The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1927 Page: 1 of 6
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E. davis
®l)c &exas Jttesqmter
mesquite, texas, priday, september 14. 1»27
vol xliv. no. r
School Days
Are here again, and we are pre-
pared to take care of the de-
mands for school supplies of all
kinds.
Come to us, not only for drugs
and medicines, but for every-
thing you expect to find in a
modern drug store.
Come in and Cool Off at our
Fountain.
PORTER & GROSS
Pure Food Show May Abandon iHire's Famous
Opens This Friday State Railroad! Owsley Smile
Ihe second annual Pur" \ 1
Food Show, given under the au .Accord,ng to a statement
spices of tjie Mesquite Chris- r|Ve".out recent|y by Lynch
jtian church, opens this Friday'Si*!?*?' chairman of the
Sept. 17. The show will til l n?anaSers, service on
held in the building at the i d J a £ajlroad' between
southeast vmer of the public ? Palestine, may be
ied hyl'wT,"U!ln5xt ,*?"H un-
New Dollar Bills Teer Secretary Of Amendment Vote On
Will Be Smaller Highway Board Aug. 1 Was Light
square, formerly occupied by'wTTT '7A- ul"
the Interurban Cafe ard 4 Pa,estlne height skippers
those in charge sav that !t '^Tt, suPP?rt
will be bigger and better in L , r°*d ,S now
way Z vear "fegjg*. »»»»« with the
A f<■•iture nf ti„ i. (southern Pacific Lines where-
bc the P.etter R ! 'T Wl. l^y profits are equally divided
1,tttcr n'!,iV con,est- '^between the Staje road and
attractions j^ay suspended on thirty day
Carf 2 awarded, the operat^/ This' c^nt«ct
• ... .a an,i other attractions liniav
will lie | rovided and
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Meaquite, Texas
, , , a coun- Notice
trv st< re. where cakes, eggs,
butter, chickens etc. may he
purchased will be held in con-
nection.
Several wholesale houses
Jand local merchants will have
j displays in connection-
' hose in charge are working! District Judge James R.
I hard to make it a success and Hamilton at Austin handed
i a general invitation is ex- down a ruling o| Sept. 7, to
the public to I the effect that the seven meni-
Court Stops Pay
Seven Members
Although two thirds small-1 Representative Claude D.j
r than than the present bill,IT*" of Williamson County
In only one county-H ildadft
er than than tne present bill, 1 ol "U"«W" vo.u,">,; out of the 200 counties A
.Uncle Sam's new one dollar|Was- un ^ePt- 9> appointed Texas which „ voted on t •
frill, printing on which will be- secretary to the *.tate High- four proposed constitutoril
gin Nov. 1, will cost the govern wa-v Commission. amendment in the decti m
ment as much to print as thos: Mr. Teer was tendered this held Aug- 1. was there a su >•
I of-regular size- Engravers and (place during the regular ses ! ,tantial majority of vot «
Iprinters say the change brings jsion of the Legislature, early cast.*A total of about 190.0®
sabout as much effort as the jthis year, but declined it at votes were cast in all.
(changing model of an auto-[that time. This time however, VQte for tj,e
mobile. jhe accepted the appointment. t#x atnendmaat was
This new currency, which resigning his jxisition as a
»vas authorized by the treasury 'member of the House.
:department several month.-j.'Teer has had long service in
ago, will be turned out at the the House and was a popular
! rate of 2.000.000 a day but wiil and influential member. His
not go into circulation im-, resignation will cause a spec-
mediately, as a two month's jial election to elect someone
supply must be run off and to fill out his unexpired term.
placed in the treasury reserve, i
It wQI be probably the last of1
[tended to
attend
JUNIOR LEAGUE
iuader: Bcadie Arney-
(Subject: Little Faults that
our lives.
[Song No 232: More like ths
[ Scripture lesson, Songs o?
non 215 Ola Rouse.
[Foxes to be feared. Dotinie
jles.
[Song No. 182.
I Fox: "What will you give
t if I will ." Marie Smith.
I Ratio Solo. Ouida Faye Pas-
[ftotm: "Mr. Forgot." Eliza*
l Tillery.
| How little things count.
Hood.
[Prayer
[ Sony N'o. 146
loll Call and Offering.
(Ltafjue benediction.
SENIOR C. E.
What's wrong and what'-
ri^'ht with the movies?
2 Peter 2:1-3: Phil. 4:8-
Leader: Catherine Lander.
W hat cr;:i Christian peopl •
do to improve the moral,
i quality of the movies? Rui>\
Rutherford.
\\ hy should the movies be
closed on Sunday's Elizabeth
Lander.
Reading: Pansy C.arrett.
In what ways can the movies
help the community? Hugh
McDaniel.
Special music: Arlie ar. I
Pauline Thompson.
Some of the moral lesson■>
in story form- J.-\\\ llanby.
Mi/pah.
Truett Completes
30 Years Service
bers of the Legislature could
not legally draw pay as mem-
bers of the State Tax Survey
ALVIN M. OWSLEY
You can tell bv this picture
that Col. Alvin M. Owsley has
a happy disposition. This smile
is pretty w* 11 known in Texas,
but will be better known still
before this time next year, a*
Col. Owsley has announced his
intention of seeking the place
la
committee. This was the resu't 'n tbe ^ n'ted States Senate
now held by F,arle B. May field
Col- Owsley is a native of
Denton and he served that
county as Representative in
the Legislature afld as County
Attorney. He saw active ser-
vice overseas in the world war
with the rank of colonel- Af-
terwards he was elected and
served as National Command-
er df the American Legion and
was Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral of Texas. In 1924 he was
Texas choice for the Vice
Presidency of the United
States, the Democratic nomi-
nation for that office groin p.
however, to Chas M. Rryan of
Nebraska, brother of the great
of an injunction suit filed by
Representative A- H. King of
Throckmorton, in behalf of
the "Tax-paying public " King
On Sundav morning. Dr. ought to stop the pay of all
< .enrge W. Truett. began his the members of the committet,
thirty-first year as pastor ot alleging that the members of
the First Baptist church in j the Legislature were disquali-
Dallas and thus celebrated not.fied to hold two offices or to
only a glorious service hut the receive pay for performing
longest pastorate in the his- duties in a position created by
tory of Dallas. This pastor, the Legislature of which they
loved by friends all over Texas are members. He further a'.-
and as far his voice hasjleged that the Legislature
reached, celebrated his sixtieth ( could not legally appropriate
birthday on May 6. last, spend i money by resolution.
ing more than' half of his. Judge Hamilton's ruling,
glowing, potential life in Dal-, however, did not apply to the
' 'ay members of the committee , \v:ii:„m r„
Since he has been pastor of|He held that service of the Commoner, ,||,am jenning
School
School opens Monday and this
is to remind you that we have
anticipated your needs and have a
complete line of pens, pencils,
tablets, loose leaf binders, fillers,
etc. In fact, practically every-
thing in the way of school sup-
plies.
It does not pay the school stu-
dent to pay too much for a foun-
tain pen, for they are easily lost.
We have some nice ones that
will give excellent service, and
the price is only a dollar.
Don't forget that we can give
you some good values in new
9as stoves, cooking and heating.
We have some oil, coal and
electric stoves, second hand, as
well as a number of other arti-
cles, for sale. If you have some
article of furniture that you do
not need, let us sell it for you.
We are still headquarters for
radio supplies, tubes, batteries,
Parts, etc.
The Radio Shop
And Economy Store
the Dallas charge, the church legislators on the commission,
has trained in membership a created by a legislative resolu-
1.000 per cent and in church. tion, violates that part of the
property over 1500 per cent state constitution prohibiting
An increase in contribution- members of the legislature
for causes outside of local from holding an office or place
work has increased from $5,-..fixed by the legislature.
in 1807 to approximately ,\s f0 j|le provision for legis-
$.VT0,000 1n 1^26, dative members. Judge Hamil-
The influence of this re!ig-|ton aske(] «.jf tj,j
ions leader has made Dalln" legislation is not prohibited by
Baptist center of th*- South- t|ie cnnstjtution, then where is
Bryan.
Carson P. Harben
Is Ouried Thursday
west-the Baptist Standard, the
state executive board Baytor
Medical College. Baylor Hos-
pital. Baylor Training School
for Nurses, the College of
Phnrm'acv. College of Dentis-
try, child guidance clinic and
other activities have followed
in the wake of the hirst Bap-
tist church and have had a
growth as marvelous as its
own.
George W. Truett came to
Texas in 1899. He is a member
of a liewildering number of
boards and committees and
last May. when the Southern
Baptist Convention met in
Louisville. Kentucky, he was
chosen as its president by a
unanimous vote.
League
Men
the limit that would prohibit
a legislator from enacting laws
and passing resolutions pro-
viding places for its own mem-
bers at such salaries and per
diem expense* as they might
desire, all at the expense of the
taxpayers of Texas?"
The tax survey commission
was created by a resolution
introduced in the fortieth legis-
lature by Senator Witt, the
members to be paid $10 a day
and expenses while actually
serving, from a fund of §25.000
set aside from thtf contingent
fund of the legislature. Of this
sum, $14,500 had been spent
up to that time.
| Four members of the legis-'
lature were appointed from
Intermediate-Senior
Topic: Two Educated
•f the New Testament.
Paul—Acts 22:3:
1
A polios—Acts
Pay Locke.
5:34: 2
'Tim. 1:5. Anollos—Acts 18:
24-28.
i Leader:
I Song-
Prayer.
! Song.
Leader's talk. Who was Paul
j and Who was Apollos?
Can an educated man be a
'devout Christian? Inez Lewis.
What ate the values of an
education'
1, and 2. Mildred Bean.
X and 4 Velma McGhee.
Dangers of High School and
college lif<J.
1. and 2. Ella Henderson.
.V and 4. Mary Davis.
Questions for discussion-
Song,
Benediction.
Death came at 10 o'clock
Tuesday night in a Dallas Hos-
character of J pital to Carson P. Harben. 23
year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam P. Harben of Richardson
and assistant secretary of the
Texas Press Association, after
an illness of two vears.
Harben attended the I'niv-
ersity of Texas where he was
a member of the Delta Tau
Delta fraternity. He was a
member of the Masonic lodge
of Richardson and of the Da!
las University Club.
Funeral services were held
at 10 o'clock Thursday morn
ing at the First Presbyterian
church of Richardson with
burial in the Richardson
Cemetery.
His father, editor of the
Richardson Echo and a well
known newspaper man. is
secretary of the Texas Press
Association and an executive
Is Not Candidate
February before the new sized Pl|||pn P THflfflSC
bills find their way into thc.«U,^,',' MUllJdb
cash registers.
Americans!, living up to thei,*i
reputation of being easy;
spenders, wear out approxi-i r.
matelv 1.500.000 bills a vear! Jf.u1,en. .F , Thomfs-
hence'a reserve supply mus' jt - .
be t;ept on hand for replace- Bf • but who fofnuerty
ment- Production of the new K*? " V T !?"',
] sented that countv sereral
now a
of the
bills did not require any change
terms in the House of Repre-
of the presses but it does ro-i. . . . .
quire several changes in using T^tneH- we.nt, bac>' to h's
the new sealing and engraving *'d h™e. on ,UhoT l)*>'
machines. Half of the bureau'si£V f ™ .u t C
Day celebration there, and in
department will be employed
in producing the new bills.
Dollar bills constitute 80 per
cent of the bureau's currency
oroduetion-
liwt year the bureau turned
out 458,135.000 bills of the dol-
lar denomination. The novel-
ty of the new *iz«d bill is ex-
nected to increase the demand
♦o approximately 600.000,000 a
year.
The new bills probably will
be placed in circulation as fast
as the old bills can be redeem-
ed at the treasury after the two
months reserve supply has
been printed.
the course of his speech, got
off the main subject long
enough to say:
propos *
17u<3
f
W
against and 16.992 for. of
more than ten to one. Tho e
for the fee amendment wera
222,272 in favor of the amend-
ment and 165,205 against. TL«
amendment that sought tr»
increase the Governor's- sal? T
and those of the Legislature
showed an affirmative vote of
21.581 and 167,288 negative.
The judiciary amendment w it
defeated six to one, the vote
being 27.460 in favor of t';e
amendment and 164,119 o;»»
posed to it.
Truck Smashes Into
Rudson-Bavis Ston
A Ford truck owned and
driven by J. L Hiehtower of
Terrell crushed into the cen-
ter brick column of the build-
ing occupied by the Hudson *•
Davis Company Saturd^ '
"Just a word personal hers morning breaking the t*Q
among friend* ami neighbors plate glass windows on efth<*r
of other vears. A local news- side, crumpling the brick
paper mares the suggestic n column and damaging the bin d
that among old homefolks 1 ing to the extent of appro«i<
announce my candidacy for i matelv $200 The car westward
'he I'nited States senate. I bound, swerved as it reache t
Bebe Daniels And
Gertrude Ederle in
At Palace,
Film
d,|bs
In "Gay Parse"
the house by the speaker, an 1 committeeman of the Texas
three from the senate by the Pharmaceutical Association,
.lieutenant governor. The rep- j ————
resentatives are Adrain Poole, (maItc AnH U/ifo
El Paso; C. E- Nicholson. Port Udwno null IrllO
N'eches, J. W. Stevenson. Vic
toria, and Claud Teer. Granger
The senators are Edgar Witt.
iW'aco; A. E. Wood, Granger,
and A. J. Wirtz, Seguin.
The citizen member* ar.^ for-
mer Gov- O. B. Colquit'. Dal-
las, chairman: J. G. Wil'icv.
San Antonio: T. M W *t.
Houston: J. M- Henderso.
Daingerfield: James
Menard: Pfof.
1'nivcrsitv of
Conclusive Proof
"Is that clock right?" asked
visitor at a lunatic asylum.
"No, of course not," replied
„ patient, "If it were, it would-
n't be here." American Mutual.
UP TO SNUFF
tljnv—1"Yott hK»k like a sen-
sible girl, let's get married "
Her—"Nothing doing.^ I ni
just as sensible as I look."—X.
Nurse to 8 year old Bobby—
"Would you like nie to show
you the nice, cute, little baby
the stork brought your moth-
er?"
Bobby—"Naw, Show me
the »tork !"•—Exchange.
The wedding of Representa-
tive Nathaniel Jacks of Dallas
and Miss Louise Virginia Col-
son of that city took place a'
the home of the bride's par
ents, Mr- and Mrs. Robert Ed-
r-lilan gar Golson, on the evening of
E T. Miller!;September t.
Texas: A. ' They left shortly after the
Duggan. Littlrfield, and J. A ceremony for a honeymoon
Kemp, Wichita Falls strip to Europe, intending t .
Suit was directed against S. visit several places of interest
H- Terrell, state comptroller.'as well as to attend the Ameri-
to enjoin him from paying can Legion convention in Paris,
salaries or expenses of any We are sure that we speau
members, representative al- the sentiments of their many
Two famous Dallas film
stars and one famous swim-
rilng star are the leading
rdavers in "Swim. Girl. Swim.'
the fast Paramount comedy
which forms the screen at-
traction at the Palace Theatre
Dallas, for the week beginning
Saturday. Sept. 17.
The two Dallas stars ar^
Bebe Daniels, noted screen
comedienne, and James Hali.
noted scree.n leadine man. The
famous swim star is Gertrude
Ederle. renowned swimmer of
the Endish Channel- The pic-
ture, "Swim. Girl. Swim." i«
quite the funniest college
comedy that bas ben made in
a year according to wires from
theatres In mther cities that
have just played the produc-
tion-
Bebe has the role of a
college eirl who eets into
more adventure and fun than
she can account for. Things
whirl about her and whirl her
into situations that are as
humorous as have ever been
shown on the screen. Miss
F.der'e is right there with he'
and in the swimming scene
shows her marvelous swim-
ming strokes. "Swim. Girl.
Swim,** even without its manv
nthcr onalities. would he
worthwhile Just for the
camera study of Miss Ederle'?
ereat water ability.
<">n the Palace stage with
♦his feature film is "Rustic
Pevels" a Publix deluxe stage
ue from the Paramount
Tbeafre in New York' City.
ou Frrhes and the Palace
Merrv Mad Musical Gang and
Dwieht Brown, organist, arc
other features of the program
appreciate the friendship that
inspired the wish, but I do
lot choose to run ior the
United States senate in 1928
^1 did run. or thought I was
running, in 1922. Every mar
■nay try anything once. I have
neither wounds nor regrets- I
would stir no ashes. I did not
baiter the truth, as I saw it.
to serve the hour. One need
not wear the epaulets of office
to be a useful citiien. In prt-
ate life I hope to be a good
public servant."
friends in and out of the Legis-
lature, in wishing Mr. Jack-:
and his bonny bride, not onlv a
lovely time in Europe and a
leging that the whole body was
illegally constituted and illeg-
ally paid.
Notice was given that an ap- ,
peal would be taken from the ^ home, but a peace
decision of Judge Hamilton, iW and happy journey all
and it has also been stated through life.
that the legislator-members)
would continue to perform1 Those who contend that
the duties imposed on them as there is more drinking under
members of the Tax Survey Prohibition may indicate the
committee, regardless of the,company they keep. — Pitts-
question
services.
of pay for their
burgh Gazette Times.
"Willie," said his mother, *1
wish you would run across
the street and $ee how old
Mrs. Brown is this morning."
A few minutes later Willie
returned and reported:
"Mrs. Brown says it's none .lions of boys who have built
of your business how she is." ['boats down there how he got
Boy's Life. lit out.—Daily Oklahoman.
Detail Overlooked
The Baltimore man who
built an airplane in the cellar
of his home now can make the
world a better place to live in
if he will explain to the mi!-
A flyer can't hop, if his en-
gine skips-
the front of the store and sh; t
across the street before tl *
driver could gain control. T1 -j
front of the truck was consider
ably smashed but Hightow r
received no injuries. Goods
the show case were not
damaeed but the case itse t
was disarranged.
Hightower, claiming the
accident unavoidable, seeme 1
unwilling to pay da n.-.gfs, Tl •
building is owned by S-
Conner of Pleasant Grove.
Some wives seem to thin :
that bad a husband is a go< d
target.
Lindy In The Air
Hudson & Davis
In Mesquite
20 Years Serving the People
Just a few of of our low prices
Hawk Brand Overalls . $1.49
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16 l-2c
0. N. T. Thread, 7 spools . 25c
Good Work Shoes . .
Broadcloth Dress Shirt . $1.50
LAWSON METHODIST
Preaching at the church Sun
<tav, morning and evening.
The na-tor will preach a fnn-
«ral discourse in the mornin.;
hour At the evening hour, the
theme will be, "Loyaltv to
Cod and to the church."
Having been sick we haven't
had preaching for a month. Lei
everybody be on time.
T. M- Kirk, pastor.
Pool Work Pants
$1.95
Pool Work Shirts
Blue Shirts
Unbleached Domestic
$1.75
59c
9c
One of the Scotch boys who
(recently went to Australia j
wrote home that he saves $5
a week and added *1 get up »♦
S milk forty-seven cows, take
the milk to the station, collect
the mail at the oostoffk;, re-
turn home and feed the cows|
and then start to work."—Goo i
Hardware.
Beautiful House Dresses $1.95
Dress Ginghams
12 l-2c
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1927, newspaper, September 16, 1927; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth407163/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mesquite Public Library.