The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1926 Page: 2 of 6
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We Strive To Please
That is why we invite you to join our
large circle of pleased customers. We
know that we can satisfy you with
you with our quality groceries and
the excellent service we render. Let
us sell you a bill of Groceries and get
acquainted with a place you 11 like to
trade with. Phone orders prompt at-
tention.
Varied Commodities
Asked Of II. S.
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Mesquite Grocery
Phone 11 Mesquite, Texas
Washington. D. C. Sept. 29j
Mules, birds of the air. fishes
of the !»ea. teapots and corn-
cob pipes—these varied com-
modities are listed by the de-
partment of commercj? in it;
summary of foreign demands
upon American production.
Every week the department
as a result t" information ob-
tained from its foreign rcpre
sentatives, furnishes to Atneri
can producers a comprehen
sive list of sales opportunities
Thi-. service is said to Si-
mulate vastly the foreign
trade of this country, M- re
and more is American ' ifi-'U'r
business widening its sc ipt
[both as to markets and - '
j the goods shinwd nhr-
Xearlv one thousand
I cat commodities are
weekly as wanted in
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The Texas Mesquiter
John E. OiTii, Editor and Prop
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
AT MESQUITE. TEXAS
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION
One Year -$100
Six Months —
Three Months •«
on Education. Tha Liles.
Hymn-—Take my life and
let it be.
Hymn—God be with you till
we meet again.
Mi/pah.
<4. T E K- A .,. W#-;Vrtk
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Stage 6nkrlainmni~
The flnMI ilitiig* of tl* kind In the world todu) I N*w Vork produced
.»rliun» directed by the world'. irtatMl dir. tor.. His cut*. c<irf.cu» ontumn.
tlliint •!»*» urtllntt.
cMotioyv^icinrcs
rhf Piltcr Theatre hi« the pirk of the but ricturc. produced bj the l«dl*«
- " Onl» the bint of the better product t* nhowii on the Palara
mesquiter want ads
Entered at the postoffice «t *'*•■
quite, Texas, as mail matti
second class.
Friday, October 1, 1926
Gene Tunney was patriotic
enough to fight for his coun-
try in the World War and Jack
Dempsey was not, hence we
hail the new champion.
oo
Beside* the terrible loss of
life, the storm hit Florida hard
It was already suffering from
a collapse of the most famous
boom that the world has ever
known.
oo
A big sign on the Ferguson
Forum office at Austin, reads:
"Home of Texas Democracy "
Well, we understand Miss
Democracy has moved And
the Forum office will move
back fo Temple soon.
Col. Harry Haines, the Re-
publican candidate for Gover-
nor, has ahead of him the task
of receiving less than 100,000
votes so that his party will
not have fcoi hold a primary
election, but can return to the
old method of nominating by
convention, and we art con-
fident that he will succeed in
doing that.*
oo
Martin Weiss of the Oak-
Cliff Dallas Chamber of Com-
merce seems to be as full of
ideas as a dog is of flees. Some
of them are good and some
bad and wf rank mder the
layer classification his pro-
posal to turn to present Dallas
County court house into h
museum. Even if we bad a
new court house We would
still need the old one as a
court house.
christian endeavor
(Edwards Community)
Golden Jubilee of Dr. and Mrs.
Frances F„ Clark.
Hymn—How Firm a Foun-
dation. 188.
Meeting opened by pren.
Responsive reading, Ps 91.
Prayer.
Ten minute address.
1. A christian home for
fifty years. Rhea Hanby.
2. Christian Endeavor con-
tribution to the world. Mrs.
Liles.
3. What christian endeavor
owe to Golden /ubilec. Irene
Walker.
A brief outline of our lesson
Wanted—Driver for brick
truck. Vernon Smith, phone
80-1-1.
erican
inate the markets wi.ert
are. iti demand.
$251,859,623 Gain
In Tax Collections
Washington. P C'.. Sept
Federal tax collections in-
creased by $2>1 85'>,62J in the
fisc?l vear r:v!iiu; i"tk»
„jt . r -l.,,..•, .....
mmpnnlM of the world.
Mrcea.
For rent—Ten i
Also some choice
lots for sale- J. T.
For Sale—Chea
ano with about 1
music- Mrs. G- 1"
phone 29-3.
i
Tripp News Items
Mr. and Mrs- Doyle Tlodgcs
i.f Dallas visited Mr. ant! .\lr>.
Mr. and Mrs. Sebe Stewart
.!!'! family of near Mesquite
-pi it Sunday with Mr. an I
Mi Tom llayden-
Mr. and Mrs- The«> Suii'h
and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Kedy
■ ).al!:is spent the week end
^' r. and M rs. I. R. Kedy-
\rtie Staiger speu
k end with Mrs. | \.
id in Dallas.
■\tme remetttbei tlni.'
••caching at I ripp Sun -
da).
Miss Myrtle Kwalt of Law-
sun visited Miss 11a Ragsdale.
Sunday-
Miss Mabel and Tommie
Smith tif Wilis visited Miss
Hi.nnie Hrummett. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. |<", Staiger
a; d family visited Mr- and
Mrs. I. \. May field in Dallas
Saturday night-
Miss l.ayton Coats visited
in Dallas, Monday night.
Misses Ruby Staiger and
\ el lie I'aschail spent Sunday
with Miss I.ois Tuc-
evenin
ker.
S.uuflower.
Cuupmai
For Sale—6^2 acres good
land with new improvements.
1 mile east of Mesquite VV H.
Coats, owner.
Wanted—To. trade 38 Coll
for pump shot gun or trade
tires for one. Magnolia Service
Station, Mesquite.
Cut roses and rose cuttings,
all colors, 25c a dozen, alsi.
box tree hedge cutting $1.00
per 100. F. A. Lack-
i *'. r tha:>
The t >t\T
i ev .(Tie
l.-> ,t
For sale—Detroit Jewel ga^
cook stove, 4 burners and wen
Good as new, 15 months. $30.
W, M. Eubanks, phone 21-1-2-1
For Sale or trade for chick-
ens or anything I can use, 7
jewel Elgin watch in firs'
class condition. Harbin, Mes
quiter office.
Are you hungry? If you are,
come to the High School Mon
day, Sept. 4- The second year
class is going to sell cakes,
fruit and sandwiches. Every-
one come. The proceeds will
go to the beautifying of the
school ground.
World's Serries
Starts Oct 2
you will want to get
these big sporting e
vents over radio. we
have a clean, new
stock of everythnig
you need to equip
your set.
Radio Shop
mesquiter building
return rlvrin;* t.i <
in ti e nrevious - en
rollecti'-.n - • f in!■ -nnl
front all sources for i
vear were $.?.X »5 ' 'f K) ?'2-
Income taxes accounted for
must uf the ill-Tea enniora-
tion levies twttirg SI78.74/.037
more than a \ <" r ag and in
dividual income taxes vie'din.';
$33,698,054 more. The en- • i-
tion tax was increased on1-
half of 1 per cent during the
last half of the year. !>(tt in-
dividual income rates were
slashed heavily.
Cotton Off SB
On Crop Report
As a rcsu'l of a
big cott crop
bales anni uncd '
eminent last The
r" ' 'I'lvil-led
points from the
vailing during tl
' ef'te the rtport
si:r- nstrurlv
if 15.810000
iv the C. v-
•sdav cotton
140 to 142
highs pre-
>e 'norninr
*va - issiip-l
-r\am
This decline was a
\v ' pavy h jt'i !ati• i. hv the
long interest a-.d c- isiderable
hedge Jmd short selling The
'•rorp forecast of 644.000 bales
m the expected vield since
Sent.. 1 and Ho such increase
was looked f r !>y the trade.
Cotton ha' n .t sold below
the 1450c level until Thursdrtv
since Januarv. 1 ''22. when
October sold at 14 ,55,- Th'irs-
.Id
a s
w as
In Our New Quarters
SHE TELLS TIE STORY
* OF MART OTHERS
fc&sJKSr
D«ar Doctor.-—About • ytart am I
troubilh*BiW,th 5 bad eM* 01 «tom«ch
' 9ft batter m wintw and
Summar. 1 auf-
of mJfiM-. i°°k ""•W k,nd«
S,^ielB* *"? *ou.nd "• Af-
y**1*broka out with aoma-t
thing that lookad Ilka aim burn. At
"*** t *ppaarad en my handa, later
fT myf/*e* ■»»« natk. My mouth get
mum um,.S *1? until I
could hardly walk. My heart baat too
Sff* 1 had . hurtfng in myThaX
mTJV?r -**nLy#M my n,m* •"<> you
traitmtfit at ffrat. V wiHjl ahlnlclfia
s'CTiSa
oould not walk io atapa wlfhout ra«t-
m?n» y°ur "•"•••» «M-
d«y e* July 1»M
I aoon aaw that It
I began taking It. , ,
waa hat ping me and b» the time I ha d
takon one treatment the raeh and
m«ny of the other aymotom, ",d dT,
appeared. I have taken fnMNM<
SSmSJm' •m •"*lre,y relieved ef all
the honeaty and Mndnea. vwflTwhfeh
you have dealt with me, for I have
found everything that you told me
about the treatment to bo Juet like
y»u aald. I want to aak an who have
thle dlaeaao to not put off ordering
your treatment like I did for while
they are waiting thla terrible dlaeaao
It oteaiing their life away.
(Mlee) Savannah Taylor,
It. 1, Box 100. Naplee, Texae,
The rapid expansion of busi-
ness, in all linen, in Dallas
has made it almost impossible
for t he Byrne Commercial
College tfn meet the demands
made upon it for its thorough-
ly tr^iined young men and
young women. This demrvfid
largely responsible for the
rapid growth of the < J.
making it neces*ar for tl,< • >
to move into morei spacious
quarters. They are now.
located at 1708 1-2 Commerce
Street just across fnr,m the
Post Office where they have
fourteen well arranged, well
lighted and ventilated rooms,
including a darge assembh
hall.
The Byrne Commercial Coi-
.ge,, not mere,.v a school A
bookkeeping and shorthand
it gives ten complete husine**
training courses, covering the
wide range of training in de
mand and in keeping with the
the business growth of Dallas.
Prosperity is not "just arounci
the corner" for those, who are
prepared hut it is for those
who are not prepared.
Write Rvrne Commercial
College, Dallas for free cata
n Ue K'Y»nfT full information.
1 repare for a successful future
»y the popular B. C. C. route.
Use a silencer—Some men
warm
>4 1,r,lf
sath<
•p t.
reritnn
btainet
dav that month
14.31c
rnrsualK
during the fii
ber favored frint'-i
abled the cotf.m ct
tiallv overcome i • late st,;:*!
'he Department ! \c> iculture
stated last Thursday.
No Election On
Hospital Bonds
_ Only 1,200 of the
".500 signatures were
I i the petitions to
C < nintv Commissioner
to submit the $80000
■•tre for impr. vemrnt
Cifv-Cour;! 1
is anr: >imci ii
the \Ii-sij! • r .,
tsiri • I-,.- , ,-.,r
a dose Wednesday \
se'jti:nce, -aid Clan-;c
Assistant District Attorn
the charge of civil matters, the
net it ion wilr not <rr> before the
C trnty Ci,*nmis*k)iier» antl m-
election will be ordered.
Workers ha i 1/een circulat
ing tb«* 3i>0 copies of the peti-
tion during the last week Mr
Bell said. They reported htat
a number of firms and individ
tl a I a had refused to aPoW the
petitions t be eirculatwl
among their enip'-m at thc-i'
places of business, \]r. |>„.||
advanced the lin.'i of time for
obtaining the signatitM . from
Tuesday afternoon unii' Wed-
nesday noon.
Since the peMti.un can not be
submittal with tbt* 1 er|Uts;tr-
signatures of 10 per :ent of
the taxpayin„T •Thurs.
day so that the notice of elec-
tion can be advertised thirty
days in advance, tlie que«Hon
can not ap|x;ar on the ball
m
THE MESQUITE GIN CO-
'GOOD GINNERS"
Bedford Galloway
Manager
Our Customers are our
Advertisrtnent
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UIGH SCHOOL
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NOTES
NOTICE!
The second meeting of the
seventh grade was called t.>
order by the president at 11 .15
Tuesday-.
The secretary's report was
givt ti by Edwin l.emaster,
Tret surer's report by Beth
Range.
A stand has never been!
bought for the bust of Jeffer-i
' "11 Davjs given to the sclw;oI |
las! year by the Daughters of j
Coniederacy of Dallas, we de- {
rid 1 to give this stand ;t» aj
•ermanent gift to the school I
We decided on sever at pfc-j
tures for < nr room, also some i
ferns and flowers.
Popcorn and candy will
s»M Thursday by the girls
the 'eventh grade.
lavender and gold was
n for our class
This is to advise that
all delinquent tele-
phone accountsmust
be paid without fur-
ther delay.
Mesquite Telephone Ex.
O. H. Britain, Mgr.
itih The Senio rs of '2(>
a con
D. Bel'
1-iui" - -Wide men"■"( «p|nar on ine Ballot] "race narns was atwe-nt
lirilliaof talkers in public and for the November election, Mr I .School Monday because
others go out with their wives' Bell said. J of the illness of her mother.
I'.dgar Keefe. who is attend-
be i ing Sim ins College at Abilene
I j spent the week end with home
I folks.
Miss Ivsther Lander is at-
- cok rs. M('iiding the College of Indus
e'nsn flowers and slogan j trial Arts at Denton.
•t yet been selected. ,\ ' Miss Bessie Price is taking
'and has been made by a business course at the Metro
in Lrmaster and paid f '^olitan Business College in
iiy the class. • Dallas.
_ Miss Grace Tillery is study-
T he eighth grade had ~a1a' ''1C Woodrow School uf
meeting Tuesday afterniK ,iKxpression in Dallas.
to make definite plans for a'
nre-.ram to be given to raise
money fwr n flag pole, which
tK»\ are going to ocntribnt^
to the school.
De'mo Cole and Halhen
v rare havr? entered the nintlT
s^rario.
Vancy R. McConnell has
>een absent from school sever
a days on account of sickness.
The American Literature
lass ,vas entertained Tuesda\
morning by Gerta Gray, who
read "The Unknown Speaker"
I lie lass has been studying
'he orators -r,( the Revolution-
ary neriod and this reading.
v-hich gives a vivid accrximt of
he signing of the Declaration
of Irdcioeindence, wa< given in
connection with this phrase of
work.
Grace Harris was absent
Marshall Wins In
The Higher Court
One of the most historical
and hard fought political con-
tests ever waged in Dallas
County, came to a close Mon-
day morning when the Court
of Civil Appeals at Dallf.s
handed down a decision in
which they held that the de-
cision in favor of Sheriff
Schuyler Marshall. Jr.. and
against Allen Scale, rendered
In District Claude M. Mc-
Calluni, a few weeks ago was
final, and that the case could
not be appealed to the higher
courts. This was ik* only a
victory for Marshall, but s*m-
tained Judge McCallum. who
informed the attorneys in the ,
case that the decision in bis ,
court was final, as the law did ;
not give a contestant i.i 1
election contest the rights to 1
appeal. |
Thi* denial of Allen Seales* j
appeal, given orallv by Chief <
Justice Ben L. Jones, was
handed down Monday after- ]
noon. ;
Sitting with him were Asso. ,
ate Justice Ben F- Looney
and R- M. Vaughan. The cclurt
room was crowded with parti,
sans in the case and both Allen
and Seale and Sheriff Marshall
verc present. Arch C. Allen
or Seale and Jack Rutledge
or Marshall were attorneys
present. Warning against
demonstrations was given be-
orehand and the decision was
accepted quietly.
Judge Jodtes. after giving
.he decision of the court which
was based on the law as they
understood it and upon other
kicisions of appellate. colUlrts
n Texas, said that personally
he believed there should be an
appeal from the trial court in
every casf.
In the decision the court
traced the history of election
contests since early days in
Texas and gave the various
amendments, laws and court
de isi» 11s since 1801. when, bv
constitutional amendment, D;.>
trict Courts were given speci-
fic jurisdiction in such con
tests.
"It is admitted by attorneys
for both contested and con-
testant in this case." said
fudge Jones, "that prior to
1891 an electi( mi contest was
not a suit or case in court and
therefore this appeals court
would not have had jurisdic-
tion pri- r to that time.
"The difference of opinion
argued before this coinrt arises
from the constitutional amend
ment of 1891, which gave the
District Court jnrisdictk« of
election contests.
"Now the I egislature. en-
abling that amendment, limit
ed the appeal from a District
Courts decision in such con
fests to the District Court
"The c ntestee (Allen Seale
has contended here that the
1 amendment made an election
contest a cause of action
suit, a case in court and there
fore the Legislature exceeded
its authority in limiting anpeal
for any case in court can be
appealed
"The ecintestant. however
chimed that the legal statu
of an electim contest was not
changed bv that amendment
and therefore the Legislature
could properly place au elec
tion wholly within the special
jurisdiction < if a District Court
"The courts of Texas have
held that the status (,f an elec.
tion contest was not changed
bv that amendment; that elec
tions and contests are political
a^l therefore the Legislature
did not exceed its powers in
limiting appeal. The validit;
of the statute has been ques
tloned in the past and alwav
upheld. Whether it was wise
T Miss Rmby .Miller is work-
ing for the S outhland Life
Insurance < otnpnny in Dallas
She fx|H'cts to enter College
at a later date.
Miss Opal Mae Ifoward is
n'.tendinp the Jacksonville
Jemior C< liege.
As far as we know, the oth
ef, seni rs. Lillian Bout. Una
ami Joyce Dean. Rubv Ruther
ford Ruth P.arksdalc and
Hugh M.Daniel, hav not made
definite plans for the future
Did
to
you know there are
five Maes in tlv tenth grade
leaeher (during English
class) "j n#nt votf all to
look up Westminister Abbev
iuCe ee csshcoi (f atHseL b
and giw a g od report on it."
Pupil—'"What did you .say-
bis name was and where did
you say he lived." v
ed and declared Allen Seale
winner by 124 votes. The con-
test was instituted by Mar-
shall s attorneys and the re-
count began in . fudge McCal-
luin's court Am* 1ft The decis
inn giving Marshall the nom
mation by si^ty-nine votes
majority was liandcd tk.wn
the District / Court Sept.
Seale s attori/evs asked for
permission tf> file a superse-
deas bond >khich would have
provided fo# an appeal, but
" ^'rr' a 1111 in iiiter|>reted
in
II.
Cut Pric
AND SPOT C
Fall is here—cotton is cor.,
rapidly and money is morel
tiful, therefore, we have 2
to sell everything on as]
cash basis. Beginning Oct]
sell only for cash to evet
This system will save us
and you, too. Come to our
and we will prove to you tl
sell standard goods for less
Please Do Not Ask For cj
A. L. PASCHAI
Groceries and Fresh Mj
Mesquite, Texas
♦♦M0m«««l Mill «♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< ! 11111HI
the law as denying any appeal
fr:#n his decision. It was then
that Scale's attorneys brought
the case before the appellate
ourt asking for an injunction
to prevent Marshall's name}
from going on the ballut for
the November election and for
a mandamus retfiiiring Juge
McCallum to allow an appeal
bond to be filed.
The official canvass by the
County Democratic Executive
Committee following the pri-
mary election of July 24th,
gave Seale a majority of 124
votes in the race for Sheriff,
but soon after that Marshall
filed a contest, asking for i
recount and alleging certain
irregularities in the manner
which the election was held,
and the votes counted. A
stroryj array of counsel ap-
penred in the case representing
Marshall and Seale an,| the re-
count was conducted in Judge
McCallum's Court according
to the terms of an agreement
between the two parties to
the contest and their attorneys
It developed during the hear-
' g that some of the ballots
had been tampered with, and
where it could be determined
who the voters intended to
vote f ir. these mutilated bal-
lots were counted according
to the intent of the voters
and at the conclusion of the
hearing Judge McCallum ruled
that the recount showed Mar-
shall received a majority of
69 votes, and declared him the
Democratic, nominee-
Some people had thought
that after Seale lost he might
continue as a candidate in the
general election and ask the
voters to erase Marshall's
name and write in his. but if
is not now believed that he
ROSES-]
TRE1
SHI
PLACE YOUR
FRUIT TREES
WITH A.
ALL WORK Gli
AND STOCK
ARE FINE Af
OF THE
A. M. Jl
Phon*
MESQUITE, |
SX!
now too late to
on the ballot as j
cnt candidate eve
sired to make th^
Independent.
The fallowing i|
day's Dallas Xev
"Formal applic
injunction which
the lower court
appeal in the cc
iff's race and
Schuyler B MarJ
off the official bl
ember was sent |
morning by attt*
len Seale to F.
clerk of the Supr^
Austin, it was rep
ciallv at the cottf
nesday-
Scale's attornejl
make any statemq
case and would
firm nor deny tha
it would be cartj
will make this effort, and it i<j higher court."
W. F. W. T. D. L. C. M
Whit.kur.t A Whit.hur.t
Attorney* at Law
Western Indemnity Building
DR. J. B. BRYANT
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention given to dh-
'*'*» of women and children
(■I'liciu. ** nniirr it was wise ^77. a"tf cnimrcn
or unwise for the Legislature !^l[!oc Allen Drug Sttre,
to so limit appeeals it is with- '',ce phone 176; Res. 23.
>ut the province r,f this court r~ _ . —~
J. Taylor T. K. Irwin
TAYLOR * IRWIN
LAWYERS
Civil and Criminal Practice
610.11 So. W. Life Ins. BIdg.
x <065 Dallas, Tsim x MS
say.
"iso this court, after review
ing the matter, not given
power to change the decisions
. f the Supreme C urt and the
law. have reached the conclu
sioii that the Legislature was
within its constitutional power
when it declared that the de
cisinn of District Courts would
be fin.il in electi contest
This court ha* no juirisdictio
to protect^ in this matter".
The casf grew out of the m MEDICAL ARTS BLDG
julv primary election returns
which the dotintv Democratic
executive coimmittee canvass
DR. W. W.
Physician snJ|
Office at Cullonj
Drug St^
Phones: Office
M esquite,
O C PH/
The Store of
1818 Secon.l A*
Phones: E-IIJ'
Walter O'Csllagln11
Leste
COME TO
DR. GEO. M. JONES
DENTIST
DALLAS, TEXAS
J. O. ROGERS. M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Specisl attention. Diseases of
, Children.
Office: Allen's Drug Store
Resident Phone No. 138.
ALLEN'S PHARMACY
Elmer Allen, Prop.
Carnar Peak aad Parry
Dallas,
Phone H-0SM
Taaas
DR. FAISONi
Where you receive
services for a
Satisfaction
Offce over Cry*1
1608 Elm St.
R.D.MURP
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1926, newspaper, October 1, 1926; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth407217/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mesquite Public Library.