Lipscomb Lime Light and Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1928 Page: 4 of 8
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mikado's, one touch cf hah? mslce* all!
the world akin.
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Ifak Town" Birthplace
of Nation'$ Groat*ft
\ i -ckued hiefc tew? Uaa lately
<fe*9ene * source of great lnsptrattea
1*9 professional bmaoruts,
j I tbwci say the various naera
fitij* convenient formula, Ui a
where « backfire ia neTer wis.-
foria pistol shot; where bed-
if orthodox; where woodpeefc-
ug the depot;, where central
k tell jfou whether It was a girl
(«T •- hoy; where the neighbors will
yon with a conscience if yon
one; where there la do parking,
fprobtein;where * curfew disturbs
r ife* residents' rest; where fine-cut
t tobacco is no handicap socially,
|«B4 so on> and on.
f With no intention of becoming ter-
\&>tj heavy over the matter, we want
that a hick town Is a place
twenty-six of our twenty-nine
US were born and where seven
«f ten of the Immortals in New
t'a national hall of fame origi-
A hick town that didn't have
name produced Lincoln. Hick towns
ive as most of our great literary flg-v
of the past and practically all of
I now. living. Hick towns produce
jew Edison?.
f if We may, their we would like to
|«gseat that' a hick town is a place
; where a J y has an excellent oppor-
:o"lay the foundation of fn
—Camas (Wash.) Post.
j canity to lay
an greatness.
I
Wi-
nning Makes
Headway in Country
ere tlian 500 cities and towns in
CgUpd States ranging from the
to communities of less than
'illation are "planning their
and nre growing according to
Mrs. Theodora ^Kimball Hub
Honorary librarian of the Amer-
CJty Planning institute, reports
the annual survey of city planning
1920 which apjpeara In Cltyi
is the largest number yet
as being active In municipal
Mrs. Hubbard says, and it
ail of the largest dtles In the
United States, including three-fourths
larger citlefcjpjg.nearly 140
persons.
ffc$Kuft*s uap of atatea also
pronounced planning activity
and the DIatriet of Colum-
'M«. 4kir activity In 16 and slight ac-
l^ike remaining 5. MAt last,**
Hubbard, 'there la no
T any one of the 00 largest
the country to be reported
lacking In some form of city
g or zoning work."
Home Value Praised
t One authority on home ownership
;gajrs: "Half the pleasure and satisfac-
[ttan of owning a home of your own la
•M entertaining relatives and friends.
* "These gatherings of the elana—
ittaaee old-home weeks, when birds fly
[Stem many points of the compass to
".,nest at the home neat—are precious
unforgettable memories
life and scenes endeared by
are re-enacted-
**Will~the home smile a cheerful wel-
«ssm? Will it suggest prosperity and
tgocaradeship? Will it be the'sort of
you can be genuinely proud of?
too, your bouse should be rather
JmrttttUiy 'human' and possess its
personality as a reflection of your
coartrf lift
Woman's hair Is not coming basis;
to normalcy at the speed expected by-
fashion's dictators.
A St. Louis man has undergone 128
major surgical operatises. He must
be the Tillage cut-up.
Industries -and Taxes
A most excellent example of what
means to s community ifl
fn the town of Rowe in Mas-
saeheeetts, where increased holdings
fcy e pewer company have enabled the
neeeawrs to cut the tax rate squsrely
Sa haK, from $30 to 915. This should
attract more industry, which would
•Men more citizens and a trend to a
Still lower rate. Low tsxes seem to
freer about the same .relationship to a
ty that high wages and mass
Ion do to Industry.—Christian
Vdenee Monitor.
?he world mey. be a y.eaj-s
eld, as scientists assert. Tf so, ft is
pretty jazsy for its age.
The cynic is the man who can see
nothing complimentary in being se-
lected as an average citizen.
It is said the first mortgage was
Issued 2100 B, C. Undoubtedly that
was the mortgage on our souls.
A sense of responsibility is good for
a boy. If there's nothing else you can
do, get him a pair of white pants.
A good many skirts look as though
the manufacturer-had-merely dashed
them off in a moment of semi-idleness.
Another., plausible statement that
will never be proved or disproved is
that women are qxore clever than men.
" i
Count ten before uttering ait angry r
word. Your antagonist's remarks in
the meantime may supply you with
ideas. % ;
And it Really turned
Such a Nice Scandal
A conversation between two worn
en, ouu of wloin was hard of hearing
interested tie paesengers ef a Glen
wood event* ear.
"I saw her en a street dpwntvwo
with a ©an.'*
"Is that «of-'
, "Igs, end it was sifter ten o'clock,
ito*?."
'■'The very ide^J1
"I never: vysxte&Q. he? et AiiSteg
be^ra.'3 '
aox m, nam.? -
'♦But you never can ten."
"Ain't it the ttothr
"it is that."
'•Do you know her
"No. I ain't never seen Ww cieae,"
"Well, he is a big, fat wan,"
"Does he wear a brown Wit?"
' "Tea."
"Glasses?"
| "Yes."
! "Smoke a piper
j "Uh, huh!"
i There was deepest disappointment
in the woman's voice as she ex-
i claimed:
i "Fiddlesticks! Thetn it was only
| her husband after aB."—Youirgstown
i Telegram.
American soldiers in China have •
been advised to learn at least 900
Chinese-words. No doubt they would!
rather fight.
■ 11
A martyr is a large, healthy party;
who works right through a slight |
three-handkerchief cokl and refers toj
It later as grip.
After all, a man willing to classify
himself as "average"' has a modest
quality calculated to lend him espe-
cial distinction.
A French aviator has a new-style
plane, known as the "sea flea." Te
operate it successfully, one must first
have the bug to fly.
Doctors claim that women have few-
er headaches since they bad their hair
bobbed. That's some compensation
for being lightheaded!
South America has s fly that
travels 400 feet a second. In the aver-
age "cozy apartment" this means ne-
gotiating forty turns.
Cuba's problem is how to limit
sugar growing; enough to help the
price without letting the rest ^f the
world take the profit*
The gang-plow tractor is a good
step toward the ideal prairie faria
that could be turned, over all at once
aa quickly as a flapjack.
The president of Dartmouth says
too many young people go to college.
After all, there are only so many
raccoon coats in the country.
Parents- of the great may be infe-
rior in some respects, as a Johns Hop
&ns biologist suggests, but as parents.,
at least, they rank pretty well.
"1 sit up nights worrying about that
boy," sighed -the grim parent of the
college youth. "And I," said the pro-
fessor, "also work while he sleeps."
The Laundry Owners' association
of the United States expects to do an
annual business of a billion dollars
by 1W0. They sure are going te clean
up.
A California judge has ordered a
woman to pay her divorced husband
alimony. Some day we will see the
picture of the groom In pre-nuptlnl
society news.
According to the laws of propor-
tion, an electrical machine which
broils a filet ntignon in 30 seconds
ought to make what is known as a
"boiling fowl" fairly tender In the
i course of a day.
Pavements TeU Story
ft Is quite remarkable bow much
mk be accomplished, especially in the
MsaUer civic centers, by the encour-
t of community spirit, and as
tears the country those towns
dtles where community spirit is
are at once noticeable. Streets
ifMK should be paved are not paved,
fcevlerards and parks are Ill-kept,
eehoo?houses do not have that fresh
_smd lnvltin? appearance which they
i!d have. In fact, there's even a
In the town clock 1
Peace Is also that interval in which
rear admirals and major geiiemls find
themselves occupying a new d^sk sud
denly because tlwiy released their com-
muniques through Hit' magazines and
newspapers.
A St. Louis dealer buys a picture^for
I $250 and then discovers that it is
worth $2?>0,OOO. At least, that's the
way he tells It. Skeptics will say that
j his discovery came just before he
spent the $250.
JUad the ads tod prosper.
!a burglar, on his way t<> commit a
robbery, passed by Sing Sing prison.
The sight so sobered him that he re-
turned home without completing his
purpose. We predict he will never
make a good burplar.
Why British Clothiers
- Seldom Amass Money
; Father may think be wears bis
clothes a long time, but they wear
'em longer in Britain. A.v Stamford
septuagenarian each morning jdons a'
; coat that was worn by his^father aft-
1 er his grandfather had used it for a
i couple of decades. It still has the
original buttons and, according to Tit-
Bits, looks good for another 20 years
on top of its 100. I
I Of four other veterans in a rural
pariah, one is wearing a fifty-year-old
suit, another continues td brush an
! overcoat he has worn for 80 winters:
The third says hla twenty-flve-year-
old top coat is not very shabby, and
j the fourth says be didn't really be-
| gin to like his waistcoat until be bad
| worn it for 40 social seasons.
Oh, yes. There is one woman, the
j wife of a farmhand, whp admits ehe
bought her best costume 15 yean age
and still wears it to pt^ting.
Physicians for the Well
Physicians were originally trained,
to treat the sick. Until recently, they
have not had a primary interest tn. the
welL It la now increasingly easy tor
And a physician who la Interested tn
his patient, who ia desirous of keep-
ing him well, who Is competent to car-
ry out a thorough examination, and
who Is sble and., wlillngto give con-
structive hygienic ad vie* More and
more the medical profeealou la realis-
ing thst there Hs a tremendous field
for medical service la this private
practice of preventive medicine. Moet
individuals can with advantage be ad-
vised ho to work wiaely, 'how to play
safely, bow to live happier lives in a
byglenlcally constructive manlier,
with the logical sequence of a fuller
life with greater duration—a longer
life and a merrier one.—Dr. Donald
B. Armstrong in the Retth APtrteen
Review.
AB0UT«|
By ED. W, HOWE
fil. BfU Src4lg£t*.
WJTD S^rvlc*
The professional writers are lodig
naqt because business men are J.ateiy
writing f«r print.
Why should writing for print bs
confined to a class more than con-
.versation? Everyone la able to write
(er should be, considering -the
number pf schools -maintained)
. Why should^ not anyone express bis
i4ens and discoveries? When a ma
teurs need assistance, professional ed
iters are able to give It, and literature
J* being benefited by the invasion.
Learn to write and talk better, that
you may be In position to oppose ttu-
professlonals who are almost ruining
the country with lack of information
wit, candor, and common sense.
* • *
After the people find out for them-
selves the common and important
truths, literature disputes them and
things confusion. Literature has ai
ways been more concerned with fancy
tJian with fact
9 # *
Popular belief is very unreliable
It is generally believed that ho negro
attends a party, or goes on the
streets, without carrying s razor as a
defensive weapon. Policemen say
they very rarely find a negro carrying
a razor.- - It -is—the poorest of defen
siye. weapons. ,tA: dagger is much bet
ter; a pistol better still. No man
could put up a fairly "good tight with
a razor, as it has no handle to sup
port a thrust
In ray town a wife died lately. The
neighbor? say. a widow- went to the
funeral and stayed; in three months
she married the widower. How raw
some women are In their love affairs'.
■-■- • • •
When I have a special task to per
form It is impossible for me to per
form It I wonder why I was boru s«
worthless..-You may say 1 shouM
overcome it Wby don't you overcoitte
some of your bad habit?? I do notti
lag half as well as I might do if I
could take pride tn my work as good
men should.
• * •
A statement may be palpably false
and yet of Interest and valu^ at d.>
playing the falsehoods people tell with
little provocation. To recognize the
prevalence of falsehood Is devotion tc
truth we should not neglect
I am a great reader, and find most
reading worthless. But 1 am not a
harsh critic of literature. What are
we to expect In anything human ex
cept old and tiresome things? Can
we reasonably .expect beauty and per
fectlon in. literature and in nothing
else?
Rather Spoiled Effect
Johnnie is the so A. at a well-known
business man who Uvea in Logan.
Sunday afternoon Johnnie's parents
had company for dinner. Jack, as
Johnnie is sometlmea-galled, ia a}-,
most six years ol<L Xow Johnnie's'
parents, true to nature^ are proud of
their son -and his ability. At the din-
ner table the little boy was asked to
say grace. In a quiet manner John-
nie complied with the. request With
bowed head. he said the {gayer per-
fectly. When be had ; finished hla
aunt — very « religiously inclined —
praised him. ''John, that waa fine,"
8he said. "You didn't make even one
little mistake." With a wild gesture
of his arm, Johnnie remarked: "And
I said the whole data thing, too."—
Philadelphia Record.
Natural Washtub
There is a hot sp^ag known as
"Handkerchief Pool" located in the
Black Sand basin at Old Faithful
Qeyser formation. The spring ia a
round pool with a deep hole la the
center, from which bqbblca are con-
stantly arising. A handkerchief placed
In this pool will be drawn ander by
the action of the water and several
minutes later will be.forced upward
by the bubbles. It comes out clean.
The pool has s clrculsr current which
works around in circles, causing this
peculiar phenomenon. The pool has
many amusing legends connected with
it and Is one of the meat widely visit-
ed places In Yellowstone park.
Let Us Print Your
Sale Bills
When it coines to neat
and effective printing
of any Kind we will
guarantee to give you
satisfaction.
RoaJNotica tattoo*
Resident Land Owners
ST A E OF TEXAS, ) \ .
Lip>-comb County. ) s8'
We the undersigned Jury ai
Freeholders, eitiieDs of said Lip#*
comb County, Texas, duij
appointed bv the Commission*
er's Court of Lipscomb County,
Texas, at its November Term,
192?, to view ard establish m
.Firs! class Road from the NS
corner of Section No 64, Bioct
No. 10.
rp. ^
i nence west on or near section
'ires to the Lipscomb-Ochiltre®
County line and having been duly
sworn as the law directs, hereby
yive notice that we will, on the
17th day of February, 1928,
"assemble at the place of beginning
and thence "proceed Ito fsurvey,
locate, - view, • mark * out^ and
establish said !road, beginning at
the NE corner ofSection No. $4,
Block No 10.
Thence West on or near Section
lines to the \ Lipscomb-Ochiltff#
County Line.
An.d^^e do hereby notify J. M.
oriow, Plainview Hdwe. & Fur
Co., W-m. L. [McNulty, f Bett e
McGregor. Lemon Brothers, If.
M. Decker and C. W. Wilkes and
any and ail persons owcingflands
through which said road may
run, that we Twill at tha same
time proceed to assessHha dam*
ages incidental f to the!ropening
ir d establishment ofsaidfroad,
^ hen i hey may, either in1'person
r by agent or .a 11 or ney, present
t<> us a wiitten statement of tba
a mount of damages, if any elaiss*
ed by them.
Witness our hands, this 12th
day of January, A D 1928.
J. M Howard
C. L. Warner
M. L. Green
A. M.1 Harrison
Andy Meyer
JUKOS OF VIEW
Headquarters For
We Have it in Stock
r
We Have Everything in the t urn
iture Line. Come in and look
Our line Over.
MASON and WI1S0N
Furniture and Undertaking
Follett, Texas
Trouble With the Town
The trouble with so man; of our
town boosters" is tbat they want the
taper to do all tlie boosting and the
Ladles' Aid aociety to do all the
wnrk^-Olen Elder (Kan.) Sentinel.
NEW!
Sprit g Modes jt si arrived Coats, ' uits, Dresses,
Hats and Hosiery all to Match In Beautiful Pastel
Shades A' Prices to Suit Every Pocket-book.
He its' i cbTg dor e ai ; 11 time?. We also make
Buttons. - -"
READY-TO-WEAR & MILLINERY STORE
Mrs,A W. C. Walker, Prop.«
Follett, Texas
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Skaggs, Ethel. Lipscomb Lime Light and Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1928, newspaper, January 19, 1928; Follett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth390185/m1/4/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Higgins Public Library.