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the poatoffie* at Mexia,
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PRESS
LIMESTONE COUNTY POLITICS
(Mexia Daily News)
Many leading politicians and candi.
dates of the county have been in Mex-
ia the past week, holding caucuses and
seeking to get their hands on the
public pulse.
Quite a number of faces familiar in
political seasons especiully have been
seen here shaking hands and getting
acquainted with the voters of Mexia
again. Mexia always welcomes them
and any others unselfishly interested
ill the development of the county.
Candidates from all over the county,
some old timers and some newcomers,
have submitted for public office. There
are only two candidates for public
office in the county and district from
Mcxii, Luther B. Aultman who is
running for District Attorney of the
77th Judicial District and C. H. Ma-
chen, candidate for District Judge 77th
Judicial District.
Some effort is berng made to line
up the old settlers against candidates
who have been here only a few years.
However, it is not believed that this
effort is meeting \vH& any encourage-
ment, the old timers generally know-
ing that if the county grows, it must
grow from the outside in as well
as from the inside out. Candi-
_ J®
Don't criticise your neighbor's faults,
no matter what they do;
Don't ridicule the masses, or malign-
the chosen few;
Don't think yourself a censor of the
silly human flock—
And just remember as you go, that
any chump can knock.
Don't laugh at those who make mis-
takes or stumble by the way; 0
For you are apt to follow them—and
almost any day.'
Don't think the other's shifting sand
while you are solid reck—
And don't forget, for heaven's sake,
that any" chump can knock.
Don't be a puller-down of fame on
other men conferred;
Don't give a parting kick to one who
fell because he erred,
Don't think that you are perfect and
the only one in stock—
And now, once more, just bear in
mind that any chump can knock!
—Exchange.
And then there is Colonel Love. He
knows when to buck the tide and
when to turn and swim with it. He
didn't want the convention to endorse
Alvin M. Owsley for the Democratic
nomination for vice president, but
when he faced the inevitable and in
fancy saw himself flattened out, he
not only joined with the Owsley shout-
ers but made the motion to endorse
him himself. For political astuteness
you will have to hand it Boss Love.—
Denison Herald.
A certain element of Texas Uni-
versity ex-students led by Will Hogg
ol Houston, is making a considerable
fuss over a trival matter. Gov. Neff
declined the presidency of the Uni-
versity when the post was offered him
dates know this and when they say | by the regents, and this matter should
anything or. the point it is in a very 1 be allowed to close right there, but
low voice as they announce "We old
timers must stick together."
"We must break up the ring" is
another cry of the county, referring to
certain county offices and the "powers
that be."
"Down with the Ku Klux Klan" is
also heard in some boxes of the coun-
ty, indicating that an effort is being
made on the part of some to make
That an issue in the political life of
The county. I
"More economy in public affairs in Forsooth, brothers, fellowship is
the county as well as in the state and I heaven and the lack of fellowship is
Will Hogg and others are determined
that it shall not be so When it
comes to the election of a piesident of
the University certainly the regents
should be able to find a man in Texas
who is big enough for the job, and
they may yet select a man who is not
so well qualified as Pat Neff or who
will ever render the satisfactory serv-
ice that Neff is capable of giving to
the University—Kosse Cyclone.
nation" is another slogan made by
Limestone County voters. These cite
hell; fellowship is life and the lack of
fellowship is death; and the deeds that
, All over America Sunday, those who attended Sunday
school reviewed the story of "The Downfall of a Nation." That
nation was inhabited by God's chosen children and related to a
period immediately preceding and immediately following the
reign of Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon and followed by the rise to
w orld power of Persia and other nations who likewise have per-
ished and witnessed their downfall since that day and time.
The lesson was indeed timely in the United States. Pre-
sumptuous is the citizen who believes that his country is im-
mune froiWthe diseases that have corrupted the civil life of
nations dead and gone and which will never rise again.
Judah fell for many reasons, but reading carefully the re-
ferences given #1 the lesson of Sunday, it becomes very evident
that the prime cause of the downfall of the nation was due to
bad leadership and the fact that the Bible, which was then
the "Book of Law," was kept from the people.
Since the "Book" was hidden from the people by the kings
of the period, it may safely be said that the nation fell on ac-
count of bad rulers. Josiah, it will be remembered, found the
hidden treasure and brought it out for the people and pro-
gress was made during his reign. He was a man who lived close
to God and the only king in that immediate period who walked
with Him. No nation of Bible readers will ever perish.
The lesson, it would seem, was written for this country to-
day, just as it has been written for all countries in days gone
by. The kings at that time, all but Josiah, were corrupt and
they would not allow any truthful and hottest men about them.
They corrupted their priests, their entire royal families, their
officials and servants in all departments of government, church
and state alike. Bad leadership was followed by bad citizenship.
The oppressive attitude of national leaders, high and exorbi-
tant taxes for useless purposes, extravagance and waste, a
w
utter
{•raft, greed, selfish public service, the confiscation of private
property to build golden and stone images to the Sun and Stars
and other false gods,—these abuses of power led to the break-
ing down of the home life, followed by a downfall which crash-
ed against the toppling walls of Jerusalem with such a force as
to go echoing clown through all the ages that have followed and
which will be as distinct as ever when the tide of human affairs
teaches topmost height on the shores of eternity. Their's is
an example to all men and to all nations yet to come as well
as one for Americans today.
From constable to President, the voters of America must
watch their votes and be sure of the men they elevate to hon-
orable office in public service. The times demand that officials
be elected who will track the law themselves, worthy examples
for the people to follow, and who will not spend their money
extrevagantly and in sinful waste.
In a country like this, the people have a right to be con-
sulted about how their money shall be expended. To keep silent
.when officials ignore this fact is to approve and approval in
such instances will surely lead in time to oppression; and op-
pression leads to revolution. The thing to do is to stamp out
bad leadership everytime it lifts its dangerous head. Substitute
the leadership of men and women, in every office, high and
low, who have a high regard for the will of the people and who
believe that the offices belong to the people and not the people
to the offices.
When Jerusalem fell, the people lived under a monarchy
and the monarchs were largely to blame. In this day and time,
in the United States Americans live under a republican form
of democratic government where each may speak and receive
an attentive hearing. The citizens, the voters themselves will be
■n
JOHN BWBATT
President Chamber of Commerce
There are many men who may justly
claim to have had a part in the build-
ing of Mexia. There are many wom-
en who may say with truth that they
have contributed to the glory of this
community.
There are hundreds of men and
women here who have done their part
toward the development and better-
ment of Mexia and this section of
Texas, else the community could not
be what it is today.
But there are some whose work
has been outsanding whose accomplish
ments have been noteworthy along
certain well defined lines. They are
the leaders of this community who
pointed to the work which was to be
done before the city could justly claim
the title of being the city that vision
is building and before the communty
could accomplish its destny.
The subject today is "John Sweatt"
who has given the past year to
gratuitous service as president of the
Mexia Chamber of Commerce. It has
teen a difficult place and an office
I believe it waa Mark Twain who
made tha observation that a great
h.any people talked about the weather
but no one does anything about it.
A great deal has been said about
helping the farmer by suggested
legislation of various kinds, State
and National, all with a view of in-
creasing the price paid the farmer
for his product. A desire to help the
farmer is truly laudable, but it is
questionable if any of the plans sug-
gested will prove of material or last-
ing benefit.
The principal cause of the present
depression in agriculture is due to
absence of market and to surplus
production in our country and, of
course, is due chiefly to the situation
in Europe as result of the World War.
With the conditions in Europe stabil-
ized and on a sound business basis
export demand should increase, but
with such increased demand there will
come undoubtedly active competition
from the agricultural sections in
Europe and due to the reduced labor |
costs there they will be able to per-
haps undersell the American farmer in
the world's market. The same situa-
tion confronts every industry in the
, „ United States, all of which have been
rong conception of the' proper functions^ of government, the ' ra*ulre<1 the greatest sacrifice on • ,.onfrontcd with increasing costs of
tter ignoring of the citizens in any plans of the government,, e Par* of one occupying it. It paction beginning with the World
the building of a $600,000 court house ye do upon the earth, is for fellow- j lo blame this nation perishes.
without a vote of the people and the
employment at what is called ex-
orbitant fees of lawyers to attend to
l^gal duties which it is claimed might
have been handled without any ex-
pense to the county and district by
the county attorney and district at-
torney and their assistants.
The statement is frequently made
that before completed the court house,
now in course of construction and its
equipment, may total $800,000 and
rhip's sake that ye do them. There-
fore I bid you not dwell in hell, but in
heaven—upon earth, which is a part
of heaven, and forsooth no foul part.
—William Morris.
LIMESTONE POLITICAL POT IS HEATING
Somebody supposed to know has
figured it out for us. Of the ten
cents paid for a loaf of bread, on the
average, six cents goes to the baker,
The political pot has been put on the fire and it will soon
be boiling, as the dates for primary elections approach. In Lime-
stone- County, the interest promises to be greater than ever be-
fore. Rare judgment, common sense, truth, justice and calm
reason should be the predominating virtues to direct the cam-
paign, to govern the tongue, to guide the pen and to cast the
ballot.
There should be no effort to pit one portion of the country
one and four-one-hundredths goes to
the retailer, nine-tenths of a cent is [ against another nor to array class against class, section against
maybe more and that without a vote j given to those who haul the wheat ] section, precinct against precinct and neighbor against neigh-
made a strong fight for law enforce-
ment are expecting to be "scratched"
by this element.
These various campaign cries cer-
o the mil! and the flour for the mill J bor. It is a free country and every man has a right to express
lo the baker. The elevator gets not; himself, so long as he speaks the language of a loyal Ameri-
quite one-tenth of a cent and the mil- can and keeps within the law in his speech.
lor slightly more than half a cent. It is very likely that there will be an attempt, however, to
Producers of the wheat, the yeast, the array the voters of one section of the county against the other,
salt and other ingredients get a little In fact, it is said that this is already being done, it having been
less than one and a half cents. The gaid that "that bunch down at Mexia" is trying to run the
nulk of this cent and a half goes to i county, this in spite of the fact that there has not been a Mexia
the wheat farmer.—Terrell Transcript, resident elected to county office within the past 28 years.
On the lips of hundreds of voters words of criticism are
falling against certain county officials, who are offering for re-
election, and charges of unbusinesslike methods and extrava-
gance are quite common.
Whether these are the facts only a calm and sincere and
honest and impartial investigation of the records can disclose.
The task of Americans is to strive for social, industrial and
political justice through the genuine rule of the people. The
public official, the leader for the time being, whoever he may
from the tax payers.
Protests are frequently made against
the action of the county in fighting
the new motor license law and state
highway department. Of the 267
counties in Texas, Limestone county
is the only one fighting the new law.
Public officials are being censured for
this.
Much opposition is reported in cer-
tain localties of the county against In reference to the rumor of a set
certain officials for their efforts to | tlement between Harry K. Thaw and
keep the county out of the hands of j his divorced wife, Evelyn Nesbit,
the bootlegger and<those who have whereby she is to receive ten dollars a
is an office that no man aspires to,
but one that is necessary and one
which must be occupied by the very
best of men in order for the organiza-
tion to perform the service for which
it is created and financed.
Mr. Sweatt has been connected with
the Chamber of Commerce during a
period when it was face to face, with
a big and difficult program. Not all
of the worthy things desired have been
achieved but sufficient of them have
been carried to a successful culmina-
tion as to make the administration one
of pronounced success and worth
every dollar and then some put into
the Chamber of Commerce for its
maintenance. Also, during the past
lew months, movements have been
gotten under way which the next year
may see accomplished in a most
worthy way and for the good and
glory of Mexia and its expanding
trade territory.
He has the gratitude of every citi-
zen for his services so freely given
and as the future years roll around
the community knows that it may
depend upon him, as a loyal citizen,
to contribute of his time, his interest,
his money and his best thought to the
continued growth of the best section
of the best state in the best country
of all the world,—our home com-
munity.
o
FROM THE PEOPLE
War. Every industry has had to re-
sort to every expedient that would
make for cheaper production and in-
creased output. This has been ac-
complished by improved machinery
and methods of production resuming
in a greater output per dollar ex-
pended than was obtained in the pre-
war period.
The farmers could be helped the
most by improved methods in farm-
ing, increased production per acre and
reduced costs in getting their produc-
tion marketed. Farming is a distinct
.science and in order that our farmers
can keep pace with the world's pro-
gress more opportunities must be
turnished them to acquire knowledge
and details of scientific farming. It
is doubtful if there is any state in
the union "so well equipped or so
favorably situated to take this mat-
ter up actively as Texas. The state
las large holdings of land owned and
leased that is now being cultivated
by convicts with annual loss varying
from one-half million to three-quarter
million dollars. There are 14 farms
being operated with a total of nearly \
Houston Post
The murder of a young boy by
two well-behaved, wealthy youth# in
Chicago has groused the thinking
people of the Nation to a consideration
of the relation of youth and crime.
As to what were the conditions out
of which grew this particular crime,
many opinions are being ventbred.
But that the crime should have been
committed is not so strange. It has
come to be a well recognized fact that
the majority of the serious crimes are
committed by young people between
the ages of .17 and 27 years of age.
And criminals of that age are not
only the most desperate, but the most
cunning.
Speaking of the youthful criminal.
Chief Magistrate William McAdoo of
New York says:
"Tho dangerous element is here—
is the young man and women. The
gunman, burglar, highwayman, pick-
pocket, narcotic peddler, blackmailer
—and thief are almost without ex-
ception young men in their early
twenties. What are we going to do
with this—desperate army of young
;nen and women?"
The answer is, of course, to change
conditions under which the young peo-
ple are being brought up. That is a
urge order. It involves the co-opera-
tion of many agencies, including first,
the home, then the school and the
church. The need to instill into the
individual a sense of moral responsi-
bility is apparent.
But there is one phase of the life of
young people today that especially
stands out as inimical to their wel-
fare, and it can be easily corrected.
That is, too many young people have
loo much leisure on their hands.
There was never a truer adage than
that "the idle brain is the devil's
workshop."
We have come upon an age when
parents are reluctant for their chil-
dren to work. The goal of the aver-
age parent seems to be to shield their
offspring from contact with labor. If
they are looking forward to their
children's engaging in labor at all, it
is toward white collar job that they
are looking. The result is that there
is a great army of young people in
America who are not engaged, or who
are engaged for only a very limited
part of their time, in any worthwhile
pursuit. The larger part of thair
time they devote to a search for
r.0,000 acres, of which 50,000 acres are [ pleasure, or for "a thrill," ns these
Hay for r#he balance of her life, she
asserts that such terms would be
"rediculous," declaring that would
"not keep me in good perfume." But
tainly give the people something vital the public need not worry about this • u ^ . x i i j x-i • j. j i_ T
■fo think about. They must keep their —it's only a family trouble-Wills £ ^ reJ°C 'f
heads cool and their hearts pure as Point Chronicle. Ilhe long flght for righteousness in governmental affairs, the
they engage in such discussions and
others that are sure to come up be- i Bill Edwards, of the Denton Record-
fore primary election day.
Every citizen and every candidate
imust realize that the other man or
Woman has a right to opinions found-
ed on truth.
From Constable to Governor, Texas
voters must select up standing,
conscientious, courageous men of
high character and an ambition to
render the loftiest of public service.
Chronicle, is some lucky guy. He
was lucky enough to get himself
e'ected to the legislature and lucky
enough to be the most popular can-
didate right now for the office of
Lieutenant Governor of Texas and in
addition to all these he was lucky
enough last Thursday to sit in his
easy chair and watch a bunch of
beautiful C. I. A. gir
j people must be eternally vigilant, ever ready to make whatever
I sacrifices necessary for the common weal of the nation, state
or county. It is of little consequence whether any one man or
woman succeeds or fails, the cause must not fail, for it is the
cause of America and of the world. Americans hold in their
hands the hope of America, as well as of the world, and shame
and disgrace will be the meed of American citizens, in Lime-
stone County and all through these United States, if in their
eyes the light of high resolve and noble purposes is dimmed
and the golden hopes of righteousness in public service is trailed
in the dust of selfishness. Public offices belong to the public
1 students of I and riot to the public officials. This is true of every office with-
There s a need, too, in all parts of' journalism get out an issue of his pa-jin the precinct and county.
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per. A magnificent job it was, too.— {
Mineral Wells Index.
Nicolas Murry Butler of Columbia j
University says that "men and women |
of religious faith, of moral principle |
end public spirit" must strike the the constitutionality of the
eighteenth amendment from the con-
stitution. Which goes to show that
even a distinguished college president
sometimes knows mighty little about
what men and women of religious
faith, moral principle and public spirit
stand for. This is the class who put
the amendment in the constitution and |
who will keep , it there.—Bonham |
Favorite.
the county of the old fashioned meet-1
Sr.gs where may be discussed in a
>' straightforward and intelligent man-1
Ke.r the real vital issues of the cam- j
paign. "Economy, efficiency, law en -1
forcement and a regard for the wishes
of the majority in public improve-
ments and in the administration of
government and by the highest type
of and very best public servants" are
the issues of this campaign. These
should not only be discussed by candi-
dates but by citizens as well, just as
they were in "the good old days."
In the meantime, candidates are
"selling the woods." They're getting
busy. They are not finding much
interest in the Governor's race. When
the Governor's race is mentioned, it
is generally conceded that Limestone
County will be split largely between
Lynch Davidson, Felix D. Robertson
and Mrs. Jim Ferguson "if He runs;"
with Lynch D. and Felix D. far in
the lead.
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HOUSTON".—While lurking in the
(shadows to kill a man who had
done him a wrong, the would he j p&ny is placing tall posts throughout
murderer heard words of an old j (he residential district, substituting
hymn which so affected him that he j jiem for the lower ones. Work is
went to the nearby tabernacle from j progressing on the new power line
whence the song emanated and turn- j between Tcague and Mexia.
ed over his gun to the Riv. H. L. ' o
Houghten. At the same time he con- ; Little Mary Maud Weaver is in
FLEXIBLE LAW IS UNDER
CRITICISM
There is promised now a test of
flexi-
A Full Stop.
He's stopping now beneath this stone
At driving cars he was clever;
He failed to stop at a crossing,
But here he'll stop forever.—Sam
Miller in Mineral Wells Index.
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The public service utility comp-
anies are doing considerable improve-
ment in the city. The telephone com-
ble" provision of the Fordney-Mc-
Cumber law authorizing and em-
powering the President to increase
or decrease import duties 50 per cent
above or below the rates fixed in the
Act. Several increases have already
been made under the authority of
this provision, known as Section 315.
The outstanding instance of Presi-
dential action under this provision
was the addition of 12 cents a bushel
to the original tariff of 30 certs
a bushel on wheat. Many other ap-
plications for increases in presen;
duties are pending and several oth-
ers are contemplated. No tariff rates
have been lowered under this pro-
ceedings will be carried to the LT. S.
Supreme Court.
In the main the case will hinge
on the question whether Section 315
infringes the constitutional provis-
ion which reserves to Congress sole
power to levy duties and taxes. This
is the objection made against the
section when the Fordney-McCum-
ber bill was pending in the Senate.
Senator Underwood (Dem. Ala.) de-
livered a powerful speech against the
provision.
It is believed that if the Republi-
cans elect the next President this
"flexible" provision will be invoked
frequently by special interests and
that the cost of living will be furth-
er enhanced. Fear of political con-
sequences of using the provisions
more fully while a presidential cam-
paign was impending has thus far,
it is felt, prevented the increase of
a large number of duties.
Vacation Time Is Here
Our schools, colleges, and univer-
sities are closing for the summer,
and your boys and my boys; your
girls and my girls (if you have
neither you are missing life's choic-
est blessings) are back under the
parental roof and we rejoice in their
home-coming.
If by proper application and com-
mendable deportment they have
wrought well and built nobly, we
feel glad for whatever of sacrifice
we have made as a conrtibution to
the uplift and upbuilding of the
young manhood and young woman-
hood of our country.
No parent who really appreciates
his responsibility can afford to neg-
lect the proper training and educa-
tion of his offspring. But, my
friends, are we not derelict in the
cultivated, a little over one-half of
the land. The amount of money that
is lost each year under present
methods would equip two or three of
iege has been doing a wonderful work,
but is handicapped in not having
farms properly equipped or sufficient-
ly distributed over the vast area of
Texas so as to insure suitable in-
struction and training for the various
types of soil and variation in rainfall
unfortunate Chicago youths termed it.
It is the same oid spirit of adventure
that has filled youth from time im-
memorial. Without the proper direc-
tion, that spirit is dangerous, and be-
comes a menace both to the individual
youth and to the community.
The development of a maudlin senti-
ment against permitting children to
work is one of the unwholesome signs
of tho times. It has resulted in the
Another great drawback is that farm ] submission by congress to the States
boys as a rule are not so situated that j of a constitutional amendment to
they can avail themselves of the op-! abolish "child labor." The effects of
pcrtunity of a college training, which j that amendment would be bad enough
is so urgently needed and essential for
ihe development of agriculture in this
state. Instead of making up a de-
if they were confined to the encroach-
ment upon the domains of the State
and of the homes of the people, but of
ficit in operation of these farms as at j greater significance, will be its ten-
present, which is spread out over the dency to throw more children into
state in taxes and occurs each year, | idleness, depriving them of an on-
why should not the Legislature make | portunity to work and learn to do
an appropriation equaling the deficit things and to he independent and giv-
each year and improve these farms
with dairies, silos and all appurtcn-
ances for the proper instruction of the
youth such time as all the farms are
suitably equipped? Furnish free
tuition and free, board to young men
who desire to take the agricultural
course at these demonstration farms,
discharge of parental duty in that | arranging the work for one-half day
we allow too much latitude to our
vision. — °
The first test of this section of WEARS SIX WEDDING RINGS,
the Fordney-McCumber law, it is, (By International News Service)
announced, will be undertaken by LONDON, June 11.—Six times
the National Council of American . widowed is the proud boast of Mrs.
Importers and Traders. This will j Jane Rebecca Whall, aged 77, of
take the form of an application to | Cosham,
the
t.on to restrnin
near Portsmouth,
Federal (ouris for an injunc-| seventh husband has just died. Her ■ aj]y
the collection of i six h "husband" was convicted for
"young hopefuls?" In this day of
rapid-fire transportation, with auto-
mobiles here, there, and everywhere,
are we not just a little more lax in
the exercise of that care and cau-
tion concerning the perambulations
of our boys and girls than were our
parents in the days gone by? You
can doubtless recall when, as a
young man, you were permitted to
take your best girl out for a drive
on Sunday afternoon provided you
returned "before night." And how
desperately you made love to that
sweet "tootsie wootsie;" the things
you said to her and the coyness she
feigned. But you received a thrill
that stayed with you until next Sun-
day come.
But not so now. The young motor-
ist drives to your front gate, gives
a honk or two, which meets imme-
diate recognition, and without any
formal salutation, says, "get in, kid-
do, and let's take a spin." and off
they go, and where? Well, we do
not always know.
Now, my friends, it is not my
purpose to bring an indictment
against our boys and girls nor to in-
timate, or even insinuate, that they
are worse, or perhaps so bad, as we
were when we were boys and girls,
but I am persuaded that present day
environments are contributing very
largely to distraction and disturb-
ance of home life and this condi-
tion, I believe, should engross our
earnest consideration.
The home is the nucleus around
which the entire fabric of our civili-
zation must stand or fall. Destroy
the fireside and nothing remains but
confusion and chaos. Our boys and
girls of today, God bless them, are
to be the men and women of tomor-
row and on their shoulders must fall
(he responsibility that is now ours.
Let's make them strong physically,
whose i a]pr{. menta!|y, and impregnable mor-
the farm and the other half of the
ing them more time for pleasures,
many of which will be of doubtful
character.
No decent and sensible person advo-
cates hard, grinding toil for young
people, but a certain amount of honest
toil is helpful to the growing youth,
and fits him for life later on. The
great majority of the men and women
who are accomplishing something in
HAVE YOU BEPJN
SOLICITED THIS
WAY OF LATE?
day with their studies. There would : '^he world are those who worked in
he undoubtedly sufficient applicants j their youth and did not fritter away
at the first year of these young men j their time in pleasure.
at these schools or farms, they would j Before rushing to ratify this
be. enlightened as to the different j amendment, legislators could profit-
i.iethods and a very noticeable improve j ably study the relation of idle youth
ment would be found in the farms at and crime.
',ome. Almost every farmer would o .
arrange to see that his son had an i
opportunity to go to these schools and j
in a very few years Texas would be j
leading all states in its agricultural
work and production.
Another material advantage that j
would be gained by an arrangement of j
this kind, and a resulting economy to j
ihe state, would be that all of the j
state institutions outside of the farms j
would be furnishing the greater part
of their requirements, such as j
vegetables, meat, butter, etc., and in I
t he end would very nearly make these
state institutions self sustaining. !
Inasmuch as Texas will, to a lar;/
extent, depend on the negro for farm
labor, a substantial number of the
uemonstration farms and schools
should be for their instruction.
To help the farmer reduce his cost
of marketing, vonvicts should be used
to build good roads in the interest of
the farmer, not paralleling existing
lines of transportation as is usually
the case, but at right angles to such
lines of transportation, and where
possible connecting with two rail-
roads so that they would have an
optional market and also have pros-
pects of a more uniform supply of
cars for handling of their products.
Believe at ihe next session of our
Legislature our Senators and Repre-
sentatives could well afford to give
terious consideration to helping the
farmer to help himself. Competition is j
Progress is being made even in
campaigning. Here's the lateat
method. The candidate goes into a
store or place of business or some-
where else where some voters are
talking together. He greets all
graciously, says "have a card" and
something about grasshoppers or
some other subject. About that time
a friend shows up, greets the candi-
p.te boisterously and cordially. They
pass a few friendly words and the
candidate passes on to some other
point previously agreed on and the
friend then makes the campaign talk
which usually assumes the form of
what a fine fellow the candidate is.
After he finishes, ho retreats and
meets the candidate a.^ain and so on,
time after time, reminding one of the
story of the ten litle bottles gettin'
on the all.w It is claimed that the
'•Ian is very successful, but the wom-
en in politics aro going to have a
little trouble adopting it, as they
prefer to speak for themselves.
o
Our old friend, John F. Melten
has returned from tho Confederate
Reunion at Memphis, Tcnn. nnd re-
ports having had a glorious good
time, but had a serious accident to
„ , , happen to him enroute home. He got
very keen in all lines of endeavor and ,« tt10 . T„. „ . . , . . 14
... .. , _ , ,. , . c" Ule fain at Tyler at night to get
will so continue and agriculture being „ nf , • . . *
.U- U. a fup of "f'ro- and in stepping off
fested to the pastor that he had in- j Wortham, spending tho week with the the additional taxc« approved by the j bigamy.
tended killing a man but after hear-j family of her, father, George Wea-1 President. It is declared by the im She wears six wedding rings, four
the chief industry should be kept up
with the times.
W. R. SCOTT,
Tre'ident Southern Pacific Lines
Texas-Louisiana, Houston, Tex.
Luther B. Aultman, candidate for
porters' organization that the
on her right hand and two on her left.
Cordially,
BDRRY-BARNETT GRO. CO
By A. H. Berry, President, j District, is in Groesbeck today.
stepping
the sidewalk, lost his balance and
fell severly bruising his arm and
fprainnig his foot. He had to be car-
r;«d back to the train, and was unable
to walk v.-i'h out. assistance when ha
renehed Mexia. He is still confined to
his room, and suffering much Dain
District Attorney of the 77th Judicial from his badly bruised and sprained
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1924, newspaper, June 12, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292422/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.