The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1924 Page: 1 of 6
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MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 23.1924.
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PUESTION
you going this
■KT 'To Sea Girt" "And
THE TIRED TOILER
"How's business, Andy ?"
"Fine! I never saw things so
dull in all my life "—Lifet
Build Your Garage
nd Outhouses Now
•V ly
We have just made a good buy
and will give you the benefit of
this special purchase of
NUMBER 3
SHIP LAP TWO-BY-FOUR
AND TWO-BY-SIX
(inly
I $3.50 .
per 100 (foot
JOHN E.QUARLES
COMPANY
Quality uumber*
& M
esidfln
AN ELASTIC
KILLJOY
WORKER
1S< The only thing that worked 24
jjjps on the streitch in these soft
rubber band'—Bing-
LTON hton Sun.
urciot^^BK
dint mUy (to shiftless friend)
yearn aell you is gwine to pay
ollah v >u owes me. Is you?
end ingratiatingly)—I ain't
* I aiti :
5ld Darkey (severely)—I ain't
you is you ain't; I ask you
't you Sis.
A wife recently stopped ner
husband's wedding to another
woman by dropping in when it
was in progress- Som*i wives will
never learn that their place is in
the home.—James J. Montague-
REASON FOR TROUBLE
leerM
"You look troubled today?"
"Yes I was on the spree last
night ai d when I got home very
late I fmnd I had moved to an-
other address!—Kasper Stocklom
eFLORSHEIM SHOE
Growth Of Hostility
To Texas Railroads
By Walter Splawn, Railroad
Commissioner of Texas.
^INE Shoes, tike good com-
pany, arc a satisfaction to
have—a pleasure to be as-
sociated with. One reason
why so many men wear
Floohcim Shoes permanently.
Tbt RIALTO
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ARTICLE XIV
As early as 1876 Governor Coke
recommended that Legislature
examine the Railroad Commis-
sion of Massachusetts and in his
message he commented favorab-
ly upon the work of that Commis-
si n- In the spring of ,882 Gov-
ernor Roberts called the Legis-
lature into special session and
submitted the matter of regulated
ailroad transportation* A bill
passed the House proposing a
Commission with rate making
powers. Another bill passed the
Senate but botr died in conference
In the winter of 1882 Governor
Roberts again called attention to
.he need of a railroad commission
ile emphasized the inability of
private individuals to obtain re-
dress { jt their grievances against
railroad companies- A few days
after this message. Governor
Roberts retired and Governor
Ireland succeed him. The newly
installed governor endorsed the
i ecommendation of his predecess-
or and called for the creation of
a commission. By this time there
was a strong sentiment in the
state in favor of a railroad com-
mission- Though the efforts of
the speaker of the House, a bill
providing for a strong commis-
sion was defeated and a substi-
tute was adopted which provided
for a State Engineer who should
investigate the physical condition
of the railroads- This substitute
passed both houses and became
a law.
This experiment was not satis-
factory- The State Engineer felt
the law did not clothe him with
any power anl after eighteen
months he recommended that his
office be abolished-
In 1885 Governor Ireland dil
not renew his request for a rail-
road commission but in 1887 the
fight was renewed. By this time
the administration was hostile to
the commission idea Still, a num-
ber of bills were introduced pro-
posing a railroad commission.
When the Thirty- first Legisla-
ture convened in 1889, the pros-
pects for passing a law provid-
ing for a railroad commission
were much brighter. A bill creat-
ing a commission of the manda-
tory type was introduced and de-
bated in both the House and the
Senate. Thete debates were de-
voted chiefly to> the constitution-
ality of the proposed law- Though
a bill passed the House, some of
the best lawyers in the Senate
thought it advisable first to re-
move all question of the Legis-
latuie's right under the consti-
tution to empower a commission
to make rates The Senate put
aside the House bill and both
houses by the required two-thirds
majority voted to submit to the
peojle an amendment to the
constitution which would empow-
er the Legislature to establish a
commission with authority to fix
rates-
James S- Hogg in 1890 opened
his campaign for Governor by j
championing the proposed I
amendment to the constitution- j
He identified himself with the t
amendment- Winning the matin-;
ation for Governor, he was able
to commit his party and to write
into its Platform a plank which I
recommended the adoption of the
commission, and pledged the
party to the enactment of a law
creating a commission with full
power to make rates.
THOSE IMPETUOUS LOVERS
Governor Declined
University Presidency
By a vote of 7 to 2, the board
regents of the University of
Texas, in session at Austin Fri-
day. elected Governor Pat M.
Neff t<j> the presidency, but the
Governor, who was at Eastland,
who w'as notified by wire, ans-
werer by declining the place-
The two regents who voted
against the Governor were Frank
C- Jones of Houston and Sam P.
Cochran of Dallas, and following
the vote which the Governor was
elected, they tendered their re-
signations as the board, at thie
same time issuing a statement
that their action was taken
because they thought it wrong
in principle for the bt«rd of re-
gents. a majority of whom were
appointed to their places by Gov-
ernor Neff, to) in turn elect the
Governor to the presidency of
the institution.
1 Following the action of Gov-1
ernor Neff1 iii declining the place, I
the board by a unanimous vote, j
with Jones and Cochran off,!
elected Dr. Guy Stanton Ford,
dean of the graduate department
of Minnesota University, who
also declined the place, and it de-
veloped that Dr. Ford had been
offered the presidency of the
University two months ago-
The action of the board will be
regarded as purely compliment-
ary. The members had been in
close touch with the Governor
and doubtless knew in advance
that he would decline the place,
though they probably wanted
l.irn to have the place. At any
rats they gave the Governor the
honor and the privilege otf de-
clining
Cmmittees Named
For Mesquite Fair
" ' * Missionary jWill Seek Pensions
Speaks Here Tuesday For School Teachers
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A movement had been inaugu-
rated to have the next Legisla-
ture submit a proposed amend-
ment to tnr Constitution of Tex-
as providing for a system of pen-
sions for public school teachers
who have been actively engaged
in teaching for a period of twenty
vears-
REV. F. H. SPENCE
The topmost point on the
North American Continent is
Point Barrow, Alaska. It is 1,000
miles farther north by latitude
than Labrador and is a port ifor
whalers The Eskimos of that
have suffered much from the
white man's treatment, and have
been infected with his disease-
Presbyterians a few years ago,
built there at much labor and
cost a twenty bed hospital serv-
ing the people 'for 600 miles
arttund and saving them from ex-
tinction by disease. Those who
carried this work through were
Rev. F- H. Spent , M- H-. and
Mrs. Spence. who spent five
years there ministering to both
llody and soul-
They are now in the states
and visiting some of the Church-
es of the state They tell a re-
markable story.,
Rev- Spence will speak at the
Presbyterian church in Mesquite,
next Tuesday, May 27. at 3:30
and 8:00 p. m.
Cotton Seid Expert
To Be Here Saturday
County Agricultural Agent A
B- Jo|ley, sends the Mesquiter
the fallowing item:
There Will be a meeting of
farmers in the Mesquite com-
munity Saturday, May 24, at 3 p.
m- for the purpose of discussing
better planting seed for the
Mesquite farmers. It is hoped
A recent dispatch -from Austin tfiat the farmers will reduce the
told of the presence at the State I nuu>ber of varieties now grown
Capital of Misses Anna Howard j to not more than two or three,
and Mary Martin, teachers at One variety of cotton per com-
Galveston. who are working on munity has advantages from the
the proposition, and who held a' standpoint of building a better
conference with Attorney Gen- market for both seed and lint,
cral VV. A. Keeling, who consent-. Several very important matters
'■'I prepare the proposed" niust be decided before this
work; can ,b« ..started- such as<the
selection of variety, types of
soil at|<ji. commercial advantages
■erf various varieties.
It is hoped that all iararers
will cooperate , in this important
work and lend their encourage-
ment, to the move- Mr. Homer C-
McNamara, Superintendent of
the Greenville Experiment sta-
tion will address the meeting-
ed to
amendent.
Closing Up Right
Of Way For Highway
County Commissioner Jim Mil-
ler- who lives between here and
Dallas, was in Mesquite Monday
to look after securing the bal-, „ .
ance of the right of way for the The Greenville Station, support
new tnree mile section of the! by the U. S- Government-and
Dixie Highway, immediately 'under the supervision of Mr. Mc-
ast of Mesquite. The new road Namara, have tried a number of
will cross nine tracts <rf land and varieties of cotton for the past
<A- these the right of way through ten ycars black ,and and Mr:
six tracts had already been se- McNamara has the results of
cured Those whom the Com- thcse experiments tabulated and
missioners' Court had not closed win be gM to give the farmers
with were Bedford Galloway, W. the benefit of such results- The
lv Tunnell and J. P. Edgar Ne-' results obtained on this ■=<
The work of selecting the com-
mittees having been completed,
wie give below a full list of the
< fficers- committees, superinten-
dents. etc. for the Mesquite Fair
for 1924:
Officers—President. John E.
Davis; vice president, Jno'- S.
Lawrence; secretary-treasure^
J. 11- Crutn.
COMMITTEES—
Executive—John. I\. Davis,
Jno. S- Lawrence. L. E- Gross, W.
J. Porter.and J- C- Rugcl.
Finance and Concessions—Jno.
S. Lawrence, Chas. A- Tosch and
O- H. Britain.
Arrangements—W. B. Royal,
H- H. Hanby. Hugh
R- O. Gross- O. C- Hanby, H.E-1 diana. in which appears
Anderson. VV. E Lawrence and lowing unique sale bill
A. J- Tribble.
Publicity—J- F. McCullough.
Harry Cullom and Jas- G. Nunn-
A Sale Like This
Would Get Crowd Now
AN OLD SALE BILL—1849
gotiatiops. with the first two
named are in progress and Mr.
Miller stated thu thev would
likely reach an agreement with-
"iit any trouble.
Mr. Edgar now lives at Lub-
bock, but Mr. Miller said that he
'eclined to negotiate the matter
station
under ordinary conditions and
scientific supervision are wortrh
thousands of dollars to the farm-
ers of the black land belt- This
is your meeting held for the
purpose of formulating a cotton
program that should thousands
of dollars benefit to the farmers
and the attorney for the Ccunty this community. You are ex
had already been instructed to' P«cted to attend this meeting
prepare the papers for conderona- and contribute you*- experience.
.ceedings.
Butler at fancy- dress ball who
has been told to announce people
!>y the charactrs thy represent—
What character:
Guests—Oh no particular char-
acter :
Butler at the top of his voice
I wo ladies of no character in
particular:
Let me again urge you to oome
and bring your neighbor-
Northwestern Purple Parrott:
Well, ii it isp'ti Bob! What are
you doing for a living anyway?
"I'm delivering a series of lec-
tures" 5 V {
"Why, I didn't know you were
a lecturer."
"I'm not. I'm a mail carrier."
J. P- Stevens of Coleman has
received a copy of his old home
Lawrence,' paper- printed at Cynthiana, In-
the <fol
of the
days of 1849- in old Kentucky: 1
A Sale
Having sold my farm- and am
Music and Entertainment—VV. leaving for "Oregon Territory",
Walker. Jr., by ox team, will offer on March
11st. 1849. all of my jpersonal
property to-wit: (
All ox teams except two teams
Buck- Ben, Tom and Jerry; 2
milch cows; 1 gray mare and colt;
Parker, 1 pair oxen and yoke; 1 baby
yoker; 2 ox carts ; 1 iron plow
:§
Big detrain* Sale
ALL PRICES AS ADVERTISED IN LAST WEEK'S
ARGE CIRCULAR ARE IN EF
MESQUITER AND L
FECT, BUT FOR LACK OF SPACE ONLY A
ARE QUOTED HERE-
FEW
L- Wilkinson- F. I
and E- B- Cullom
Decoration—F- C. Hicks, An-
son Holley and V. H. Stewart-
Reception—J- R. Scott- chair-
man-
Traffic—Chas. G.
chairman
SPRING AND RUMMER DRESSES
The season's newest styles in Voiles and Linens, flock
dots and solid colors. Vojks and Linens in all the new
chsflitck I Y-- «
$7.49 Dresses. Sale price, 'L - $SJ5
595 Dresses, Sale price.,. . __ 4-75
4.95 Dresses. Sale price., 425
Messrs Scott and Parker will with wood mole board; 800 feet
appoint the remainder of their of popular weather boards; 1,000
committees. three-foot clapboards; 1,500 ten-
SUPERINTENDENTS. ETC foot fence rails; 1 60-gallon soap
"
MEN";
All Mtn's Oxford* goi
$10.00 Howard & Foster
9-50 Howard & Foster
OXFORDS
in this Sale.
oes. Sale price—. H-$%
roes. Sale price-— 100
OF EXHIBITS-
CATTLE DIVISION.
Jersey-
Chas. E. Gross, Supt-
Holatein.
J. F. Bost, Supt.
Shorthorn*
Herbert Anderson. Supt
SWINE DIVISION
Poland China.
Stanley Grubb and
Berry, Supts.
Dor
I
kettle; 85 sugar trougns- made
of white ash timber; 10 gallons
of maple syrup: 2 spinning
wheels; 30 pounds of mutton tal-
low ; 20 pounds of beef tallow, 1
large loom made by Jerry Wil-
son ; 300 poles; 100 split hoops; J
100 empty barrels; 1 32 gal- bar- &
rel of Johnson-Miller wniskey. 7 *
years old: 20 gallons of apple j|
Robert brandy 1 40-gallon copper still; {
4 sides of oak tanned leather; 1
iroc-Jersey. ' dozen real hooks ; 2 handle hooks v
W B. Royal, and J. B. Gallo- 3 scythes and cradles; 1 dozen jjj
way, Supts. wooden pitchforks; one-half in-
MORSE AND MULE DIVISION ttrest in tan yard; 1 32-caliber f
Saddle and HarneH Claw- • rifle; bullet molds and powder |
Miller : "
Harry Briley. Supt.
Draft Horse Class
E. D. Florence. Supt-
Mules-
J. VV. Hanby, Supt-
AGRICULTURE
VV. L. Paschall and L- H- Ter-
rv. Supts.
HOME ECONOMICS
horn; rifle made bv Ben Miller;
i 50 gall ■ens of soft soap- ham ba-
con and lard; 40 gallons of sor-
ghum molases, six nead of fox §S
hounds, all soft-mouthed except k
one.
At the same time I will sell my gj
six negrc* slaves—2 men. 35 and "
I 50 years old; 2 boys 12 and 18 §
years old; 2 mulatto wenches, 40
6.25 Men's Oxfords, Sal# price 530
6-C0 Men's Oxfords' Sal| price: 5*25
5 25 Men's Oxfords, Sale price 4-95
ODD LOTS AT A LOW PRICE
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LADIES SUPPERS
Everything going in this sale.
S7-50 Slippers. Sale price $0-50
6.75 Slippers, Sale price- 5-95
6.50 Slippers, Sale price- $>75
6-00 Slippers. Sale pricc- — ——. 525
5.50 Slippers, Sale pricer. 475
4.50 Slippers, Sale price, 3-95
4-00 Slippers, Sale price -—— 3-50
3 50 Slippers, Sale price 2-85
3-00 Slippers, Sale price — ZS0
MEN'S GENUINE PALM BEACH SUITS |4i AP
ALL SKES AND COLORS f|| .99
_ ^)rs- ' • ' ,.[s' V, and 30 ytars old. Will sell all to-
Cullom. Mrs. W- B. Hailey, Mrs- get|-.er to same party, as will not x
Jack Kimbell and Mrs- O. C. se!>arate t|iem. V
-nr,%r nr>n iiKtrfvi* ' Mv home i« 2 miles south of H
POLL l . DEPARTMENT ! vers"aj|cs, Kentucky, on Mc-
R. Y. Bobbitt and A. B Prock, ferrv pike Sale will bet-
i gin at 8 o'clock a. m- Plenty to
eat and drink-
NUNN & HICKS
-'. T "IV
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Epworth Herald: Wife (with
newspaper)—Just think of it- A
couplt got married a few days ago
after a courtship which lasted
fifty years.
Hub—I suppose the. poor old
man was too feeble to hold out
any longer.
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS
J. L- Moss.
Cole mm Democrat-
is often cmaed by an Inflamed i.onilitloii
of th« mucous lining •( the Buatnehtan
Tub*, when thl« tube is Inflamed you
have a rumMIn* sound or Imperfect
hearing Unless the InnaimnatKwjwn
be Mined, your hearing may Sr
■Mel forever. „ k
llALL'g CATARRH MEDICINE wttl , OC
do what wa claim for It—rM your MtaM ,< «a vpar« indued) Do v,
of catarrh or neatness: caused by i iiunurcu ytars luorcai LfO .
catarrh, haix'b cATARRil MKDK iNi reahzc sir, that it such optimism $
Everything's going to the
"""dogs- In a hundred years all will
cftaos*
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MISCELLANEOUS
$3-00 Navy Canton Crepe, Sale price $2*59
2 75 Kilat Crepe, Sak price 2-35
1 85 Crepe De Chine. Sale price ..... 1.65
2. 25 Crepe De Chine, Sale price 1.75
25c Ginghams. Sale price ...19C
1/5 l i' icy Pi n^ee, Sale price 1 49
50c Linen Towling, Sale price— ... 30c
Toilet Paper, 3 rolls for . ... 25c
Light Wear U. Suits .... ... 85c
40c Devonshire Cloth. Sale price-.-.. .... 37Vsc
25c Nurse's Cloth. Sale price ... 19c
75c Silk Vesting, Sale, price 50c
2x> Percales, Sale price 10c
50c Madris Shirting, Sale price — 39c
65c Kverfast Ginghams. Sale price 00c
?100 Ladies' E M. C.. Sale price ..... 00c
J Skeins Art Thread - 10c
Men's R V. D IT. Suits $135
Hudson, Davis & Co.
country?"—Life. J,
Phone 54. North Side Stpvt,
Hwftit«k Tf«M
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