
1922
Mexia
2288
1951
1402
Tehuacana
315
251
259
Shiloh
199
151
214
Forest Glade
1R5
185
177
Datura
125
101
117
Total
3092
2642
2G10
Board of Appeals
To Hear Kicks
From Tax Payers
Small Boys
Are
Burgla.
Flake Announces
For Justice
Peace Precinct 4
of Justice Precinct
To the Voters
No. 4:
I am taking this means of announc-
ing my candidacy for the office of
justice of the Peace of Precinct No.
1, subject to the Democratic primary
election to be held in Limestone Coun-
ty, on July 26, 1921.
I subscribe to the doctrine that,
"public office js a public trust" and
not a private snap; and so believing, if
elected, I shall endeavor to administer
the office in a fair and judicial man-
ner, at all times and under all circum-
sances. Upon this platform I appeal
to every voter in the precinct for
your votes. I shall endeavor, be-
j tween now and July 26, to make a
| personal canvass of all of the voters
of the precinct.
Respectfully submitted,
S. H. FLAKE.
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Six boys between ages 10 and 15
years were arrested by Mexia officers
and given preliminary trials in the
Justice Court here Monday charged
with burglary. Officers alleged that
the boys broke into the Sumpter St.
School, two warehouses in the busi-
ness district, and the home of Bill
Lewis between Mexia and Coolidge re-
cently making away with quite a num-
ber of articles such as fountain pens
and so forth. The boys were sent to
the count court as juveniles to await
trial there.
A young girl of Mexia who with
her sister Was arrested some time ago
charged with delinquency and released
on her promise to go straight, was
again arrested in Teague and after
preliminary trial was ordered sent to
the count court.
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WEATHER IN 1921 AS
COMPART*} WITH '23
Weather Observer Josephine New-
jnan gives the following comparative
data for the weather at Mexia in the company here, but was recently trans-
Former Mexia Man
Burned To Death
Last Saturday
Last Saturday in Corsicana, Sir.
Ed Weaver was burned to death in his
room at a i-ooming house. The ac-
cident happened about 6 a. m. and is
supposed to have been caused by
escaping gas in his room exploding
when he started to light the fire. The
noise of the explosion was heard in
an adjoining room and when help
readied him he was lying on the floor,
but not yet dead. Death relieved his
sufferings about 10 a. m.
Mr. Weaver was until recently book-
keeper for the Central Texas Grocery
years 1923-1921 in month of March:
1923
Rainfall 2.94
Coldest Day 14
Warmest Day 78
Clear Days H
Partly Cloudy Days 10
Cloudy Days 10
v 1924
Rainfall 5.39
Coldest Day 26
Warmest Day 83
Clear Days 13
Partly Cloudy Days 2
Cloudy Days 16
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MOTHER OUTLIVES
DAUGHTER OF 80
GAINESVILLE, Texas, April 2.—
That a mother may outlive her daugh-
ter, even though the latter reaehps the
age of 80, was demonstrated here re-
cently. Mrs. M. A. Kenton, who died
ai Rocket, Texas, is survived by her
mother, aged 101.
The mother lives at St. Joe, a vil-
lage near here.
ferred to Corsicana, his family, con-
sisting of his wife and two daughters,
remaining here until the close of the
schools. They reside on Liberty
street, and have the sympathy of the
er.tire community in their great sor-
row.
The funeral occurred Sunday after-
noon with interment in the Corsicana
cemetery.
Rev. G. W. Kincheloe returned
from Dallas Sunday, where he spent
the latter part of last week ar.d was
present Sunday morning early when
his first grandson was born. A splen
did boy was born at that time to
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Todd, of Eldorado,
Arkansas. Mrs. Kincheloe remained
in Dallas for a few days, not return-
ing with Rev. Kincheloe. He reports
the largest congregation of the con-
ference year at Shiloh last night,
to which point he returned to occupy
the pulpit.
Collector of Internal Revenue Jas.
W. Bass announces that beginning
April 7, and continuing through April
and May a sub-committee of the
Internal Revenue Bureau at Washing-
ton will sit at Kansas City, Missouri,
to hear appeals from income tax as-
sessments.
Collector of Internal Revenue
James W. Bass announces that be-
ginning April 7th and continuing
through April and May a sub-com-
mittee of the Board of Appeals and
Review of the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau at Washington will sit at Kan-
sas City, Missouri, to hear appeals
from income tax assessments. The
committee will be located in the As-
sembly Room of the Chamber cf
Commerce on the third floor of the
Kansas City Athletic Club on the
corner of 11th and Baltimore Sts.
Only such cases which have been
submitted to the Income Tax Urit
at Washington and from whose de-
cision the taxpayer has appealed
will be heard by the committee
which will sit in Kansas City. Tax-
payers may, however, upon request
to Commissioner Blair have cases
which they have submitted to Wash-
ington transferred to the commit-
tee which will sit in Kansas City.
When decisions of this committee
are submitted to Commissioner Blair
his action is final, but the taxpa.> cr
has a right to appeal to the Federal
Courts, after having paid the tr.x
assessed, if the decision is unfavor-
able to him. Collector Bass empha-
sizes the fact that all evidence con-
sidered upon appeal must have beer,
previously submitted to the Income
Tax Unit in accordance with the es-
tablished practice of the Internal
Revenue Bureau and wishes to urge
all taxpayers who expect to appear
before the committee to have then-
cases in such shape as to present
them quickly as the time of the
Committee at Kansas City will be
limited and it is desired to accom-
modate the maximum number of
taxpayers while the committee re-
mains in Kansas City.
The sending of this committee to
Kansas City means that the Depart-
ment is going out in the country to
meet the taxpayers instead of re-
quiring the taxpayers to go all the
way to Washington to present thsir
cases to the Government, Collector
Bass stated. The sympathies of Sec-
retary Mellon and Commissioner
Blair are with the taxpayers ar.d
the opportunity of appearing before
this Committee will be of much ben-
efit to the taxpayers, especially
when small amounts are involved
which would not warrant the experse
of a trip to Washington for presen-
tation. The hearings will be conduct-
ed in the same confidential manner
in which matters of taxpayers are
treated in Collectors' Offices and in
the Bureau at Washington. Ttie
whole idea is to relieve ar.d assist
taxpayers and it will mean quicker
decisions. The Sub-Committee will be
composed of four of the ablest mem-
bers of the Board of Appeals and Re-
view. The committee will hear cases
pending from the States of Missouri,
Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas,
Colorado and New Mexico.
NEW LAW
ADDED TO THE
LOCAL BAR
Judge Alf J. Harper, Oran M. Wroe
and Ben B. Hunt have formed a
lartnership for the general practice of
law with offices in Mexia. The new
p.itrnership will be recognized as one
cf the strong law firms of the State,
as each member of the firm is
recognized as a lawyer of real ability.
Judge Harper, the senior member
of the firm, served six years as a
member of the Court of Criminal Ap-
peals of Texas and has a wide reputa-
tion as a lawyer. He practiced law
here for many years before his elec-
tion to the Court of Criminal Appeals,
'and is one of the best known lawyers
in Texas.
Mr. Wroe is also well known
throughout this section. He served as
county attorney of Freestone County
and later as district attorney of this
district. For several years he has
made his headquarters in Mexia ar.d
has built up an excellent law practice..
he is a graduate of the law depart-
ment of the University of Texas.
Mr. Hunt has been here only about
three years but has gained a large
acquaintenceship in this section. For
several years he was fith the claim
adjustment department of the Santa
Fe railway, also of the Texas Mid-
land, and later entered the general
law practice at Waco in the office of
the late Waller S. Baker a short time
before Mr. Baker and Gov. Pat Neff
formed their law partnership. For
about six years Mr. Hunt has confined
his practice to civil law, specializing
in matters affecting oil rights and
titles. Mr. Hunt was special attorney
for,the Witchita Pipe Line Committee
when oil was discovered in Mexia.
When the second well was brought in
here he resigned his position at Wichi-
ta Falls and immediately moved to
Mexia, and since then he has made
this place his home.
Mexia has a number of splendid
lawyers, equal to any in the State, as<d
Messers Harper, Wroe and Hunt will
no doubt add to the fine reputation of
the Mexia bar.
The offices of the new firm are
located on the sccond floor of the
Mexia Drug company building where
Mr. Wroe and Mr. Hunt have officed
for some time.
Great Crowd Sees
Flying Circus In
Pasture Near Here
What is estimated as a crowd of be-
tween 2000 and 5000 people witnessed
the thrilling spectacle or aerial acro-
batics Sunday afternoon, about two
miles southeast of town, when Herbert
Kindred's flying circus furnished an
educational and recreational diversion
for citizens who came from all sur-
rounding towns at that time. Proba-
bly more than 1000 automobiles lined
the hillsides and roads fo rmiles in
the vicinity of and in the flying field
which had been secured for the five
feature acts of the exhibition.
Many automobiles were prevented
from reaching the pasture in which the
event was held on account of a bad
place in the road. Negroes were kept
busy by peace officers filling in the
spot and assisting those who traversed
the distance to the field. Seldom, if
ever, have so many autos been seen
here for any affair.
Mr. Kindred is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. Kindred of this city, With
him were P. D. McLain, lecturer, who
explained each event, Frank Arm-
strong, champion parachute jumper
of the United States, Clarence Rey-
nolds and Reginald Robbins driving
two other planes and Everett Williams
who brought with him one of the larg-
est passenger planes in the state. The
fliers came from their headquarters
at Fort Worth. Hundreds availed
themselves of the opportunity to go up
and the planes were kept busy until
after sun down.
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Every woman
knows about
the wonderful
labor saving
im prove ments
of the Sellers.
They include
the famous au-
tomatic base
shelf extender,
the extending1
table drawer
section, the
sanitary white
porceliron
work table,
the automatic
lowering flour
bin, the ant-
proof casters,
and many
others. This is
your chance
to have these
labor saving
helps at a
very low price.
Come, ■ .. J".
We Bought A Carload
Special Demonstration
SATURDAY
Mr. L. B. Russell, special factory
representative will be with us Satur-
day, April 5, to demonstrate the SELL-
ERS with the 15 exclusive features.
We want every woman in the city to
call at our store and let Mr. Russell
explain why the SELLERS is the great
est labor-saving convenience of modern
times. It costs you nothing to see these
cabinets and it will be well worth your
time.
We have purchased a carload of the
famous Sellers Kitchen .Cabinets. On this
large quantity we got a low price. Wo-
men in every town and city in the United
States know that the Sellers is the great-
est kitchen convenience of modern times,
As fast as the car is unloaded we want
to deliver the cabinets so as not to crowd
our floors.
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FREE!
To the first 25 women who enter
our store Saturday and see these cabi-
nets, we will give absolutely free a
fifty cent can of SELLERS cleaner.
We want you to get a can of this clean-
er—perfect for any kind of Enamel-
ware.
ANOTHER NEW HOME
ON COMMERCE STREET
Oscar Robinson has the contract to
build a new 7 room cottage for J. F.
Maddox on East Commerce street, just
west of Ross Avenue, and work has
already started, the frame work now
being nearly up. The house is being
built on a solid concrete foundation
and when completed it will be one of
the prettiest homes in Mexia, with all
modern conveniences. It will cost
cbout $7,000.
Mrs. Hnrry O. Cravens of Wichita
Falls arrived on the noon train to at-
attend the Third District Federated
clubs convention here. She is a truest
in the home of Mrs. Julius Nussbaum.
Her many friends in this section will
be glad to note her presence.
High School Glee
Club to Entertain
!
TERMS IF DESIRED
John R. Corley Co.
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Furniture and Undertaking
III
Next. Friday A
The Mexia High School Glee Club
under the able supervision of Miss
Anita Ledbetter will present their
first annual program at the High
School Auditorium Friday night of
this week.
Miss Ledbetter and her club has
been working on this program for
some months and to those who love
music, promises to be one of the
treats of the season. Among the
number which will be rendered will
be "Folks Songs," Choruses, sex-
tettes, quartettes and readings.
Music lovers of Mexia have been
looking forward with a great deal of
enthusiasm to the date when this the
first ar.nual program of "Our Own
Glee Club" would be given, and it is
expected that the big auditorium will
be packed to capacity for this oc-
casion. A small admission will be
charged.
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Charlie Milburn, of Tehuacana, was
in the citj Saturday afternoon.
JeKa Farmer Is
Killed By Train
D. T. Howard of TeKa, seven miles
west of Mt. Calm, was run down and |end victory to their list when they de-
instantly killed by the north bound ;feated the Berry-Barnett baseball
Cotton Belt passenger train Tuesday'team Saturday afternoon at the Sump [ lay afternoon by the score of 11 to 5
The Pioneer Newsies added a sec-
was so badly crushed about the head
and shoulders that he could have hard-
ly be?n identified had there not been
a number of witnesses to the tragedy
It is said that the accident happened
near the school building and thnt his
own children witnessed the tragedy
and were among the first to reach him
He leaves a widow and eight -Vt ' ■-i
season. Their club goes to Tehuacana j Miss Josie Lee Maddox came down
next Saturday to play the Tehuacana from T. W. C. college last Saturday
Public school team.
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R. A. Parker has returned from
a two weeks vacation trip, visiting in
Houston and Dallas. Mrs. Parker ac-
eompanied him home from Dallas,
V-c she had been visiting.
to spend a few days with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Maddox. She was
accompanied by Miss Ina Benson, her
room mate.
Major
rvivi-'
Viekers was
SttUrdav.
Ornn Arrington, who has been in
Brown hospital for several days after
an operation, was removed to his home
Saturday, and is expected to be out
in • few more days
from
Pioneer Newsies Everyboys Defeat
Win Second Game Teague SemiPros.
The Everyboys' Club of Mexia
ourneyed to Teague Sunday and de-
feated the Teague Semi-Pro team Sun-
morning. Iter Street grounds by the score of 12jThe pitching of Gamble for the Every
Mr. Howard was driving a wagon to 2. Manager Williams of the Pion-jboys Club was too stiff for the semi
and attempted to make a grade cross-jeer Newsies stated that with this vie-1 pros. Features of the game were the
ing when ho was hit by the train, jtory the jinx has been taken off hislheavy hitting and extraordinary field
lhe wagon was demolished one of the:cli#i and he expects that the Pioneers j ing of the Mexia team.
mules was killed and Mr. Howard (will win all reaming games of the; o
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1924, newspaper, April 3, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292412/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.