The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1924 Page: 6 of 6
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Local News Items
Of Nearby Communitio
Uwls'Appointment is
Confirmed By Senate
Mr. and Mrs- A. L. Gray visit
ed friends and relative here
?unday
Isaac Amburn of Wylie visited confirmed
his sister, Mrs- R. L- C«it$- Sun-
day morning-
_ the
guest of
Wilmer. Sunday-
The nomination of Edgar
Lewis to be postmaster at Ales- :
quite for another term of four |
years, recently sent to the Ser- ;
ate bv the President has been
by that body- Mr- j
Lewis has received from the
Posfcffice department a blank i
which he is required to fill out j
i Walker & Rouse Garage
MESQUITE, TEXAS £
memo** • •«■-«>
Mrs. Joe Malone was tne j an{j wjjj lilcely receive hts of-
Mrs. H E Hester in j f!Ciaj bond in a tew days. As
; soon as that is executed and ap-
_, rx „ . .11 proved- his commission will be
Mr. and Mrs- Ed d. taschall it;iue(j a„j fje wjjj then begin his
of Long Creek attended services j sewnd term ,
at Mesquite Sunday- ! — J
Mr. and Mrs L. O- Price were
dinner guests of Mr- and Mrs.
Abe Prock- Sunday.
Miss .Katherine Lander spent
the week with Mrs- Weldon
Cochrell at Macedonia.
Miss Mat tie Russell of Dallas
was the week end guest of Mrs
Guv Guram at Macedonia
Editor Shows 'Em
Advertising Pays
A LANDMARK
HAD OVERLOOKED THAT
To convince local merchants,
A the advertising value of his
newspaper, J. W. \ incent.
• i the Reveille. Linn Creek, Mo-,
recently added a stock of
Mr and Mrs. Andrew Clay of chandise to his printing ^ant^ He j
Dallas were the guests, Sunday advertised the stock in his paper ,
of Mr. and Mrs. S R Prock:
Judge: "Enjoy London?" ask-j „ Minneapolis Journal: Irate
, ?. , , . , , - Customer—I ve worn these call-
ed a friend of a bride who had, skjns wly {w0 months amJ nou.
just returned from a European at >e'ra,
honeymoon. j Salesman—My dear sir. you '
"London—London repeat-: must remember the calf had al-:
ed the other as if puzzled- Then, ready worn that skin five months
brightening: "Oh- yes, that's1 making seven month's wear;
where George and I made up" ; which is very good I think.
Mr and Mrs- J. M- Bowser of
and now has the leading general
store in town
In fact, the mercantile end
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To The Public I
I have purchased the General Merchan-
dise store of W. S. Ragsdale at Tripp,
and v/ill continue the business in the
same stand.
It is my aim to carry a good line of Dry
goods, Drugs, Grtcer'es, etc. to meet the
requirements of my customers, to sell
at fair prices and give everyone a square
deal.
I cordially invite my friends and the
public generally to favtr me with their
patrtnage.
Macedonia visited Mrs- A- J-j a,- },js business has developed to
Galloway in Mesquite, Sunday, j tjle p0jnt that he has sold the
r i av h.E milt* I newspaper and will devote his
to be getting along better n<m. j ^
Mr- and Mrs, R L- Coats visit-
ed Mr and Mrs. Henry Loving
at Rose Hill- Sunday afternoon.
Mi-o Kate Jones of Dallas,
pent the week end with h«r
parents Mr- and Mrs- F- W- Jones
Mr and Mrs. J- C- Garrett of
New
G- \\
day
Former Mesquite Man
Victim Of Burglars
Mrs- W- E Lawrence and little
s .n- W- E. Jr., visited Mr- and
Mrs Ed D Paschall at Long
Creek.
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J P. Paschall. formerly in busi-
,, . -, ,, . i ness in Mesquite and son of E. P.
•Hope visited Mr. and Mrs-. of ^ Long Creek com.
(.ar.ett at Edwards, ,.u xnunity, but now in business in
Royse City, suffered a loss of
more than $1,500- when his store
was burglarized recently.
According to the item appear-
ing in the last issue of the Royse
City Times, the stock had evi-
dently lx-en carefully looked
over before the burglary was
o ■: miitt d. as the theives showed
discriminating judgment by tak-
Little F. W Vice of Long i on,.v the f'n.er goods- consist-
Creek. is spending the week with! 'nK a" *'1C S''^s in the h"use,
his aunt. Mrs. \V. M Smith, at rrv.n's suits, ladies dresses, shoes
Mesquit- i hats and the finer qualities ut
Mr. and Mrs. Kytle Crane of
Macedonia- visited Mr- and Mrs-
Waco Crane- near Mesquite.,
iumlav I
Every Motoring N
At Lowest Cost
The Ford Touring Car meets every
motoring requirement at the lowest
possible cost. It is sturdy, depend-
able, long lived; easy to drive; con-
venient to park — and possessea
the highest resale value in propor-
tion to list price, of any car built.
The Tavist C*r
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THE UNIVERSAL CAR
FULF
linghan
bad be«T
brought
notorious
I of ft Tide
been
to
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Mrs. Young Given
A Birthday Dinner
Might Ask Him For a Nip i Ju t Get OutdocrJ
Mr?. Lizzitr \'ice
Creek >pent Sunday
sister. Mrs- \V- M
Mesquite
' dress goods- The loss was not
ui Long discovered until the following
with her • morning- and s- :'ar as we have
Smith in! learned there i> no clue as to the
identity of the burglars
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E. S. EDWARDS
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Mr- and Mrs. S. P- Lively at-'
tended the Sacrv-d Harp Sing-
ing at the Trinity First Baptist j
Church at Oak Cliff. Sunday af-
ternoon-
Investigate
HIS OWN FAULT
"P
Texas Highway Bulletin: Hub-
by—You're three-quart'T- of an
hour late. What do you mean
keeping me standing around like
a fool ?
Wife—1 can't help the way you
stand "
hers
cry!
.•oh- My mother takes al!
wt ever night but she dot-
WHEN THE CATS AWAY
guests of Air. and Mi>
Harper at Macedonia-
Gould i
"MOW well you re
been on vacation?"
'So, but the boss is"
tooKtng
This new. unique way to own a
Mr. and Mrs- Ha -iison Dick-! Columbia Grafanola- You, too,
•n of N't w Hope were dinner Jean own one. Why not? "Put
music in the- home; it puts sun-
shine in the heart."
Miss Bessie Parker of Dallas,I Purchase: one of the new
spent the week end with her Columbia®, with five double face
parents. Mr and Mrs- W, O. records frec, Trade in your ol(]
Parker at Orphans Home. ! .
machine and receive full value on
Mr and Mr?- H J Baldwin or a new one Will be glad to place
near Mesquite visited th? latter's - n of these in your home if you
parents Mr and Mrs W- M
Clark at Rose Hill, Sunday.
On
(Contributed)
last Sundav. May 18, a
1 Delaware Gazette: Scientists j
have discovered a ti-h that shouts • ' reason why if
and are likely to receive praise Sines that he's run <
and fame for.doing so. N'ovv what ' a rest is because nati
would we say of a plain fisher- i to convince him tksl
TOO SMALL
AN UNLUCKY CHOICE
Judge: "This apartment won't
do—th ire's not a room large
enough, ahem—I play a slide
trombone"
OLD STUFF
Kasj,ar Stockholm :
you crying U r "
"The doct or has taken oru
my teetii out!"
London Tit-Bits: "Why all the j
black eves, old man?" a notorious I
ly l.uiJ. '.Mi was asked
by a friend.
I "Well, you see.-' said the black
eyed one. I cam< home rather un- ;
steadily the other night and i
! th ugbt I'd read a little before !
*\V hat are going to bed My wife came down '
and caught me and there was
of some v<tv pronounced trouble "
"What were you reading?"
INTERURBAN ticket agents
are glad to aid in arranging
appointments at Dallas or
Terrell for our passengers.
They will irake pullman reser-
vations and obtain information
about train service.
This service is given
charge.
without
Texas
Interurban
Railway
Mr. and Mrs- Roy Wagner
and children of Macedonia visit-
ed friends ;.nd relatives at Kvlie,
Saturday night and Sunday
Mr. and Mrs Elmer Wolff and
C F Souter of Dallas were din-
ner guests. Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs C L. Crumplev at Scyene.
Sunday-
Miss Johnnie Beach of Or-
phans Home «;ent from Tues-
day until Friday in Dallas as the
guest of her sister, Mrs Elbert
Dickson.
Sunday visitors at the home of
S H Cumbv at Macedonia, were:
M rs. Dennis Cr->uch of Louisiana
and Mr. and Mrs Cecil Rhodes
of Dallas
are thinking of buying
All of the latest records
now on sale-
out,
j Mr. and Mrs D M Lander of
j -v«'w Ik jr. visited Mr- and Mrs-
\ A- W. Lander at Garland and
| also Mr- and Mp. Will Cochrell
i at Macedonia, Sunday.
Dinner guests of Mrs. J- H-
Briley at Bernhardt Sunday,
wtre Mr. and Mrs- H. H. Mar-
shall of Garland, and L- Q and
Orveille Hensley of Hillsboro. i
Sunday visitors of Mr and!
Mrs. Walter Works atScyene j
wire Mr and Mrs Henry Wil-
liams. Mr and Mrs- Isaac Pil-
sion and Mr and Mrs- J- H-
Works-
Dinner guests of Mrs- John!
Burton at Long Creek Sunday!
were Mr. and Mrs- W I. Steven-
son and children of Mesquite.
Mr- and Mrs- Clyde Harris of'
Grand Prairie, and Mr- and Mrs-j
Ewing Jones and little son, Bur-
tota, of Dallas.
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Sunday visitors at the home of ]
J- J- Beach at Orphans Home,
Sunday, were: Mr. and Mrs- O-
C. Chase and children. Mr- and
Mrs- Elbert Dickson and little
son- Daniel- all of Dallas and
John Brown and Mr- and Mrs-
C- F- Davis all of Fort Worth,
and Tom Davit of Macedonia
JOE STEWART
At L. C. Stewart Store
West Side Square
Mesquite, Texas
Pleasant Grove Items
Marguerite Andrews of Dal-
las was the week end guest of
Marie Hodges
J. W ■ Hodges was surprised
w'ith a birthday dinner Sunday.
A host of friends lemcyed a splen
did dinner. Twenty-five people
were served-
Murriel Reed of Dallas visited
Hs mother and family Sunday
and als^j attended Sunday School
here.
special program
Group
will be
A
piven by Group NTo- 2 of the
Plcajsant Grovel Christian En-
deavor Society Sunday. Every
r invited-
automobile
tornado
health
life
fire
bonds
burglar
accident
Peggy—How did you get along
with the Englishman?
■ Polly—Fine! Told him some
funny stories and he took the-ra
seriously—Legion W«ddjr<
birthday dinner took place at the
home of Mrs- M E. Young of
Tripp The dinner was served as
a surprise in honor of her sixty
second birthday. The cake was
placed in the center of the table,
tncircled with flowers and
trimmed with sixty-two can-
dles. and the wordt Mother
printed in yellow Covers were
laid for thirty three guests. A
color scheme of pink and white
roses were carried out for the
decoration of the home
The mother was seated just op
posite the cake On making a
wish and blowing the candles out,
she turned her plate up, and
found an offering 'from each
child, wishing her many more
happy birthdays.
Sure we love the dear silver
that shines in your hair and the
brow that's all furrowed and
wrinkled with care. We kiss the
dear fingers so toilworn for us-
Oh God bless you and ke°p you
Mother.
The children present were:
Mrs. F A- Polly of Merkel. Mrs
M- Iv Wble of Mexia, Mrs. W-
M- Lewis of Wylie and C. C.
Young v{ Dallas.
man who
covery?
reported such a dis-
.x erase— E
Pleasant Grove Christian
Endeavor Society Program
Leader—Raymond Benoist- j
Subject—Have Business and
Commerce Helped or Hindered ■
Missionary Work?
Scripture Text—Act. 19:23-28-'
Song—If Jesus Goes With Me
I'll Go-
Prayer-
Special Music.
Song—Ho! Reapers of Life's
Harvest.
Recitation by Gfr>rge Jetton-
Questions :
1. Wl' ch is the more necess-
i I
'lgion i
■><"«>, Commerce
Marie Hodges-
.2 Does business or religion
first open foreign fields to ser-
vice? Edna Williams.
3- In what way do missionar-
ies create a market -for modern
machinery and other products ?
Anise Bfiiiiett-
Qo oistok<_ r rctd 'S
4. \\ hat are sonte of the in-
Huences which have followed
Christianity into foreign coun-
tries? Mrs- C- C. Cole.
5- Name some of the good
things which have Mtoved
missionaries into world fitlds?
Erne«t Cole.
Guitar Duet-
Closmg Hymn—Far and near
the fields are teeming.
Mupah
Rylie, Mesquite and other C
Lfssr yo°l,a,r
New Passenger Setij
I Colorado
National Parks
Pacific Northwest!
\ California
VIA
Fort Worth&D6nv6rCi!]j
Popular demand requires the estrbl jh*rent effeetiwlj
15th, of
The Colorado Speti
Newest Design, AU-Steel Equipment
DINING CAR SERVICE ALL MEALS
Leave Fort Worth «:45 A. M. Tod«y
Arrive Colorado Sp'gs 9:05 A. Ms Tcmorrwl
Arrive Denver . . 11:50 A- M. Tomorrow j
THROUGH COLORADO PULLMAN SO
From New Orleans, Houston* Austin, San Aoto
Dallas, Fort Worth and Intermediate P«
111
Low Summer Tourist Fares
on Sale
MAY 15th to SEPT. 30th RouwlTri
Limited to Oct- 31st
STOP-OVER at ANY POINT .
DESIRED To DENVE*
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apply to W- F- STERLEY, Gen: Freight and ^
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We Must Consider All Sides
Grand Rapids Press: It may be . .0"
of course that there are too many (f jtt|e Bcv-
open wind.nvs inst.ad of too ' L "f *
many phonographs- . cac
DID THE WORK
NO MORE
,tT, '
Engineers' Bulletin: Doctor— | Oil. sh;' (lyc<l'—J1
I 'ia the medicine straighten your i —
husband out all right? j ( eorge—How thet
Wife—Yea, we buried him yts* t Grace (yawning)'ji
w omethinff *™
von say
NOT PRECARIOUS
Boston Transcript: "Your life
by a thread," said the doe-
tor The patient breathed a sigh
•f relief ; he was married and o«f-
ttn had buttons remain that way
for a long, long time.
CHARLES F CLINT DAVID B
CLINT & EADES
attorneys.at.law 10,
505-6-7 Wilson Building . . • $
General Practice in State and Federal .trill ^
Attention Given to Estate Cases and Land,
_ : >Probate Business.
CHARLES F. UMPHRESS
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1924, newspaper, May 23, 1924; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400190/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mesquite Public Library.