The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1921 Page: 2 of 6
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"Solid As The
First National Bank"
FIRST!
For three generations the name of the First National
Bank has stood for financial strength, solidity and per-
manence of the minds of American people.
It has retained its enviable position because, founded
and operated by citizens of your own community for
local advancement, it has been vigilantly protected by
the United States Government as an integral part of its
Momentary System.
Today there are 4,325 First National Banks located in
America, one of them located in Mesquite convenient to
you—use it. *<
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MESQUITE
MM———
John E. Davit, Editor and PublUher
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
AT MESQUITE, TEXAS
Entered at the postoffice at Mes-
quite, Texas, as mail matter of the
second class.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION
One Year $1.00
Six Months -50
Three Months—.— 25
Foreign Advertimnj Rtpr er>t ti e
THE AMERICAN PRE3S ASSOCIATION
Friday, October 7, 1921.
Tlir TrVIP lironillTrn Ha,n Patterson, who has been
THE TEXAo mLOUUIlLKiPosillg as half owner with Jess
I Ilk I unnv ",fcW^w,,fc,,lHassdl of the Daj|as baseball
team, is a party to an agreement
recently made, to sell the Dallas
baseball franchise for $150,000.
Lately, he has discovered that he
will, when the sale is consumatd,
have to turn over to Uncle Sam
his half of $12,500 as excess prof-
its under the Federal tax law,
and now he refuses to make the
dal, claiming that the half inter-
est he has heretofore claimd to
own belongs to his wife. That
does not sound good to us, and
we have a well defined idea that
if they do not carry out their
agreement they will wish they
had.
oo
Editor Will Holford of the
Garland News says that when we
get our Interurban built he will
print the picture of the old mule
that built it, and he adds that
when he gets in a hurry to see
one of the things, he "just steps
across town and looks at the
grade, which will no doubt some
day have cars running over it."
Well, when men like those con-
nected with the Strickland inter-
ests say that all financial ar
rangements are made and the
contract let. with the specifica-
tions for the steel for the bridges
already in the hands of the steel
campany, it certainly looks like
our line is a certainty, and we
have no doubt whatever that cars
will some day be running over
the grade of the proposed Dallas-
Greenville line, through Garland.
It seems certain that we will get
our Interurban first and equally
certain that Garland will beat us
to waterworks. Sooner or later
both towns will have both.
Have you paid your poll tax?
oo
With the opening of the State
Fair next Saturday, all roads will
lead to Dallas. But the automo-
bile roads will take care of most
of the visitors, due in a large
measure to the poor service of
the railroads and the high rates.
oo
Senator Sheppard made made
a speech in the Senate Wednes-
day and it might be said that he
was full of hif subject—the
League of Nations—as he talked
all day, and they say it was a
good speech.
oo
The two New York baseball
teams, the Giants and Yanks,
are fighting it out for the world's
championship. The Yanks won
the first game and the second is
being placed as we go to press.
Here's hoping that Babe Ruth &
Co. (the Yanks) will win the'
series.
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IIK es
In view of the fact that there
are so many unemployed, there
seems to be little hope that a
general railroad strike would re-
sult in a victory fo the strikers.
The country would simply have
a new set of railroad men, inex-
perienced at first, of course, and
the railroad men, after loafing
until they were broke would
have to go out and huni jobs in
some other line of work, and
finding jobs just now is not an
easy proposition.
oo
The purposes of the raen who
form the Ku Klux Klan may be
good, and they have undoubted-
ly done many good things, es-
pecially by helping the destitute
poor, but they are causing a lot
of trouble and will cause a lot
more before it is over. We are
inclined to agree with the Sweet-
water District Judge, who said
the peace and order of the coun-
try is safer in the hands of
twelve unmasked men.
BOTH IN THE SAME BOAT
"What is your father, my lit-
tle man?"
"E's a bricklayer."
"And what does vour mother
do?" z
"Oh! she don't do anything,
neither."—Exchange.
SHOOT
John and George, small sons
of a Baptist minister, after listen-
ing to one of their father's doc-
trinal sermons, in which he set
forth that baptism by immer-
sion is essential to soul salvation,
decided they must baptize their
family of cats.
The kittens made no objec-
tion and one by one they were
soused in the big tub of water,
but when it came to the mother
cat, she at once rebelled and
scratched until at last in despera-
tion John remarked:
"Just sprinkle her, George, and
let her go to hell."—Judge.
MICHELIN
has overcome the commonest
causes of tire trouble
We beg to announce a very substantial cut in price on
the old and reliable "Mich^lin" Caseing and Tubes, be-
ginning with this issue o£ the Mesquiter and continu-
ing throughout the month of August. Below we give
prices of most popular sizes, the figures quoted below
are on fabric caseings, but .we can supply you with
cords with the same reductions, prices strictly cash:
30 by 3 Fabric *12.85
30 by 3y2 Fahric 15.20
31 by 3J4 FaSric— — 17.80
32 by 3 Y* Fabric 18.80
31 by 4 Fabric —- 21.50
32 by 4 Fabric — 25.10
33 by 4 Fabric— 2646
34 by 4 Fabric 26.75
All larger sizes come in cord.
Bedford Galloway
Mesquite Saves Money
By Good Fire Record
The following letter from T.
M. Scott, member of and secre-
tary to the Fire Insurance Com-
mission of Texas, to Mayor Lajy-
reuce is self-explanitory:
Hon. John S. Lawrence. Mayor,
Mesquite, Texas.
Dear Sir:—
I am giving you below a state-
ment showing the amount of sav-
ings to the people of your city,
due to the "Good Fire Record
Credit" and the fifteen (15 per
cent) per cent6 reduction under
Amendment No. Ill, to the Gen-
eral Basis Schedules, which re-
duction became effective Febru-
ary 1st, 1921. The fifteen per
cent reduction, as set forth in
Amendment No. Ill, applies to
the following classes:
1st. Dwellings and furniture,
Owner, frame.
2nd. Dwellings and furniture,
Tenant, frame.
3rd. Dwellings and furniture,
Owner, brick.
4th. Dwellings and furniture,
Tenant, brick.
5th. Barns, stables and out-
houses, private.
6th. Automobile Garages, pri-
vate.
The reduction of 15 per cent,
referred to above, applies to
either or all of the Classes, 1 to
6 inclusive, wherever located,
whether it be in city, town, vill-
age or on the farm or within or
without the corporate limits of
such city or town. The Good
Fire Record Credit is, in a sense
a contingent credit and can only
be allowed by this department
to those cities and towns that
are able to qualify under the
rule permitting us to grant it.
This credit is based upon the loss
ratio of the city or town for the
three years, preceeding the cal-
endar year during which the
statement is filed with the State
Fire Insurance Commission. For
each five (5) per cent, or frac-
tion thereof that the losses sus-
tained by fires are less than fifty
five (55) per cent of the prem-
iums received a credit of three
(3) per cent will be allowed,
with a maximum credit of fif-
teen (15) per cent.
The total amount of savings
over the entire State for the year
1921, to the insuring public, un-
der Amendment No. Ill, cover
ing the six classes, above outlin-
ed, will amount to approximate-
ly, $1,232,095.98.
The total savings to the citi-
zens of those cities and towns
enjoying a good fire record cred-
it. two hundred and fourteen,
(214) in number, for the year
1921, will amount to, approxi-
mately, $1,599,313.22, which
would mean a total saving on all
policies, written or renewed dur-
ing the year 1921, of approxi-
mately, $2,831,419.20.
The saving to your city, under
the Good Fire Record Credit for
the year 1921, amounts to $1,159.-
72, while the savings, due to the
15 per cent reduction on the
dwelling classes (1 to 6 inclusive)
as enumerated in Amendment
No. Ill, would amount to $347.-
92, or a total saving under both
reductions of, approximately,
$1,507.64.
As an incentive to your citizens
to strive to save their property
from destruction from fires, end
in this way Maintain the present
maximum credit of 15 per cent
for Good Fire Record, which
they are now enjoying, permit
me to offer the suggestion that
the information, herein disclosed,
be given to the press of your
city.
If the premiums received by
the companies are not sufficient
to pay the losses, expenses and
permit them to earn a reasonable
per cent profit for their services,
they must accept either one of
two alternatives—refuse to write
such a class, or increase the rate
sufficiently to enable them to
pay the losses, expenses, and
have a little left for their trouble.
Proper fire protection, and fire
prevention, practically applied by
every citizen, without fear or fa-
vor are two of the most essential
methods to bring about a reduc-
tion in fire insurance rates.
Very truly yours,
T. M. SCOTT,
Commissioner—Secretary.
STRIKE
oasted
Notice this delicious
flavor when yott
smoke Lucky Strike
— it's sealed in by
the toasting process
Pleasant Grove
P.-T. Association
Pleasant Grove P. T. A. met
Sept. 28th for a final review and
finishing up of the 1921 year s
work of the club. Some of the
hostess for the year failed to
make reports, but we had a
splendid meeting and ma">'
spoke of the pleasure and help
the club had been to them in the
past year and are expecting
great things in the future.
Officers for the coming year:
Chairman, Mrs. Jeff Moore.
V.-Chairman, Mrs. G. Whitley.
Secretary, Mrs. Cole.
Treasurer, Mrs. C. J. Holman.
Reporter, Mrs. Geo. Jetton.
Chaplin, Mrs. P. A. Umphress.
ACALA
COTTON SEED
I have about 200 bush
els of Acala Cotton
Seed, turned out by
gin which ginned only
Acala cotton, which I
will sell for
$1.50 Bu.
Why pay $2.50 or
$3.50 at the Fair for
seed that are not any
better?
Former Mesquite Girl
Victim Of Accident
Miss Lena West, 2^'
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lt-
West who resided in this torn
munity for many years, but who
now lives at Arlington, was kill
and her sister, Miss I'ay West,
painfully injured, h
they
were run down by an
in Arlington at 8 oclock
day evening. The Miss
were walking along the street,
when a car driven by Tom Wr
ber of Arlington, and running
without lights, passed another
car and first ran completely over
Mrs. R. B. Dakan of Dallas and
then struck them. Miss Lena
West had both legs bioken and
suffered internal injuries which
caused her death. Her sister
was not seriously injured.
By reason of having lived here
so long the West family are well
known throughout this section
and have many friends who were
shocked to learn of the tragedy.
Mrs. West is a daughter of the
late Mrs. E. T. Davis and sister
of J. T. Davis of Mesquite.
The death of Miss West,
grandaughter of Mrs. E. T. Da-
vis, Tecalls the fact that there
have been four deaths in this
family within less than four
months, and three of them oc-
curred very suddenly and with-
out warning.
Mrs. Jo. Rupard, a daughter
of Mrs. Davis, died on June 10.
Apparantly as well as usual a few
minutes before, death came on
when she was alone, but a neigh
bor who heard her cries summon-
ed a physician who reached her
side just before she died.
Then.on July 19, Mrs. B. D
Davis, formerly of Mesquite but
then living at San Diego, Calif.,
died very suddenly. She was the
wife of Mrs. E. T. Davis' son. On
August 17, Mrs. Davis, herself,
answered the final summons
Then on Oct. 1, just three months
and 21 days after the first death
mentioned above, her grand-
daughter, Miss Lena West met
a tragic death.
It was at first reporter that
Miss Fay West was perhaps fat-
ally injured, but J. T. Davis, who
went to Arlington Sunday and
attended the funeral of his neice
Miss Lena West, held there that
afternoon, reported that Miss
Fay West was not seriously hurt
MAID OF THE MIST
By LUCRETIA LOWE.
. X St *:« >VK X Kit* H K If
Have Your Old Mating
Renovated and Re-covered]
Prices - - $4.50 and
or will make you a new mattress,aj
size, to order.
Located in old Bennett Gard
Building. Will be here for
weeks.
J. G. Reddin
CHURCH NOTES
Presbyterian
Sunday is rally day in the Sun-
day school and a special pro-
gram has been arranged for the
closing exercises. Communion
service at the morning services
and all members are urged to be
present. A portion of the ser-
mon Sunday evening will con-
sider the Klu Klux Klan. Be sure
to come. .
Edgar Hubbard, Minister.
Methodist
There will be Sunday school at
9:45. Preaching at Lawson both
hours by the pastor.
F.pworth League at Mesumte
every Sunday evening at
o'clock.
6:00
Woman's Mission,*
every Monday afternoj
Everybody is cordial
to attend these servict
C. C. Childress!
Baptist
Sunday school at 9-J
day school will CflmJ
time. Will you be ft
place, unless occupied I
will not be occupied. f<J
er fellow has a place
jher own. The voung
(people's class should 1
resented as well as
classes.
The theme of the
the morning and evenil
es will be "The Peru
of the Devil", and therl
on the people will nei
'the conclusions.
E. T. Howard
Raymond Palmer & Compz
Member! of American Cotton and Grain Exchange
81 Broad Street New York
Orders solicited for Purchase or Sale of
O T T O
For Future Delivery in ODD or ROUND LC
In units of 10 BALES upward
Seiul for Free Booklet T-aj — Facts About Cotton Tradinj
mu{j_ j would know that I am ^
Suddenly, through the opening In the ; Uie MiKt
Guy Berry
R.l, Mesquite, Texas
NOTICE
I left my notes with the Guar-
anty State Bank for collection,
and ask those owing amounts
covered by note now due or past,,
due, to call at the bank and set-'
tie same.
H. D. Humphreys.
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Fresh cow for sale. O. C. Han-
ky; _
For Sale—A good six room
house. CalJ at this office or ad-
dress Box 573.
Party finding demountable rim
on Lawson-Mesquite pike, please
notify owner. George Miller.
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If in the market for a used
Chevrolet, we have it, in good
condition and priced right. ° "
Jacobs, Mesquite, Texas.
Honor Roll
The following have our thanks
jfor payments on subscription
j during the past week:
J. S. Starnes, Mesquite.
J. A. Snow, R. 9, Dallas.
S. H. Whitehurst, Dallas.
S. K. Lewis, Mesquite.
H. C. McGaughey, Mesquite.
J. F. Asberry, Mesquite.
Cleve Moore, Mesquite.
J. B. Gross, R. 3, Dallas.
E. A. Coats, Mesquite. ;
T. D. Davis, R. 3, Dallas
H. T. Hood, Rosco.
Miss Opha Shipp, Mesquite.
J- P. Price, Grand Prairie.
Mrs. J. W. Cates, Blair, Okla
Old newspapers for sale at the
| Mesquiter office.
S. B.
For Sale Cheap—Wagon,
farming implements and three
mules, two horses and colt, also
Jersey buil. Herschel Wyatt
Phone 59-1-3.
For Sale—2 year old filly,
gentle broken, good natured
suitable for buggy pony for
school children. Price reasonable,
Robt. J. Scott.
" - 1 - •i'WVVMV^
Our mill is headquarters for
the Famous Flavo Flour at $1.85
per sack. Every sack guaran
teed. Buy a sack today. Mes-
quite Milling Co.
Our Flour is as good as the
best, and better than the rest.
Buy for less money. $1.85 per
sack. Mesquite Milling Co.
Chicken feed at reasonable price.
Nice little farm and home of
84Yi acres in one half mile of
Mesquite High School at a bar-
p. H interested, see, write or
phone J. W. Thompson at once,
as this proposition wont last.
For Sale—Farming imple-
ments, wagons, buggy, three
young milch cows, other co* s
and calves, two horses, four
mules, colt and corn. Hersclel
Wyatt, Phone 59-2.
& 1*11. fcjr MeClnr* N*w>pkp*r BradlefcU.
Lenore was making a peed Crouch-
ing low to avoid th« branches that
overhung the river, she was fairly dig-
ging her paddle into the water and
jerking It swiftly back for the next
stroke. An alder stretched out Its
green fingers and snatched at the net
which confined the wayward gold of
Lenore's wonderful hair. The alder
did more than tear the flimsy net; It
loosened the pins and let the soft
waves of hair fall free about the girl's
shoulders. Tossing her head, Lenore
sped on. The canoe leaped convulsive-
ly up the river.
Lenore was In a vicious mood. Less
than an hour before she had returned
to the donor a perfectly good solitaire
diamond set In platinum. She had never
supposed that Bob would let her break
the engagement But he ha'd, and had
even seemed glad to be rid of her. The
quarrel had been silly enough.
It was over the matter of decorating
the canoe that together they had
planned to enter for the boat club re-
gatta that night. Lenore had Insisted
upon pink lights In crepe paper rose-
buds, and Bob had wanted a blue tar-
latan mist effect with Lenore at the
stern as Uald of the Mist. Lenore had
stamped her foot In fury as Bob
showed no Inclination to yield to her
wishes. In the next moment she had
flung his ring back at him and her en-
gagement was broken. She had
flounced down to th* pier, jumped Into
the lanthe and paddled away In a rage.
And now, several miles from the
boat club, Lenore was still angry. She
struck at a muskrat as he leaped from
the bank, She tried to knock a turtle
from a snag with her paddle. Then an
Island lnvltod her to land. Always.a;
creature of Impulse, she ran the canoe
ashore and jumped out. Her white kid
slipper caught In the mire nnd stuck
fast Poising on one foot, Ignore de-
bated whether or not to retrieve the
slipper, and petulantly decided to
aban&xi it for the present. She hopped
to the top of a little knoll and, sudden-
ly losing her balance, sat down precip-
itately on the grassy Incline.
Turning orer and lying out at full
length, face down, she began to cry.
Long she wept, until, wearied to ex-
haustion, she caught her breath In
great irregular gasps, sighed many
times, and fell asleep.
Little by little the river teased at
the grounded canoe and Anally drew It
completely off from the shore.
It wss the empty canoe that Bob met
on his way up the river.
After beaching the empty canoe
Bob's first Impulse was to leave Lenore
to her own devices. She had surprised
him with her fit of anger and he had
not reconciled this blsclngly angry
Amason with the loving and lovable
companion he had pictured her. But
the strength of a kind of habit of do-
ing things for Lenore made him reluc-
tantly decide to go to her rescue.
Bob did not hurry. |(« dawdled
along, exerUng himself just ene«gh to
make a alow progress against the cur-
rent until he came to the Island where
Lenore slept. Ue saw traces of the
keel of the lanthe and recognised, with
a quick thrill, the #hlte slipper la the
bushes, he saw Lenore sleeping peace-
fully on the knoll, with her lovely huir
spread about her. As Bob watched her
he forgot the petty quarrel, the angry
departure; he forgot his surprise and
his own sudden anger, and he knew
then, as he had never known before, **rere awarded a roan and
undecorated cauoe slipped j
the darkness to the boat <
though for a morent they I
at the gay canoes on the!
saw only the light in each r
how much this girl meant to him and
to his whole life.
On the opposite side of the narrow
island he moored his canoe and waited.
When the t>ill yellow moon loomed
over the black wall of pl&es Lenore
opened her eyes. Remembering the
events of the afternoon, she sprang to
her feet, aad In the semi-darkness
leaned over to pick her shoe out of the
mud. Then she uttered a sharp cry.
Her canoe was not there.
Tall and slender In the light of the
moon, Lenore stood Irresolutely on the
edge of the island. The mist en-
shrouded her figure and seemed to
catch and hold the moonlight In a hazy
aura around the glory of her flowing
hair. Her anger was gone, she was
filled with a deep regret that she had
quarreled so foolishly with Bob. Prob-
ably he was now at the regatta with-
out her, some other girl playing the
maid In his blue tarlatan mist.
"Maid of the Mist," she cried sud-
denly, with a sob at the end. "Ob, Bob,
If you were only here to see me you
"Are you, my darling?" j
out of the bushes and eld
his arms, "Are yon. and|
my own dear Mist Maidl"]
The Maid of the Mist (
the regatta, for long afte|
Must Be Prove*
"Well, Pat," said Briq
lrinrt of a bird have you tlq
In that cage?"
"Well, It's a raven,'
"A raven? And whst dl
home u bird like that fol
"Well, I read In a papf
night that a raven h
to live for three hundn
don't believe it, s 1 am |
It to the test.'
Tillie Clinger says
her new boss asked M
always managed to hal
she told him it was hrl
work for less than the J
couldn't ;rct.—Dallas
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