The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 1928 Page: 1 of 4
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,y JOHN E. DAVIS
Xgood sign
The Porter & Gross label on a
bottle of medicine is a certificate
of purity. In fact you can de-
pend on the quality of any ar-
ticle that comes from this store,
for we do not want to palm off
anything shoddy on our custo-
mers, hence we use care in buy-
ing.
Some articles you can judge for
yourself, but where you can not,
you can judge by the character
of this store.
PORTER & GROSS
Druggists
MESQUITE, TEXAS, PRI BAY, NOVEMBER t. 1828.
VOL. XLV. No, 16.
Phone 44
Maaquita, Teui
Jack Keller Was
Married Recently
Jack Keller, one of the new
Neprensenratives in the Stat
Legislature from Dallas Conn
ty, was *narrie<l recently to
.\li*s Lena Anderson of I>a1hi
Several oi the former nieni-
Ixts of the Legislature from
this county, who were un-
married at the time of their
election, married Austin xirls,
but this i>. one time that the
Austin giils will not have a
chance to ^ct t husband out oi
the Dallas C'<»imty delegation
as all are now married.
Brief Sketch Of
President-Elect
ART TODAY
He was hardly the man to be
Itollecting works of art. Con
Isoisseurs do not go shopping
[in turtle-neck sweaters. Yet
(there he was looking for workf.
Wart, nor did the salesman
I strive to please him.
'Here is a Venus de Milo in
|tronze," he was offered.
"Now, Blah t" was the brief
|comment.
"How about this minaturc
[Liocoon ?"
"Listen, dere ain't no class
lit."
"Here's a fine Lving Oatil
ipM*
He appraised it critically.
Tfooey," was his verdict.
"Ah, here—a Winged Vic
irv, nickel finish "
He put the stamp of hi« ap
Irovnl upon it and the wiles.
|man wrapped it up."
"You got a good taste, mis-
Itfr." the latter commented as
Ike collected a dollar. "That'«
[ilways o«r best seller in radia
I tor caps.
ON THE ROAD
THE PATRIOT
"Daddy, were you in the
World War?"
"No, my boy, your daddy
was not in the \Vorld War."
"Daddy, weren't you ever a
soldier or a sailor or a ma-
rine?"
"My boy, ydur daddy w
not a soldier, not a sailor, and
not a marine."
"Daddy, were you in the
Red Cross."
"Daddy, didn't you ever dn
any thing tor your country."
"Your daddy is proud to say
that he gave ten of the best
years of his life for his coun
try, from 1918 to 1928."
"Daddy, daddv, please tell
me how you made this sacri-
fice."
'Your daddv doesn't like to
boast, but as von- are my son,
shall tell. Your daddv wrote
the three best authentic war
dairies published in this o»un.
try."
"Then, daddy, you are a
patriot"
"Yes, inr bov. Now whi'e
daddv write* about the Marne,
you go pl'iv soldier."—l ife.
Policeman to girl driver
11* h n 'ooks suspiciouslv
young to hold a driving li-
cense)—Let me see your li-
jcense please, miss.
Girl (knocking the ash from
her dgarette)—Now that#
[ just where you get stung,
officer; I'm too voung to need
ons—Exchange.
ICELAND ON THE AIR
The Maid fat the telephone*
"Oh, mum, do come home.
I've mixed rp the terminuses
The radio is all covered with
frost and ihe electric refrigera
tor is singing 'Constantinople'
Liverpool Express.
Aug. 10, 1874—Horn at West
Hranch, Iowa, the son of Jesse
and Itulda (Minthorn) Hoover
1885—Left an orphan by the
death of hi^ father in 1880 and
his mother in 1884, Hoover
went to the home of his uncle,
Dr. John Minthorn. in Oregon.
1891-95- Attended Leland
Stanfield University, gradu-
ating before he was 21.
1896- Entered office o f
Louis Janm. mining engineer.
1896-7—Did mining engineer
itig in this country and Aus.
tralia.
1899 -Married to I.u llenn
former fellow student, at Mon-
terey, Cal,
1899-1914—Continued cnc: _
neering work in many coun-
tries. Wrote textbooks still
used in techinal schools.
1914— Appointed European
commissioner for Panama
Pacific Exposition in 1915 *\t
san Francisco
1914—Organized in Lo 'don
a relief committee for stranded
Americans.
1014— Becomes chairman of
American Commission for R
lief in Belgium.
1917—Appointed American
Food Administrator.
1921—Appointed Secretary
of Commerce. Remain"-! :»i
that office until
1928—Nominated Reptib'uvn
President-elect.
The Lonesome City
Gas Heaters
Some new ones, the best for
the money we've seen and
priced low. Also gas cook-
ers and ranges underpriced.
RADIO^SUPPLIES
We are headquarters for radio bat-
teries and supplies. We do not carry
a stock of new sets, but if you are in
the market for a radio we can supply
you with what you want at a saving.
Regular dealers having a franchise
have to sign an agreement to sell at
the regular retail price. We prefer to
he a free lance for that allows us to
make our own price.
! We have some extra good bargains
i in used sets in one, two, three and
five tube sizes. With new accessories
these sets will give you just as good
service as new ones and you can buy
them at a fraction of their value.
The Radio Shop
Mesquiter Building
Farm & Ranch
Suggests New Laws
harm and Ranch does not
often »uggc>,t new laws, but
we would welcome some ei
u.ctive legislation that wouM
throw the fear of the peniten-
tiarv into t'.e lieatt^ <»f chicken
thieve- an I those who knowin
lv buy ih'.-m.
\ thief it probably lowest
down in the scale of humanit;
of any cla*-. of persons and the
chicken thief is a* the bottom
of the heap alongside of those
who encourage Irim bv buyini;
stolen turkrvs aid chickens.
W ith the increase of the poul-
tr\ industry in the Southwest
chicken thieves have become
iKure numerous and more boh!
I here ws a time when a
chicken or two for immediate
consumption, but now thev
drive over the country i n
trucks and clean out a chicke'i
house to the last feather.
We would respectfully sug-
gest to the Legislatures of
the Southwestern states, an 1
particularly the Texas, Legis-
lature, that laws be passed
that would require ev-
ery htiver of poultry for the
market to record the name
and address of the person sell-
ing chickens or turkeys along
with a description of the bird«>
purchased and private marks,
if any, to be found on them
We would suggest that steal-
ing poultrv of any kind be
made a penitentiary offense
without the privilege of a su-
spended sentence: that buyers
of market poultry who know-
ingly nr without exercising
due caution, purchase stolen
birds, be given a penitentiary
sentence of not less than one
year, and that the burden of
proof be placed on them.
Farmers and poulfryman
should mark their birds in
such a manner as to make
them easil • identified, and
fthould txercise every pe
caution agam^t thieves Let
something l>e done to break u,»
Poultry thievery.—Farm and
Ranch.
ANOTHER MERGER
And then there was the
freshman who sent his pants
to the Associated Press.—
J "dge.
I s:»w a pathetic sight a few
days ago. A hearse was fol-
lowed by one small Ford in
which sat a man driving «nd
three small children, crying
piteously Through the crowd-
ed streets the email cortege
wended its way Cars of all
description whizzed by it, filTe*!
with latighinP. happy, troubled
or careworn men and women,
and few of them even glimpsed
the tragedy of the hearse and
its followers A father and
three small children going to
burv the mother, and goinp
alone Such a thing could
never happen in the country.
There, no matter how poor or
how lowly vou may be, sonv
kindly souls will always follow
vou to the grave and some
tender hearts will weep with
those who love you. Fhos
town folks may be prying and
curious and ignorant, but when
trouble comes they are always
readv to help. Perhaps they ar -
what we like to call small
souled individuals, but then,
what does that matter so lonr:
as thev hae such hearts >
The city is a fine place for
living but a lonesome place t >
die: For we are all so busied
with pursuing our pet ambi-
tions, so intent on keeping pac
so engrossed with our trival
occupations that we have no
time to stop when death passes
And so we rush our dead off
swiftly to the cemeteries and
lay them away as quickly as
possible. We send our floral
offerings to the undertaking
parlors and let it at that.
We sav it with flowers in
the city: in the country we sav
it with tear* And it is not that
we have 1 arder hearts. Tt i«
only that >*e have grown so
used to rubbing shoulders with
tragedv thai we ignore if
Death is our neighbor so often
that we have learned to turn
our ava a vsy, And Rnidufclly
we have allowed the under
taker to do for our dead what
friends once did.
A. looked at that broken
man and sobbing children
wished that this mother might
have heen privileged to die ir
the little town where 1
horn. from the St. Paul
NjM
See «»d He?»
Blazing Tropical Love ilia.
Will Leave You Breath!
IK YOL YEARN
To Forget Your E\i»!ence
For Awhile. Come Witftst*
Thin f"lamin<» Wr^snee
In the South Seas"
Actually FilmoJ Amidat the
Subtle Ferfumw, Riotous
Flowers and tke Sparkling
• sunshine if the South Seas.
On The Stage
Ray Teal
And Augmented
pvnnx rbvi k
—with—
96 ACTIVELY ENWAfiKD
10
Saturday
NuveiiiMi
ONE K ONLY
Palais
-BALL AS
Republicans Win
By Huge Majority
As this 's written ea.lv on
the morning after the election,
returns ar<- far from complete
but enough is known to assure
the fact that Herbert Hoover
and Charles Cartis, Republi-
can nominees for President and
Vice President, respectively,
have been overwhelmingly-
elected, and when the smoke
of battle has clearer! away it
will be found that the Republi-
cans have increased their ma-
jorities in both branches of
Congress. Smith's gains in
states like New York were not
ufficient to give him those
states, wh' e his losses in nor
mally Democratic states were
heavy enough to give them ;o
ihe Republicans. Some states
went Republican for the first
time in their history.
All the proposed amend-
ments to the state constitution
received majorities in the stat€
Mesquite at least remained
Democrati; by a majority of
thirty votes. The vote was re-
markably light A total of 28.S
votes were cast here, which is
approximately 100 less than
t h e normal Democrati.-
strength. Evidently this light
vote was due to the fact thai
approximately 100 Democrats
who were opposed to Smith
and did not want to vote the
Republican ticket, remained
away from the polls altogether.
The total of 156 votes foi
and 126 f ,r Hoover is three
less than the total, so three of
the voters refused to express
a choice for President and Vice
I 'sident.
rhe vote for the Democri'if.
state and county candidates
ranged from 268 down to 254,
(lovernor Moody being more
heavily scratched than anv
other Democratic nominee. C>i
the state ticket the highest
vote cast for any Republican
was 31 for Holmes, the RepuS
lican candidate for Governor.
Other Republican candidate.-
received from 24 to 28 votes
each
A big per cent of the voters
failed to vote on the propose 1
amendments to the State con
stitntion The vote on them
here was as follows:
For the Confederate pension
amendment 122, against 30
For amendment exempting
church residences from taxa-
tion 100, against 48.
For the amendment for long-
er terms for school trustees 83
against 37.
For the amendment for an
appointive state board of edti
cation 76, against 59.
Make Monty By | Campaign Cost
Selling 'Possums; Many Millions
Troup, Texas, Nov. 6—The
beginning of winter season has
brought in another source of
income to certain East Texan*
who live in or near the wooded
regions.
For opossums are selling at
20c a pound. Resides, the hides
bring from $1.00 up to about
$3.00 each. The average 'pos
sum weighs about 8 pounds.
And it's not uncommon for a
hunter to catch two or three
on one hunt.
One of the chief advantages
of this sportive and lucrative
sideline is that it is carried
on at night and doesn't neces-
sarily interfere with daytim?
earnings frrifl other sources.
Rex E. Russell
Buried Monday
Washington, D. C., Nov. 7—
$9,000,000 was spent in
Nearly
Smith-Hoover
campaign, re.
forts from the Republican and
>emocratic national com.
inittees show This exceeds bv
a large margin estimates of
campaign managers and is the
largest expenditure ever re-
corded in a Presidential cam
paign.
Local and State committees
and independent campaign
organizations do not list ex-
penditures with the clerk, but
to Statei officials, and the total
expended in the campaign may
l>e several millions more.
Dallas County Tax
Rolls Are Approved
,i u..cc~u rolls of Dallas County
of County- Trf,,.
Rex Edward
26 years, son
urer J. t- i F,d) Russell, for-
merly of Mesquite, was buried
in Grove Hill cemetery Mon-
day afternoon. His death oc-
curred at Miami, Fla., Tuesday
Nov. 1-
The deceased was the only
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Russell. He is survived also by
four sister?. Mrs. J R. Tallett
and Miss Lillian Russell cf
Kew Orleans: Mrs. O. A. Car.
ter and Miss Ellen Russell of
Dallas. After several years of
service with the Dallas Powet
and Light Companv and the
Texas Power and Light com
panv he went to Florida twi
vears a(rn, with the Florida
Power and Light Company.
Fewer Deaths
At Crossings
Washington, D. C.( Nov. 6-
Twenty seven person s were
killed in highway grade cross-
ing accidents in Texas during
the first six months of 1928
the American Railway Associa
tion reported Tuesday. Com-
pared with acher States
$300 Profit On
One Acre Ground
J. VV. Brock, a farmer liviiur
near Fort Worth, has reported
a net return „ of $300 from one
acre of bunch Vegetables, beans
and roasting ears. A simple ir-
rigation system installed witi
the assistance of the countv
agent is responsible for the»*
results. Water was pumped
from a large tank with a
medium centrifugal pump and
gasoline « n gi n e. carried
through 200 feet of secondhand
two-inch pipe and turned loose
in a terrace to flow to a sur-
face tank from which the
vegetables were watered.
Brutal Double
Murder In Dallas
A. Vineyard, were approved
Thursday by the Countv Com.
missioners' Court.
Dallas County's tax rate for
1928 has been fixed at 82c on
the $100 valuation, the same
as last year. The state tax
rate is 64c.
Assessed valuation of proper
ty in Dallas County for 1928
is $289,369,260. according *o
Vineyard's figures.
In 1927 the assessed valua-
tion was $285,345,020. State,
ments will be mailed out bv
Tax Collector lohn Cul'om.
Taxes become due on Oct I.
Chang®* can be made only
with the approval of the C.itn
missioners' Court.
Tax le.ee* in Dadas C <u.t>
Levee Improvement Distric*
1, 2 and 3, were order. d by tl»i
court for the year 1928. These
ta*e» are to take care of in-
terest and sinking funds for
outstanding bonds. In district
Xo. 1 an ad valorem tax at the
rate of $<«7 50 on the $100
valuation was ordered levied
In district No. 2 an ad valorem
tax of $35 on the $100 valua.
tion was ordered and in district
Xo. 3 an ad valorem tax o
Dallas has had many brutal
murders but none more so than
that of the double killing of
two young women whost
mutilated bodies were found in
a cornfield near that city Sun-
day morning by two boys who
were out pecan hunting.
The two young women, Mr»
Itessie Lynch and Mrs. Cleo
Lieto, 21 and 19 years old.
were last seen at a point nea-
the Labor Temple, in the
downtown district of Dallas
Saturday night They ha,I
started to a dance with some
some friends and learning that
the dance, in the northern pan
of the citv. had been called off,
the party came down town and
the two y >ung women got out
t liar wood and Young streets
saying they were going to a
dance at tSe Labor Temple,
about a block from where they
left the automobile.
WASTED WORDS
+ ♦♦♦«♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦
♦ THE MAN WHO KEPT ♦
♦ HIS WORD ♦
It is like the *hadow of a
great rock in a weary land to
run across, as we do, occasion
ally, a man who keeps hii
word.
You mav be able to sue on
written premises and contracts
put in writing which are usual
ly binding, but somehow the
man who does not keep his
word striulv is a slippery cus.
tomer and it is hard to get
hold of him even with a piece
of writing.
The fundamental security for
a man doing what he promises,
is, after a,I character.
If a man has character and
is all right you are safer in
lending him money than if he
gives you a mortgage on his
farm. Doing business with u
liar is never satisfactory. Some-
how he wi'l attempt to wiggle
out of his promises.
It is easv to detect the strict
ly honest person. When he
owes you monev he does nr t
avoid you, hut openly and
frankly pavs vou something
on account right along if he
cannot pav the whole amount.
The test of fundamentally
honest man is his punctuality
in meeting Us engagements or
in franklv explaining to you
whv those engagements cannot
he met
The courts are full of people
trvine to evade their plain en
trarements
A man who is in debt sincer-
elv tries V-v meet that deht
whether It hurts him or not.
Tf Is verv Irving and verv dis.
tnrhinp to our faith in hitman
nature to find a nerson who l«
alwvs looVm* for alihts. al-
ways seeVIng fvr>iinat?on
for not doinr at he said h^
wonM.
The podfl loier. fhe m- n
who Vises and vet (a afrtrW
£r<«.&."gh'h h*'"*t "bordered.
Grade crossing Natalities,
however, increased in number j
in the United States as a whole
thirty-six more persons being |
killed the first half of thij
year than last, totaling 1,097
During the same period there
were 2,634 accidents at grade
crossings, an increase of sev-
enty-three compared with last
year. Persons injured in such
accidents in the first half of
1928 totaled 2,934, an increase
of thirty-three compared witn
1927. During lune there were!
210 fatalities at grade crossings
compared with 189 last year.
Of the total number of fatali-
ties resulting from accidents
at highway grade crossings
ir> the first six months of 1928.
reports show that 893 resulted
from accidents in which motor
vehicles were involved. This
was an increase of fortv over
the number of fatalities in the
first six months of 1927.
Illinois ranked firs in num-
ber fatalities resulting from
automobile accidents at grade
crossings there having been
ninety nine persons killed
in such accidents in the first
half of this year, compared
with seventy-two last year.
Fatalities at highway cross-
ings were reported from all
States except Ari*onia. Nevada
Xew Hampshire and Wyoming
in which States none are sai l
to have taken place.
Village Constable (to vil-
lager who had been knocked
down by passing motorist.)
"You didn't see the number
but could vou swear to the
man ?"
Villager—"I did, but I don't
think he heard me."—Ex.
"Whatever do vou want a
divorce for?"
"Because I'm married."—X•
OUR ANNUAL FALL
HIS PET ANIMAL
A teacher in an East End
school was giving her class a
lesson on various kinds of
animals Later she questionefl
them to see whether they had
been listening to the lesson.
The camel, the elephant, the
cow and the lion were de-
scribed with more or le*
accuracy.
"Now. who can telf me what
a bison is." asked the teacher
A small hoy stood tip
"Please," he ventured, "a
bison is a thing wot yer wash
yer 'and# in."—Ex.
A husband's first idea is lo
protect his wife, hut it slowly
dawns on him that he'll he do.
ing well if he protects himself
it the man. who is, after all
one of the chief pillars of the
aoetaf falric—Fix
Is Now In Progress. Here
Are a Few of the Many
Bargains:
Pepperell Sheeting . 39c
7 Spools O.N.T. Thread 25c
Women's Gowns . 98c
2 cans Mavis Talcum 35c
Men's Heavy Coats $3.19
Work Shoes . . $1.98
Hon-Almond Cream 39c
100 Prs. Women's Shoes 50c
Kitchen Utensils 69c
36-in. Hope Domestic 13c
School Tablets . . 5c
6 Pairs Men's Sox $1.25
36-in. Heavy Outing 15c
36-in. unbl. Domestic 9c
Gross Dry Goeds Co.
L. E. Grots, Mgr. Phone 54
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