The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, September 3, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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THE TEXAS MESQUITER.
One Dollar Per Year.
John E. Davis, Ed. and Pub.
Published Every Friday At
Mesquite, • • Texas.
Entered In the postoffio© at Mes-
q.iite, Texas, as second class matter.
Friday, September 3, 1909.
Mesquite always pays the
highest price for cotton, as a
comparison with other markets
will prove.
Judge M. M. Brooks says he
will not open his campaign for
governor until next year. If the
Judge is wise he will not open it
*t all.
An exchange remarks that
whether Col. E. H. R. Green
purchases an airship or not, he
will continue to be rated as a
hi gh flyer.
The Western Bank and Trust
Co., of Dallas appears to be sup-
plying a nice long job for the re-
ceiver and short dividends for
the depositors.
are very clever and capable
gentlemen, just as are other lob-
byists, but then it goes without
saying that all the paid lobbyists
are clever and capable, because
no other kind of men are em-
ployed in that capacity. But the
fact remains that they were
paid lobbyists and have no more
right to lobby for the labor or-
ganization that paid them than
the paid attorney has for a rail-
road or any other corporation.
calm, so free from trace of pain,
so fair to look upon. She seems
a creature fresher in memory
than the first of her twin daily
boons; not one who has lived and
suffered death. And when they
buried her the little town had
seldom seen a worthier funeral.
The Dallas Times Herald re-
fers to the Mesquiter editor as
the "modest man in the bleach-
ers." We plead guilty to the
charge of modesty, but deny
tbat we ever sit in the bleachcrs.
It is too far from the home
plate.
Mrs. Kit R. Flanary of Dallas,
irho had domestic troubles with
her husband, did not wait for the
law to take its course, but took
ihe law into her own hands and
Flanary was shot down by her
as he stepped from a street car.
Here's hoping that she will get
what is coming to her.
East Texas people need to get
closer together in an organiza-
toin and stand upfor their rights.
They are being discriminated
against by the Texas and Pacific
railroad and should see that it
is stopped. Officials of this road
have purchased lands in the,
drouth stricken West when they
were almost worthless and now
are advertising them above
everything else and making
special rates to those parts that
East Texas cannot got. Only
last week, when we were expect-
ing a few prospectors in our
town, booster literature foradry
spot on the railroad, that will
never be worth anything, except
for the officials to fake people
out of their money, was sown
thick in Grand Saline by the
Texas & Pacific people. We
however took notice to the fake
story and saw that our town was
cleared of the false representa-
tions before our guests arrived.
The railroad has a right to ad-
vertise any part of the State
but it has no right to advertise
any one part and discriminate
against another.—Grand Saline
Sun.
It is said that for hundreds of
miles in West Texas the trafic
received by the Texas & Paciffc
railroad does not pay the cost
of operating the trains over that
part of the line. From this we
would conclude that the efforts
to build up West Texas comes of
a desire to make that part of the
road self sustaining. And the
Sun must admit that it takes a
lot of advertising to get people
to go to West Texas.
At the meeting of the Dallas
County Press Association in Dal-
las next Monday, Editor Sam P.
Harben of the Richardson Echo
will have to answer for his course
in sending post cards from Al-
aska to the other members of
the Association at a time when
the thermometer in Texas stood
J10 in the shade. Editor Holforc!
of the Garland News and Risien
of the Carrollton Chronicle will
be the complaining witnesses.
Gov. Johnson of Minnesota,
who has traveled a good deal of
'ate, says he has found no man,
Republican or Democrat, willing
to praise the recent tariff bill en-
acted by Congress, and that
from the expressions he beard,
he has little doubt that the next
Congress will be Democratic.
Perhaps it may develope that
Johnson is a true prophet; per-
haps not. but if the Democrats
ever control Congress it is to be
hoped that they will be real
Democrats, and before that is
!fx>ssible some of our prominent
men will have to be retired to
private life.
There's some pretty rough
comment being made concerning
Governor Campbell's appoint
ments of Joe Myers as Labor
Commissioner, and Mr. H. G.
Wagner as his first deputy.
After Tom's prolonged howl
*bout lobbbyists this shows his
rrasincerity to a finish and shows
also that all his "grief" about
the lobby, was merely campaign
staff to create sentiment in his
favor, because we would wager
every sheckel in our possession
that two more pronounced paid
lobbyists than Myers and Wag
aer never entered the Capitol at
Austin. We don't blame them a
6it and we wouldn't blame Tom
*#>mnch if he hadn't shot his
mouth off so much about this
*.?,me class of people.—Riley's
Bounder.
Messrs. Myers and Wagner
A little brown hen died in New
Jersey recently and the New
York Evening Sun printed this
editorial: "Cyntha, the little
brown hen of Essex county, in
New Jersey, has gone to roost in
the shadows. No longer can her
perdrisian form be seen in her
accustomed ranfe, scratching
blithely among the flowerstarred,
dew-spangled herbage of Cedar
Grove, wherein she was reckoned
easily the leading citizen. For
she never neglected that humbler
duty of scarifying the truth,
after the manner of all good hens,
even though her professional
duties engrossed a double share
of her useful day. It is now
more than a year ago since little
Cyntha began laying two eggs a
day. Her fame spread swiftly,
but she simply blushed and re-
mained on her job. Real estate
agents grew rich, local land wo-
men bought bonds, the whole
community waxed fat, directly
through the undaunted ovulation
of little Cyntha. Communities
flecked to Cedar Grove, bought
chickens and erected chicken
houses in every part of that fair
village, all burning with the gen
erous hope that so magnificent an
example might inspire their own
hens to equallyglittering achieve
ment. But it became apparent
that little Cyntlia's duplexity of
action could be credited to no
mere influences of climate, sur-
rounding, food fir associates. As
the man said about indescrib-
able and unimaginable ingenuity
in profane swearing, 'you can't
learn it; it's a gift.' So with
Cyntha; her over-production was
a trait of character; special en-
dowment; a gift of the hen-god.
Now, with as little warning as
she came, has Cyntha gone. No
more, youths, will Cyntha serve
you as the object of a Sundas af-
ternoon pilgrimage. No more,
sweet maids; will Cyntha's praise
be whispered among dairy
restaurants. Her head is under
her wing, her nest is cold. Tears,
commuters, gracious tears, and
wreaths of eglantine upon her
grassy mound. Little Cyntha is
dead. No sleep so beautiful and
THE ROAD TOTUCCESS
has many obstructions, |butnone
to desperate as poor health.
Success to-day demands health,
but Electric Bitters is the great-
est health builder the world has
ever known. It compells per-
fect action of stomach, liver, kid-
neys, bowels, purifies and en-
riches the blood, and tones and
invigorates the whole system.
Vigorous body and keen brain
follow their use. You can't afford
to slight Elictric Bitters if weak,
run-down or sickly. On ly 50
Guaranteed by all druggists.
Balch Springs.
The excessive heat caused the |
death of several fat hogs the past
few days.
Watt Potter has returned from
Dallas, where he went for treat-
ment.
Roy Futrell is up again, after
being confined to his room
several days with fever.
NORTH POLE IS DISCOVERED
Dr. Cook, An American, Reached Long Sought For
Goal At Last
The world sat up and took notice Wed-
nesday afternoon when the word was
flashed over the wire that Dr. Cook, a
noted American traveler and explorer had
at last discovered the North Pole, lhe
discovery was made, according to the dis^
patches, on April 21,1908. The length of
time required for Dr. Cook to reach a point
where he could notify the world of his feat
will give some idea of the difficulty of
travel in the vicinity of the Pole. If the
report is true, and we have no reason to
say it is not, it is gratifying that the discov-
ery was made by an American.
Hello, Felix! I know you and
you ought to know me. I sym-
pathize with you, Felix, on ac-
count of not having any corn or
Mrs. Martha Hill is recovering , potatoes for we are in the same
from a severe attack of Asthma, condition up here but we gen-
Rev. J. J. Freeman closed a
very interesting revival meeting
erally talk to the grocery man for
such as eatables and to the feed
here a few days ago. Several; store for grain, instead of talk-
conversions and additions to the.'ing to the Editor. You can't eat
church and many made better
we hope much good will be the
result.
Mrs. Florence Griggs has re-
turned to Fort Worth after
spending several days with her
father, D. L. Wright.
Henry Johnson is up again
after a severe attack of fever.
Mrs. J. H. Banks is being
treated at a sanitarium in Dallas.
Rev. Hull of Snyder, preached
here Saturday and Sunday, He
will probably locate here as Mrs.
Hull owns considerable real
estate in this neighborhood. We
welcome them among us.
Ed McCommas of Kaufman,
has beed visiting here this week.
Will Pottor of Young
has been visiting his
and friends the last week.
oaper and type, and such as he
deals with. Come again, Felix,
no wonder you fared so sump-
tiously at that big dinner.
Dave Chase and wife are out
visiting home folks and inhaling
the good fresh country breeze
once more. Guess Dave has
rolled his car in the shade to
cool off.
Black Jack.
Frog Pond.
Macedonia.
JSti
Brand Harness
a re the best on the market. See
them them before you buy. New
$oods exchanged for old. Ex-
pert repairing. Remember 1
will not be undersold.
J. E. RATCLIFF
155 Commerce St. Dallas, Tex.
Greenwood Items
Farmers in this community
are getting busy picking cotton.
Quite a number of our Mace-
donia folks went to the W. 0.
County, | W. picnic at Mesquite Thursday
relatives ian(\ report a good time.
Mrs. Julia Williams and child-
ren cf Garland, visited here
Saturday.
Miss Ollie Leonard of Mes-
quite, visited at the home of W.
W. Roberson Saturday and Sun-
day.
Miss Fay Proctor and brother
of Grand Prairie, are visiting
their sister, Mrs. W. H. Marshall.
Miss BefthaLaskowski of Dal-
las, visited at the home of Mrs.
C. H. Tippette Saturday and Sun-
day.
I Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Lee of
Elam, visited John Beach and'
family Sunday.
!
Miss Lena Mebane of Mesquite
is visiting friends at Macedonia, j
Miss Myrtle Ray visited her |
j brother, John Jones, at Rylie,!
. last week.
Miss Ila Bean visited in Grand
Mrs, Ollie Daugherty of Dal-
las, is visiting her paronts, Mr.
and Mrs. James Lumley.
Well Felix, didn't you see Mr.
ar.d Mrs. Croaker stand up in
the convention when Edwards
union was called? Those Kle-
burg people certainly have
plenty of good things to eat, and
no evidence of hard times at din-
ner time.
Mrs. J. Arthur Bryant of Dal-
las, is visiting her husband, Prof.
Bryant, the Evangelist singer
accompanying Rev. C. B. Knight,
who are holding an interesting
series of meetings in the Pond.
Every one should hear the
preaching in the Pond.
Prof. Laban Terry of A. & M.
College, is visiting friends here
this week.
Mrs. ,J. W. Cunningham has
been quite sick this week.
Jesse Dorris went to Dallas
Saturday.
R. E. Berry made a hasty trip
to Dallas Friday.
Monta Bennett of Long Creek,
attended the revival in the Pond
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Julian of
Mesquite, have attended the
meeting in the Pond.
Martin Love of Law son,- attend-1
ed our meeting Sunday and Sun-
day night.
D. Stampes of Lawson, has
attended meeting quite often.
I
j John McKenzie and family of
Lawson, have been attending the
meeting.
CUPID
v— SOOT
Prairie a few days last week.
Well, everybody around here
is very busy with their cotton
picking and some are gathering
corn.
We had a nice refreshing
shower Tuesday. From the
looks of the cloud, we were ex-
pecting a hard rain but it turned
out to be awful light and mild.
H.
G. C. Motley and wife, G
Poynter and Sam Murphree at-
tended singing at Nesv Hope
Sunday evening. Rainbow.
Miss Blanche Rugel visited
Miss Dona Landess, at Lawson,
Monday.
Rev. C. B. Knight and his
musical director, J. Arthur
Bryant, both state evangelists
for the Christian church, are
conducting a very successful re-
vival at the Edwards school
house. They have already organ-
ised a church with a nice mem-
j borship and are having additions
|to the memberships at every
evening service. The services
are being held in the open air
and the crowds have been very
large. There have been large
I delegations from Kleburg every
j night and all the other nearby
towns have been represented.
The meeting continues this week.
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IT WILL PAY YOU
To come to our yard when you need
lumber, why? Because we sell the
same grades for a little less,
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Mesquite, Texas.
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Miss Evelyn Tomlins raised the
shade and peered out into the night.
The rain beat heavily against the
window pane.
"Mother," she said, "don't you think
it would be a good evening to tyut up
the dinning-rooin stove? Surely no
body'll be in such a night as this/'
"It isn't likely," admitted Mrs. Tom-
lins. "Still you know Frank Thomp-
son has been here on just such nighVs.
You ought to be presentable. How
you'd look with your nose all soot anal
a calico dress on!" ^
"Oh, I don't care what Frank
Thompson thinks," said Miss Tomlins,
contemptuously.
Miss Tomlins' mother had often
said that Evelyn would make some
man a good wife some day, she was
such a hustler. She was not afraid
of soiling her hands, and when it came .
to a little matter like moving a stove,
she didn't stand around and wait for
her father to hire men.
"What's the use of spending a dol-
lar twice a year on so insignificant
an undertaking?" she said. "It's the
simplest thing in the world, if on<s
only has a little common sense. Just
see how easy it is!"
Miss Tomlins, using a ten-foot
scantling as a lever, demonstrated
how trilling a thing it is to move u
stove.
While Miss Tomlins and her par-
ents were thus engaged, John Grosve-
nor, an eligible young bachelor, who
had apartments, was making ready
for an event he had contemplated for
a week. Mr. Grosvenor had been In-
troduced to Miss Tomlins at a gather-
ing of mutual friends.
"It'8 a beastly night," he told him-
self, "but what's the difference? She's
pretty sure to be at home, and It'll
be all the cosier. Besides, I'm not
likely to find other fellows there." •
Mr. Grosvenor spent ten minutes ad-
justing his tie.
"I wonder what sort of a girl sh«
Is at home?" he mused. "A fellow
can't Judge a woman fairly until he
sees her under domestic conditions.
In society Miss Tomlins is a stunner.
On first acquaintance she certainly
attracts."
Mr. Grosvenor called a cab.
"There's tho doorbell!" exclaimed
Mrs. Tomlins, in dismay. "Dear me!
Evelyn, you're a perfect sight!"
Mrs. Tomlins looked at Miss Totn-
llns and Miss Tomlins looked at her
mother. It was hard to tell which
was the blacker. Mr. Tomlins at the
moment was on the stepladder, posing
a length of stovepipe.
"We won't go to the door!" Mrs.
Tomlins decided.
"It might be a telegram, or some-
thing," said Miss Tomlins. "Anyway,
I'm going to take chances."
Mr. Grosvenor and Miss Tomlins
stood confronted. "Come in," said
Miss Tomlins, covering her confusion
in transparent bravado. "You're justs
in time to help put up the stove." t
"Well," said Mrs. Tomlins, after the
caller had departed, "that's the end of
him. Evelyn, why will you be so con-
trary? You know I tried to get you
to make yourself presentable to-night.
Somehow you always manage to upset
every desirable marriage prospect
that comes along. Mr. Grosvenor is
highly spoken of, and he's got money
enough."
"Now, mother!" protested Evelyn,
coloring under the grime. "You know
I don't want to marry Mr. Grosvenor.
I don't care how much money he's got,
and 1 don't care what he thinks of me.
So there!"
"Well," concluded Mrs. Tomlins,
"even suppose you don't want to mar-
ry him! What'll he think of you for
receiving him in the parlor in such
clothes, with soot all over them, and
you, too?"
Mr. Grosvenor sat by his lonely fire-
sido that night until two o'clock.
"She's the sort of a girl a fellow
ought to get," he mused. "I wonder
if I could get her if 1 tried. Ten lo
one she's spoken for already. By
George! she looked charming with
that soot, on her nose. I wonder how
many girls would pitch in and help
their fathers and mothers in that, kind
of style. Imagine Maud Farvington
doing it! Soot on her nose! Never!"
Mr. Grosvenor laughed aloud.
"She's the girl I've been looking for,"
he added.
And that is why Evelyn is Mrs.
Grosvenor now.
JOHN E. QUARLES CO.
Walter W. Walker
Manager,
Elect Colored Woman President.
Mrs. Emma J. Wilson of Mayosville,
S. C., a colored woman, haa been elect-
ed president of a colored farmers'
conference. This is an unusual honor
for colored men to show a colored
woman.
Mrs. Wilson started a school near
Mayesville 27 years ago in a shed.
It has now more than 500 pupils, a
farm of F>4 acres, four substantial
buildings and 13 teachers. It is in-
corporated aB the Mayosville Indus-
trial institute, and in addition to a
common school education it teaches
colored boys and girls nine trades, In-
cluding the making of bricks. The
boys of the school build their own
trades' building with b
own making. Color! <1
all parts of the state !
vilie to study the
used on the schno
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, September 3, 1909, newspaper, September 3, 1909; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400658/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mesquite Public Library.