The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1925 Page: 2 of 8
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COMPANY,
TATUM, Proprietor.
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FARMERS SHOULD
ADVERTISE SURPLUS
Most farmers are poor salesmen
I and do not know how to dispose of
perishable products and other things
for which they have no need, leaving
them to go to waste.
Why not profit by the example of
the most successful business men
and place a small advertisement in
the local paper? If you have an
extra house, cow, hive of bees, ma-
chinery or a pig that is not needed,
there is sure to be some one who
would like to have it if he only
knew about it.
A small advertisement will help to
sell surplus fruit, butter, chickens,
eggs and dozens of other things
about the place that you do not
need.
Somebody wants what you have to
sell, if the seller and buyer can only
get together. A small notice in
The Mexia Weekly Herald will be
read all over this section, covering
Limestone, Freestone and going into
other counties. The cost is small,
not usually more than a quarter or
half dollar. The farmer who uses
this selling plan regularly will find
that it pays well. In many states
a large part of the country paper
is filled with such advertisements,
but the advertising idea does not
seem to be used much by Lime-
stone county farmers.
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+ From the People *
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KILLING THE GOOSE THAT
LAYS THE GOLDEN EGG
That laws for the protection of
individuals, partnerships, corpora-
tions or their properties, should
justly, sanely and honorably be en-
forced, goes without saying. When
such laws though are used for
persecution, for obtaining unjust
claims for damages, or the venting
of spite, or the greediness to get
as much claim, to which it bears
no just or reasonable resemblance,
it is time to call a halt. These are
bad enough.
Buttvhen it comes to criminally
indicting an honorable, upright,
conscientious citizen, who happens
to be at the head of, or merely
locally representing a large company
i for something that in spite of all
' earnest and conscientious efforts on
[ the part of these companies, they
! have been unable to entirely con-
'/ trol, things are being carried to
1 an extreme +hat cannot meet with
mur n IN POULTRY.
it come* to profit in poultry, Jasper Haines, an Iowa
farmer, apparently knows how to get it.
While most folks—particularly the city folks—were com-
plaining about the price of eggs. Mr. Haines set out to capital-
ize on their complaints.
And he seems to have done so.
A recent press account stated that he had obtained an in-
come cf $500 a month, during the winter, from a flock of 670
chickens.
Not only that, but it takes about half a city lot—a plot of
ground 100 by 2G feet—to houso Mr. Haines' flock.
In other words, Urn Iowa farmer might be termed the dis-
coverer of "more eggs on fewer acres."
Of course, he's modern. He has his hencoop lighted with
electricity and, during the short days of the winter months, he
turns on "artificial daylight" at 4 a. m. and keeps it on until
9 p. m.
Then hens, thus fooled, work instead of sleep.
And Mr. Haines profits on the fruits of their labor.
Altogether, the story about the success of this Iowan is
sufficient to show what can be done by one who sets out to
do it.
He set out to profit in poultry.
And he did.
THE BEAM VERSUS THE MOTE.
Whether you gaze at a star in the heavens or look upon
a man on the streets, what you see is governed largely by your
point of view and the state of your own vision. The new star,
Mira, 30 million times larger than the earth may look less im-
posing in the sky than some speck in the milky way. But that
does not diminish the lustre of its importance as the second
largest body in all creation.
Jesus knew this when he spoke that wonderful piece of ad-
vice about plucking the beam from one's own eye so as to see
more clearly how to attend to the mote in the eye of his brother.
When men view their fellows critically or appraisingly, the
matter of the beam and the mote, enters into the exactness of
vision. It has always been easier to see a speck in the other
fellow's eye than the stone mountain in your own. You may
l'eel the big impediment but you cannot see it.
And so when one man in Mc-xia rises up and points his fin-
ger at the motes in the eyes of everybody else, when the sub-
ject of high prices is being discussed, that man does not see
the high prices which he himself is charging, though they are
clear enough to the rest of the world about him.
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Work on the Lone Star Highway through Freestone Coun-
ty, to be met by pavement from Mexia to the county line, will
provide a stretch of road tha^ will result in diverting thousands
of tourists each week through Mexia. Much traffic from points
North of here will come by Mexia to take this highway East
and return. At the same time, in a few months after comple-
tion, the highway will loom as one of the most important of
highways from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific shores.
the approval of just and right
thinking men.
Limestone county, since the dis-
covery of oil over 4 years ago, has
been blessed with a taxable income,
through this source, that has kept
j down the tax rate and built a
j §750,000 court house.
I The large companies were in-
duced to locate their tar>k farms
and offices through promises of
just and honorable treatment. They
are not receiving it. Who can
blame them, if this is not righted,
for moving these tax producing prop-
erties, where they will receive just
and honorable treatment. They ask
for this and no special favors. They
have the same right to expect it
as any other individual, firm or
corporation. They have brought
us prosperity and ask nothing in
return for this but what is due to
any citizen.
It is about time that the citizens
of this county and especially citizens
of Mexia be aroused and take some
action to see justice done.
There is no criticism meant in
this article of the Grand Jury. They
no doubt acted on the evidence
which from the nature of such
cases is one sided and the proddings
of interested attorneys in the mat-
ter.
There seems to me though to
be something wrong with a law
that would allow a criminal indict-
ment against a fellow citi en for
no criminal or actual wrong on his
part.
Let us have a mass meeting here
inviting ail citizens of this county
that wish to see fair play and the
fullest development of the resources
of the sefction ,to meet with us, and
express our sentiments and opinions
in this matter.
A. T. SCHULZ.
PERSONVnXE
Mrs. Ferril Worsley and children
spent Saturday and Sunday visit-
ing in Mexia.
Mr. G. E. Ezell spent last week
in Marlin taking treatment for his
lame back and came home consider-
ably improved. He gained six
pounds in weight while away from
home
Miss McGlasson met with the
Personville Girls Home Demonstra-
tion Club at the school house Fri-
day morning. Miss Tommye Glass,
the enthusiastic chairman of the
club, presided in her pleasant style.
Miss Onedia Webb was elected
secretary. After hearing reports
of the girls on their different pro-
jects, Miss McGlasson gave a dem-
onstration in making cream soup,
if we forget not the name. We
are certain however, that we shall
not soon forget the fine flavor of
this soup, be the name what it may.
A few minutes spent in sewing con-
cluded the work for this trip, but
the girls enjoyed very much having
Miss McGlasson play basket ball
with them for a short while at
the noon hour. The threatening
rain prevented the women from hav-
ing their demonstration in the after-
noon.
In thirty minutes, early this week
?22.50 was raised for the Boy Scouts
organization, assuring that the work
will go forward rapidly.
Gaston Eubanks had his car
stripped of its inner casings and
tubes Tuesday night. The culprit
has not yet been apprehended.
Mr. and Mrs W. W. Richardson
and Misses Evelyn and Pauline
Harvey accompanied Principal J
Fred Du Puy to Mexia Tuesday
afternoon, returning that night.
Judge Kirby on
Way to Austin
With Bond Issue
.Judge Fountain Kirby left Groes-
beck Tuesday night with $271,000
in bonds signed by the county of-
ficials and ready for presentation
to Austin for final approval and
payment.
At the request of the Attorney
General the 5271,000 originally in-
cluded in the bonds with the $1,300,-
000 for road work on the fourth
precinct was printed and dated
separately and required a reissuance.
The bonds are redemption bonds, to
I take up previously issued bonds.
With this change it is expected
that the money from the entire issue
will be available immediately. A
Mexia bank is county depository,
and will get the money as soon as it
is available.
Horace Boyett, county engineer,
Ed Riley was here on business
from Fairfield Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bounds were
visitors here from Hubbard Sunday.
If you are interested in an
easy way to own a Ford
now—or at some future
date—see the nearest Au-
thorized Ford Dealer for
facts regarding a conven-
ient plan of payment, or
[write Us direct)
• Ford Motor Company, Dept. N. |
Detroit, Michigan
5 mall m« full Dnftlculara regarding your easy •
J plan for owning an automobile.
For Sale Now
1—1923 Buick Touring $500
1—1922 Studebaker Touring. $400
1—1924 Ford Touring $325
1—1920 , Dodge Roadster $125
1—1923 Overland $250
1—1921 Overland $350
One Third Cash, Balance Monthly
E, M. Strange
Sales and Service for
Overland and Willys-Knight
Automobiles
Hurdleston Hotel Bldg.
Phone 739
Standardization Of Cotton
Baling Methods Is Proposed
Investigations looking toward the i
standardization of cotton bailing
methods and the selling of cotton [
on a net weight basis were urged
in a resolution adopted by repre-
centatives from all branches of the
cotton industry meeting with De-
partment of Agriculture officials at
Washington, Feb. 24th.
The department was urged also
to continue its studies of ginning
practices, sampling methods in
trade channels that result in a
"city crop" of 150,000 bales of cot-
ton a year, high destiny compres-
sion and cotton handling methods
generally.
It was proposed that a future con-
ference of the cotton industry be
called at the completion of the de-
partment's preliminary studies, at
which time consideration will be
given the desirability of fixing uni-
form methods of covering cotton to
eliminate irregularities in "tare" j
weights, and to the subject of sell-
ing cotton on a net weight basis.
The irregular bailing of cotton in
the United States was condemned
by Col. Harvie Jordan, secretary of
the American Cotton Association,
who said that ''The American cotton
bale is the most wastefully handled
package which enters the channels
of commerce in any country The
loss on account of wasteful bailing
runs into $150,000,000 a year."
High density gin compression by
which bales will carry a density of
thirty-four pounds to the cubic foot
in place of the density of twelve
pounds now applied, was offered
by Col. Jordan as the solution of
the baling problem, and also as an
effective method of saving freight
space now wasted by loose bales
Mrs Walker of Coolidge was
shopping in Mexia Monday.
"So Clara threw over that y<
doctor #he was going withT" -
"Yes, and what do you think? Ho
not only requested her to retqrn his
presents, but sent her a bill for 47
visits."—Boston Transcript.
Mrs. M. T. Buries of Wortham
was in the city shopping Tuesday.
Jim Tucker of Wortham was in
Mexia Monday.
^s. Jim Tucker and Miss Mira
Bell Quinby of Wortham were iv„
Mexia shopping Tuesday afternoon,
Fort Worth.—The annual meeting
of the Texas Independent Tele-
phone "Association is to be held in
this city March 17 to 19. About
six hundred are expected to attend.
R. B. Still of Tyler is president
and L. S. Gardner of Waco is
secretary of the association.
is at work on preliminary surveys
and will be ready to start work on
the roads as soon as the money is
available, it is said.
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"They're Just Like
Hew!"
That's what everybody
says when they get
their repaired Shoes
back again. Nothing
but the quality ma-
terials are used and
none but expert work-
manship is permitted.
D. Prickett's
Shoe Shop
Across Street from Postoffice
l.
Showing
A Snappy Line
of
SPRING
HATS
—at—
$5 $7
—Yes, we have those NEW
GREYS in the different
shades. Come in, men, and
let us fit you up.
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SPRING
OXFORDS
Priced
$8 $9
In the New Shades
Tan
—These shoes are crammed
full of value—good looks and
sties. And we can fit you, too.
BUT
"Outfitters to Men"
101 East Commerce Street
A monument
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GET AHEAD
BUY YOUR TIRES
FROM US AND
SAVE
73 to 40%
Trade your old tires on on
new ones.
We want you to come in and
look over our large complete
stock of all types of tires. Reg-
ular Balloon and Truck types.
WASCO
TIRE CO.
213 Main St Phone 196
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39x3 1-2
FiSK
MASSAS0IT FABRIC
$8.75
30x312
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MASSAS0IT CORD
$7.65
All other sizes in proportion
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IT IS EASY TO OWN A CAJSt THROUGH THIS PLAN J
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Phone 40 ;t
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CAR*-TRUCK*-TRACTORS* "
Harness Oiling—
—We have our new Vat and can oil your harness
cheaper than you can do it yourself. Bring them to us.
We carry a complete stock of
HARNESS - SADDLES - BRIDLES AND COLLARS.
REDDING BROTHERS
Pittman Building
106 Railroad Street
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The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1925, newspaper, March 20, 1925; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292459/m1/2/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.