The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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By John E. Davis.
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MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1918
EVERY NEED
In toilet Articles can he supplied here—
toilet waters, creams, face powders
massage creams, rouge, perfumes, den-
tal cream, tooth powder, tooth brushes
nail brushes, shampoo, dandruff cure
toilet soaps, etc.. all high quality and
priced right.
Cullom & Porter
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Pity Him I
Don't lough nt the pale, emaciated
I fellow who soys "Good morning" to
I you late In the afternoon, cautions
[the Moberly Index. The chap may
I bo a worker on a'morning newspaper
I add may have just "got up."—Kansas
I City Times.
In the Embryo.
Gertrude strutted about llko a pea-
cock with her aunt's hat and veil on.
Billy, her cousin, poked fun at he?.
"Oh, take o!T the veil, they're only
for Indies," he sold. Gertrude lost no
time In saying: "Well, Tin the begin-
ning of u ludy, ain't 1?"
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How About Your Roof?
If it leaks and is unsatisfactory come into our yard
and let us show you some roofing material that you
can depend upon under all conditions.
There is do better investment you can make than to
buy the
QUARLES' ROOFING MATERIAL
for the residence, stable, Karape, jn fact, for any kind
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If QUARLES' roofing material is not on your build-
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11 Louis Casey Writes
From "Over There"
August 1, 1918.
Dear Mother:
Arrived safely across and am
really glad the trip is over.
Eyerv day was about the same;
no excitement at all. It is try-
ing to rain here this evening.
This is a very nice looking coun-
try here where we are. It is
rather cool at night but the days
are warm, rather hot, it fact.
It is quite interesting to me
the way thev do things. It
seems to me like most everyone
I have seen is riding a bicycle,
or pushing a wheelbarrow and
it also looks like everybody is in
a hurry to get where they are
going, and it is most always a
woman .vou see doing these
things. I don't see very many
men and most, of them are old.
The houses are most all built of
stone and look very old. We
know that this is one of the old
countries of the world but it
looks to me as if the people here
think that the way they did
things a hundred years ago is
the only way.
I am not going to write too
long a letter this evening; in
fact, the longer the letter the
more work someone else has to
do, and if I write all I know this
time I won't have anything to
write next time.
Really, I believe I am going to
like this country tine and am
feeling fine myself.
Now, in closing, I am going to
say this: Don't worry about me
being over here. I can say this
much; we are a long ways from
the tiring line, so don't worry.
I will write as often as I can.
So bye-bye.
Yours,
• BILL.
Mail will reach me addressed
follows: Louis VV. Casey, Co. D,
132 M. G. Bn., Am. Ex. Forces.
WOOCOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOC
With the Unusual.
It Is the unusual event that Rives
the unusual person a chance. To
meet the unexpected with decision and
effectiveness is the sign of the lender.
If yoti can take responsibility when re-
Kponslblllty is suddenly thrust upon
you, and do your very best with a
diiir head, you are the sort of person
who will achieve a permanently re-
sponsible position. And It is the re-
sponsible positions that are well paid
Jind Interesting.—Exchange.
Miraculous Virtue.
Gaze thou in the face of thy broth-
er, in those eyes where plays the lam-
bent Are of kindness, or In those where
rages the turid conflagration of anger;
feel how thy own so quiet soul Is
straightway Involuntarily kindled with
the like, and ye blaze and reverberate
on each other, till It Is ull one limit-
less, confluent flame (of embracing
love, or of deadly, grasping hate); and
then say what miraculous virtue goes
out of man Into man.—Carlyle.
Three Hands.
One of our famous lecturers used to
sav some people had three bauds, a
right hand and a left hand and a little
behindhand. The fifth wheel to a cart
Is frequently mentioned as an example
of ustlesstiess, but th third luiud is
worse than useless, it is a serious
handicap, observes a writer. All of us
need to keep our right baud busy, and
most need to teach the left hand to do
Its share, but a little behindhand
should be promptly amputated.
To Renew Linoleum.
When linoleum becomes worn, polish
It with prepared liquid wax. Dampen
an old piece of woolen underwear with
a tsblefcpoonful of the wax and rub
the linoleum with it as if you were
scrubbing the floor. Polish with a dry
woolen cloth until it shines. This re-
news the faded colors. After the first
coat of wax, the linoleum may be pol-
ished dally with a waxed cloth fasten-
ed to a mop handle, thus saving the
housekeeper from scrubbing the floors.
FOLLOW THE CROWD
QUICK SERVICE GARAGE
Auto Repair Shop, Service Station and Supply House
to Meet the Needs of Our Patrons.
Exide Storage Battery
BATTERY CHARGING, ELECTRIC STEAM
VULCANIZING AND ACCESSORIES
Veedol and Gulf Refining
(Supreme) Oil
8AVE BATTERY TROUBLE—You are cordially invited to
have your battery tested and refilled with distilled water
free of charge. This precaution should be attended to
eyery 10 days.
—Honesty, Semico. Integrity, liberality and Value-
Quick Service Garage
WE HAVE WHAT YOU WANT
KHAKI IN ACTION AT COT-
TON PALACE THIS YEAR
Every Branch of Service to Be
Shown in Gigantic Exhibit.
Waco, Texas.—America's war
efforts at home and abroad—
soldiers and sailors at the light-
ing front, in camp and aboard
ship, farmers striving for in-
creased crops in this country,
and hosts of others engaged in
Lacking up the fighters—are to
be shown in motion pictures at
the 1918 Cotton Palace Exposi-
tion at Waco in connection with
the combined exhibits of the
government.
The military, naval and food
production and conservation
films are to be supplemented by
beautiful views of America as
seen in the national parks, and
by pictures showing reclama-
tion of arid lands, highway con-
struction and other governmen-
tal activities.
Because of the efforts of the
Department of Agriculture to
stimulate increased food pro-
duction, probably more films
will be shown on this subject
than any other. Pictures have
been taken in many parts of
the country to illustrate im-
proved methods of agriculture,
stock raising, home economics
and forest management. The
best and most appropriate of
these will be shown at the Cot-
ton Palace Exhibition.
The Washington horse show,
showing types of pure breed
horses from the fastest trotter
to the draft animal, was filmed
at the capital. Pictures of
boys' pig clubs, taken in Louis-
iana and Texas, arc expected
to interest every farm youth,
for they show the steps in
forming one of Uncle Sam's pig
clubs, and how a boy earned the
price of his first pig, which la-
ter took a blue ribbon and
brought money enough to start
a real herd of prize hogs. Poul-
try fanciers are expected to
find interest in films of the gov-
ernment poultry farm in Mary
land.
Ruse to Oft Auto Ride.
Willie's father does not own an auto,
but ft good friend of the family has
a seren-passenger car. One Sunday
afternoon the little one became rest-
less and was wishing some one would
come nnd take them for a ride. Final-
ly ho snld: "Daddy, call up the John-
sons and ask them If they wouldn't
like to take a walk with us—and
daddy, tell them to be sure and bring
their auto."
New Jury Law Saves
County Over $10,000
County Auditor Chas. E.
Gross has issued a statement,
showing the big saving to Dallas
county as a'result of the opera
tion of the new central jury law,
passed at the last regular ses
sion of the Legislature.
The new law became operative
in September, 1917, and hence
will not have been in operation a
year until Sept. 1, of this year.
For the past eleven months
the county has spent for jury
fees the total amount of $52,728.
The law will not have been in
operation one year until Sep
tember 1. The expenses under
this law for the month of August
will be very light, For the
year beginning August 1, 1916
and ending July 31, 1917, the
last year in which the old jury
law was in operation, the county
paid out for jury fees alone the
total amount of $59,850. This
means a saving in jury fees of
more than $10,000 per year
based on the figures for the past
year and compared with the jury
expenditures of the previous
year.
Under this law the jurors,
whatever number of the judges
of the criminal and civil courts,
both district and county, agree
upon, are summoned for each
week. The jurors are assembled
in one room. If the court needs
twenty-four men they are sent
to that court. When the jury is
selected the men not called upon
the jury return to the jury room
aud may be sent to another court
and selected for jurors in some
other case.
Under this system there are
no chronic jurors. The names
of the jurymen are taken from
the jury wheel. If one of the
courts needs a jury in a hurry,
instead of deputy sheriffs sum-
moning idle men around the
courthouse, the jury now is se-
lected from the men whose
names have been taken from the
jury wheel. Under the old law,
there were a large number of
men who were at the courthouse
daily, apparently there to be
called as jurors. Under this
new law these men are no longer
seen at the courthouse. Thev
have evidently taken up other
work. Heretofore it was no un-
common occurrence for a man
to make several hundred dollars
each year sitting on a jury.
Under the new law he can serve
only six days every six months.
This shifts the burden of serv-
ing as jurors from one man to
another, giving every man his
opportunity to act as a juror.
As shown by the report of Mr.
Gross the expenditures for
; uries for the past eleven months
was as follows: Criminal Dis-
trict Court. $6,426.50; Criminal
District Court No, 2, $9,150.50;
Fourteenth, Forty-Fourth and
Sixty-Eighth District Courts,
$36,935; Countv Courts at Law,
$129.50; County Court, $8; Jus-
tice Courts, $78.50, a grand total
of $52,728. The three civil
judges had charge of the central
jury. The figures shown in the
criminal courts represented
principally special venires and
the grand juries.
For the last year under the
old jury law the expenditures
were shown to be Crimina. Dis-
trict Court, $19,007.50; Criminal
District Court No. 2, $15,708,
County Court at Law, $7,299.50;
County Court at Law No. 2, $1,
545; Fourteenth District Court,
$6,845; Forty-Fourth District
,127; Sixty-Eighth District
Court, $10,190; Justice Courts,
$127.50, a grand total of $69,850.
Another good feature of the
law is that fewer people have to
make the sacrifice of serving on
the jury. Of course, under the
old system, the rhronic jurors
welcomed the job, but the average
citizen serves at a sacrifice, es-
pecially in these times of labor
scarcety.
Stock Law Effective
Friday, September 6
The county stock law, adopted
at the election held on July 27,
will be effective on and after
Friday, Sept. 6. The County
Commit>sioners' court canvassed
the returns and declared the re-
sults on Aug. 6, and the law goes
into effect thirty days from that
date, which makes it take effect,
as stated, on Sept. 6.
Second Primary Was
A Farce This Year
C. E. Rugel Enters
Y. M. C. A. Work
Chas. E. Rugel, who was born
and reared at Mesquite, but who
has been engaged in business at
San Marcos for several years,
has entered Y. M. C. A. work,
according to a letter received by
his father, J. C. Rugel, with
which was enclosed a letter from
the Y. M. C. A. officials, instruct-
ing him to report at the training
school of that organization, at
San Antonio, this having come
as a result of bis application to
enter this branch of the service
It is understood that he will
receive about three week's train-
ing in the Y. M. C. A. school,
after which, if he passes a satis-
factory examination, he will be
assigned to work in canton-
ments in this country for some-
thing like two months, following
which he will be sent over seas.
drove's Tasteless chill Tonic
restores vitality and energy by purifying and en-
riching the blood. You can soon feel its Strength-
eniug. Invigorating Effect. Price 60c.
The principle of majority nom-
inations, as the Mesquiter views
it, is the correct one, and yet
the double primary, applied this
year, in order to require suc-
cessful candidates for district
and state offices to receive a ma-
jority, was far from satisfactory.
In fact, as far as the state of-
fices are concerned, as well as
the one contest in this county,
the result is identically the same
as if a plurality bad governed,
as the same men who led in the
first primary were nominated in
the second.
If the voters had taken the
proper interest in the runoff
primary, the double primary
system would have justified it-
self, even though the nominees
had been the same as with the
light vote which prevailed, but
the nominees, though clearly en-
titled to the nominations, from
both a moral and a legal stand-
point, can not assert that they
are the choices of the majority,
since the vote they received in
the runoff primary was so much
smaller than that received bv
them in the regular primary.
For instance, J. W. Pierson,
the nominee for District Attor-
ney, receivod at the July pri-
mary, 9,667 votes, as against
8,352 for his nearest opponent,
Dwight L. Lewelling. In the
second primary, Mr. Pierson re-
ceived only 5,051 votes, to 4,602
for Mr. Lewelling, and thus
Pierson's vote was more than
4,000 less than it was the first
Vol. XXXVII No. 5
County Committee Will
Hold Meeting Saturday
The Dallas County Democratic
Executive Committee will meet
at the court bouse in Dallas,
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock,
to make an official canvas of the
returns of the second primary
election, held on August 24, to
fill the vacancies on the commit-
tee, and to wind up the financial
affairs in connection with the
two primary elections.
This will be the first meeting
of the new committee. L. E.
Gross is a member from Mes-
quite, succeeding Jno. S. Law-
rence.
time, while the total for both
Pierson and Lewelling, in the
last election, was some 300 less
than the number Pierson re-
ceived the first time. The total
vote cast for the four candidates
in the District Attorney's race
the first time was 26,726, as
against 9,653 on August 24.
However, in contemplating the
fact that the second primary
this year, as far as it applied to
the state offices and to Dallas
county, was a useless expense,
we are reminded that it worked
well two years ago in the elec-
tion of a United States Senator,
when Colquitt led by a good
plurality the first time, but was
badly defeated by Culberson in
the runoff, following the retire-
ment from the race of Campbell,
Brooks and Henry.
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New Fall Gingham
\Y7E HAVE added many new pieces of
Gingham to this department. Never
before have we shown a wider and more
beautiful range of patterns. Mothers, this
month is sewing month for you. It means
get the children ready for school. Make
Hudson - Davis Co. your shopping place,
where you will find Ginham at 25c, 35c, 40c
50c per yard.
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NEW FAIL MILLINERY
This department is filled
with the new things for
fall. We are showing
some beautiful pattern
hats, shapes and trimmings
We welcome you to this
department.
NEW SILKS
A new lot of Silks have
been added to this depart-
ment in taffeta and messa-
line, in the new fall shades,
taupe, beaver, navy, black,
green and brown. Price
per yard $1-25 to $2.50.
PLENTY OF 8 OZ. DUCK, PER YD. 35c
MEN'S FALL HATS
Among our new arrivals
are Men's Hats in the new
styles and colors. Sizes
that will fit all. Prices
$3.50, $4.00 and 450.
MEN'S SHIRTS
A new shipment of Men s
Silk Shirts to show you.
Patterns that will be pleas-
ing to you. Prices $5.00,
$7.50 and $8.00.
Hud son-Davis Company
"The House That Saves You Money.'' Mesquite, Tex
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1918, newspaper, August 30, 1918; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400555/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mesquite Public Library.