The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, September 5, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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MESQUITE, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 5, 1919.
VoL XXXVIII. No. 7.
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j Jones wended his uncer-
. steps homeward he ponder-
|a way of concealing his con-
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ded. "Who ever heard of
unken man reading a book?"
heard
Later Mrs. Jones
voice in the library.
"\\ hut in the world are
doing; there?" she asked.
"Reading, my dear," was
cheerful reply.
"You idiot." she said scorn-
fully, "shut up that valise and
come to bed."
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wants to be sure of his help must offer extra good in-
ducements.
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comfortable quarters. In other words, livable tenant
houses. The farm laborer has the same desire as the
farmer—for a home of his own.
A modest, moderate priced home for your help is
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when lumber is the building material used, it
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Only Drawback
|ond Mother—Xly son Jack is
'ing in the football game to-
friend-How nice! In what
Ition does he play'
lond Mother—Well, I'm not
Pi but I think he's one of the
vbark s.—Exchange.
The Bug And The Chip
Faith Was Fearful
ptie
>he was small and growing
|er, and she trudged up the
to church on a cunny Sun-
morning, trailing the family
|ip behind her.
id why the umbrella, my
Id?" inquired the kindly vicar,
jiout, however, offering to re-
her of her burden.
Egging your pardon, sir,"
little Faith. "I heard tell as
you was to say a prayer for
|i, and I was afraid of getting
on the way home."—Ex.
The negroes were not treated
right in Chicago.
They were induced to leave,
their dear old watermelon-hea-
ven (the South) and go to Chi-
cago under the tacit understand-
ing that they would be received
as the social equal of the white
man—and found that even in the
North, the real white man would
never stand for it.
Please remember this one
fact, and don't forget it, that
whenever a riot has occurred in
the past, (or occurs in the fu-
ture) the cause is the same—
the unquenchable longing of the
black man. to be recognized as
the SOCIAL EQUAL of the
white man.
No use to look for the germ
of race clashes elsewhere, for
this the bug that breeds it.—K'
Lamity's Harpoon.
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Not All Harmony
At Bailey Meeting
According to accounts pub-
Iishcd in the daily papers, sharp
uilferences <>f opinion marked
the meeting of the executive
committee of the Bailey faction
in Dallas Saturday. Including
the members of the committee
and a few others, about forty
persons were present. Mr. Bai-
ley was kept in Washington by
law business.
former Congressman Oscar
Calloway of Comanche, J. Z.
Keel of Gainesville, (Mr. Bai-
leys former home), R. T. [ones
of Henderson and \V. N. Mor-
rison of Cameron favored leav-
ing the regular Democratic par-
ty, while Senator J. C, Mc-
Nealus of Dallas, J. H. Caddy of
Beaumont and others counseled
against taking this step at this
time, holding out the hope that
with the Bailey set of principles
and candidates favorable thereto
they might capture the offices
and machinery of the party.
Roscoe Cook of Mexia, ap-
peared to think that the only
chance was for the Bailey fol-
lowers to join hands with For-
mer Governor Jas. K. Ferguson
and his recently organized
At.ierican party. Mr. Cook
seemed to be of Jthe opinion that
the Bailey platform and the Bai-
ley candidates would lose out,
no matter whether thav went
into the regular Democratic
primary or as a separate party,
unless they could have the votes
of Mr. Ferguson and hi* follow-
ers.
No definite action was taken
on the question of leavng the
Democratic party as at present
constituted A sub-committee
report, reading as follows, was
adopted:
"We. your sub-com" liU'e ap-
; uiiited to report back to the
general committee recommenda-
tions as to organization. and
, ays and means to b° pursued
in prOscuting the camtni«Ti for
the adoption of our d^c'arat'on
of principles adopted at Fort
Worth, Aug. 14, 1919, and for
carrying these principles into
effect, beg leave to report as
follows:
First—That the state head-
quarters of the campaign be lo-
cated at" Dallas.
Second—That the chairman
of our state advisory committee
be authorized to appoint such
additional members of the ad-
visory committee as he - deems
necessary, and that he be auth-
orized to employ such assistance
as he finds essential.
Third—We recommend that a
finance committee be appointed,
consisting of five members,
whose duty will be to raise suf-
ficient funds to defray the abso-
lutely necessary expenses in
carrying on this campaign, and
in this connection we recom-
mend J. J. Simmons of Dallas,
John If. Kirby of Houston, C.
U. Connellee of Eastland, S. E.
Rosengreti of Austin and Capt.
Burk Burnett of Fort Worth as
members of said committee.
Fourth—In view of the fact
that we have had 100,000 peti-
tions printed, and will have to
incur obligations for stenograph-
ic work, printing, stationery,
stamps and telegraphic service,
etc., it is necessary to raise some
money, and we recommend that
each member of the state ad-
visory committee raise $200 for
sucli purposes.
Fifth—We recommend that
there be one or more commit-
teemen on our state advisory
committee from each senatorial
district, and that the commit-
teemen from each senatorial
district be authorized to appoint
a county chairman in each coun-
ty in his district, whose duty will
be to appoint proper precinct
chairmen in his county who will
g circulate our petition# for Dem
~ ocrats to sign said petitions, en-
dorsing our platform of princi-
ples. We desire to emphasize
the great importance of select-
ing county and precinct chair-
men who will energetically do
their full duty.
Sixth—We recommend that
the chairmen of the various
counties be requested to return
the petitions, after being signed,
to our headquarters at Dallas as
soon as possible, and that when
th.ey have come in, that our
state chairman call a meeting of
the general committee.
Seventh—We recommend that
our committeemen get in touch
with Democrats in their respect-
_ ive districts and counties at
Sjonce, and invite their co-opera-
g tion, and that all Democrats
5 who are willing to publically
a present and defend our declara-
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COMMITTEE READY
FOR CAMPAIGN TO
RAISE S. A. FUND
Kirby Pleased With Organiza-
tion for Pushing Drive
Throughout State.
ELKS PROMISE HELP
FOR STATE WORKERS
Soldiers Fall into Line When
Asked to Head District
and Local Units.
With the appointment of his ex-
ecutive committee complete John Kir
by, state chairman for the $600,000
home service fund drive In Texas
September 29, outlined a vigorous
policy to its members at Dallas Sat-
urday.
"I am pleased with the success
that has been met in perfecting a
strong committee to get the money
that is required for placing the Sal
vatlon Army on a ftrm basis in Tex-
as for all time," Mr. Kirby told the
committee. "In this work we have
the cooperation of virtually ever,
soldier who was 'over there'. We
are getting the support of religious
and fraternal organizations."
Elks Help in Drive
The order of -Elks promised sup
port of the campaign in the follow-
ing telegram from Frank L. Rain
exalted ru!er of tho organization:
"I earnestly co-operate with yo:
and the good people of my nativ>
State. We are behind you in you
home service campaign.
"Commander Evangeline Booth toi
us in our recent convention at At
lantlc City that If it had not been fo.
the Ktks the Salvation Anny wouli'
not have achieved the success thai
it did in the great war.
"Grf-at good Is being done by th(?
Salvation Army along a line that ca
not be accomplished by any othe
organization. We as an order hav<
always aided the Salvation Army anr'
tho Klka from coast to coast are at'
slsting them in their present drives
Here's hoping that you 'go over the
top' in Texas, Oklahoma and Louis
lana."
Chairman Kirby is expected to ap
point the full number of his executive
committee this week, according t
I.ieut. Col. George Wood,, commander
of the Southwestern District. Five
members of the state committee have
been appointed. The number prob-
ably will be brought to fifteen.
County Units Are Formed
County organizations are rapidly
swinging into line for the intensive
week of work that Is planned to cov-
er the campaign work. Field men or
the Salvation Army corps report sue
cess in each county in which they
work.
"By far the tnont gratifying feature
of the campaign is the support that
the returned-soldier is giving the Sal-
vation Army," Mr. Kirby told the ex
ecutive committee r.t its iast session.
"I find that this sympathy for the
Salvation Army is deep and sincere.
The boys really want to help."
Richard Burges of El Paso who was
one of the first Texas soldiers to go
overseas, has been appointed to lead
the campaign In the El Paso district
Burgess returned to America with
the rank of colonel.
Soldier Ready to Help
"I am not too busy to show
the
Salvation Army tho attention that is
due it by every returned soldier." Mr
Burges said in accepting the position
offered him on the state committee.
Definite plans for the campaigns fit
each county are now in the hands o'
the state central executive commit
tee. The state committee is the nu
cleus of an organization of workers
that extends down to the last pub'.lc
ity man and county chairman tn the
state.
"There are to bo no loafers on the
state committee," Mr. Kirby said in
announcing his appointees. "Each
man nominated for a place who ac-
cepts will have a definite work tc
perform. Each district chairman will
be responsible for the men in his
district who are able to give substan-
tial sums of money. Each county
chairman will be responsible for the
men who are able to Rive freely in
his community. By this plan it Is
tho hope of the Salvation Army that
the drive may be brought to a speedy
close."
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Traded Cotton Crop
For Sack Of "Smokes"
Cuero, Texasi Sept. 2—Otis
Boothe, well known farmer of
the Hocheim cctnmunity, near
here, has traded nis 60 acre crop'
of cotton to Frarojt M. Lackey, a
grocery clerk, the consideration
being a small sac^ of smoking
tobacco. \
There are large fields in this
(DeWitt) county juSf as poor as
that Mr. Boothe, an^ the own-
Joe Gause Shoots
Father's Slayer
Joseph E. Gause, aged 26, who
returned from Army service in
France a few days after his
father, H. C. Gause, was shoti
and killed by J. H. Vickery at' home at 3:00 Sunday aternoon.
Reinhardt, on July 19, shot and
seriously injured his father's
slayer late Friday afternoon, the
shooting taking place on the
main street of Reinhardt.
The weapon used was a shot-
ers do not expect to k>ut a sack gun, loaded with buckshot, and
in them. In some instances cat-j Vickery was wounded in the
tie ate already being tlirned into legs, arms, chest and abdomen,
the fields, and one or two farm-) Young Gause said that he
ers are cutting their ktalks to shot in self-defense. He said
General Pershing Now
On His Way To U. S.
General John J. Pershing,
Commander-in-Chief of the
American Expeditionary Forces,
sailed from Brest, France for
burn them and thus t|y to get
rid of the boll weevil in 1920.
Both July And August
Wet Months This Year
that he had been warned that
Vickery had threatened to kill
him and that members of his
family had seen Vickery -take
out a pistol and carry it in his
hand as he was passing his
(Cause's) house. For that rea-
json, he said, rad been carry-
More rain fell here/during theI a w'thJim to and
month of August thii year than work at White Rock,
for several years. This wa,! H« ,d,J "ot *>oot, ^ damied,
also true of July, as a result ofl"^'1 .V'c.kery had reached for
which late crops of all kinds did j P,sto •
well. A few people planted cot-1 1 was about forty yards
ton on land off which they hadifrom Vickery, meeting him,
taken a crop of oats and the when 1 saw him start to draw-
season has been such; that it is
good cotton, whereas, in other
years, especially the two pre-
ceeding years, cotton^ nor any-
thing else planted th|t late did
not make enough to pay for the
seed.
Although as stated^ more rain
fell in August than usual, it was
dry most of the time, the rain
coming near the end of the
month. However,' crops that
got a good start tfom the rains
in July, especially late planted
crops, never stopped growing.
Habitual Constipation Cured
in 1-4 to 21 Days
tLAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially-
prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual
Constipation. It relieves prompUy but
should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days
to induce regular action.^it Stimulates and
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his pistol from his pocket,
had been warned against him'
and I shot," Gause said. "He
fell at the first shot, but raised!
upon his arm and began shoot-'
ing at me with a pistol. I then
shot at him a second time and
stepped behind a small building
near by. and reloaded. It was
not near a church. I fired one
more time. Vickery got up and
ran around a blacksmith shop. I
could have killed him if I had
shot him in the back, but I
couldn't do that."
The trouble between the two
families first came up over a
dog, culminating in the father,
H. C. Gause, being shot and
killed by Vickery on July 19.
Vickery was released on bond
following the killing of the oth-
er Gause. His trial was set for
Sept. 15.
The last person to bid General
Pershing goodbye was General
Foch.
The dispatch from Brest tells
of their parting, as follows:
Marsha} Foch came aboard the
transport shortly before she
sailed and made a feeling ad-
dress to the departing American
commander.
"In leaving France," said the
Marshal, "you leave your dead
in our hands. On our soil we
will care for them religiously
and zealously, as bearing witness
of the powerful aid you brought
us. These dead will bring from
America many thoughts of re-
membrance and pious visits, and
will bind still more strongly our
close union."
"If," concluded the Marshal
"the clouds of war should gather
again in the future, would not
these dead rise from their
tombs and make their voices
heard once more by a world
which already knows that the
same cause, the cause of liberty,
has united us since the time of
Washington and Lafayette."
General Pershing replied by
bidding farewell to France in
the person of the Marshal, "to
her gallant poilus, to her patriot-
ic men and to her noble women."
Then the General and Marshal
Foch talked arm in arm to the
gangplank, exchanging final
salutes, as the Marshal
ashore.
accomplishment of that end. We,
are assured in advance that
speakers will volunteer their
services and will defray their
own expenses in arousing public
opinion.
Eighth—We recommend that
.-I the ncx; meeting of out gen-
eral state advisory committee a
call be issued by tl e >: • tumt'.ee
for a gener-ti mass nteethv; M
conference of Demur rv; who
endorse our nrmnples, to '.meet
toge.ther and tonfer and consid-
er with each o-.iicr the course to
be pursued thereafter and to
take such a. ?<on as is then
deemed proper «nd wise '
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic
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New Fall Goods Ar-
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Northern and Eastern
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colors and sizes.
Come Early
PLENTY OF 8 oz. DUCK~27c
Ladies' Suits and Coats! Men's Neckwear
A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT j COLLARS, CREPE DE CHINE,
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F.S. PRICES, $25.00 TO $45.00 N!CE UNE OF MEN'S TIES
LADIES' COATS, ALL SIZES, 5ILK TIES, 50c TO _$2.00
NEWEST STYLES. PRICES |KN|T TIEs, $1.00 TO—. .$2.75
$17.50 TO $38.50
Dresses and Blouses
BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT
OF LADIES' MESSALINE,
SERGE AND TRICOTINE
DRESSES, $17.50 TO ...-$50.00
LADIES' GEORGETTE AND
CREPE DE CHINE BLOUSES,
FLESH AND WHITE, FROM
$4.50 TO $12.00
Men's Shirts and Belts
nifty assortment of
men's Madras shirts,
all sizes and colors
$1.75 to $5.00
silk and crepe de chine,
$7.50 to $12.00
belts, palm beach, tan
and black, 35c to 1.00
BLUE OVERALLS ANE COATS, $2.25 VALUE 04 QC
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lived in Mesquite a number of
years ago, and the former con-
ducted a barber shop here, near
where the Bussell shop is now
located.
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hurt, is expected to recover.
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, September 5, 1919, newspaper, September 5, 1919; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400717/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mesquite Public Library.