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OHN E. DAVIS
MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1931.
VOL. XLI. No. 42.
BEAUTY AIDS
"he time of the year hardest on a
idy's complexion. Every woman
[wes it to herself to keep herself
(tractive, All the best beauty aids
Everything for the toilet here.
fancy Stationery, Fountain Pens,
|ine Perfume, Compacts and other
rticles suitable for graduation gifts.
PORTER & LYTAL
DRUGGISTS
n Items From
Here And There
persons, all members of
[ime family, were killed , t
Sunday night, when a
tiger train on the Fort
& Denver Ry., hit an
hobile.
{. (Gus) Wylie, who re-
|from the office of Street
lisstoner of Dallas on
1, dropped dead in a
|own building in that
Monday.
er waiting thirty seven
for his wife to come
George Deercnger of
iukee has decided that
| not coming back and has
kuit for divorce.
^t. John Placek of the
jo police department re-
a salary of $4,000 a year,
rcording to a report of
rand jury he has deposit-
7,000 in the bank in the
sve years.
le Fish of Muskogee,
has declined the ap-
hent of chief of the Sem-
I Indians, made by Presi-
[ Hoover, because he said
is not in sympathy with
alicies of the Indian De-
bent at Washington.
Ihur William®, negro
pan porter of Dallas,
Id money, so he sent
Jtening letters t< > tbrc.-
linent citizens of Dallas
Inding $2,000 in two cases
fl,fc00 in another, but his
went awrv and he landed
ll «« a
C. J. Starnes Dies
At Home In Forney
C. J. Starnes, 80 years ot
age, retired farmer and weil
known Baptist lay worker,
died at his home in Forney at
6:30 p. m. Monday. He had
been a resident of Forney for
fifty years.
Mr. Starnes formerly was a
director of the old City Na-
tional Batik of Forney. He was
a member of the Odd Fellows
lodge and the Knights cf
Pythias
Funeral services were hel 1
at 3 p. m. Tuesday at the Bap-
tist Church at Forney.
Surviving are his wife anJ
two daughters, Mrs. Albert
Trott and Mrs. Ernest Farm-
er, all of Forney
Whtle his wife and daughter
looked on, Ernest Holten, 54,
Fort Worth grocer, fired two
bullets in his Jdft breast Sun
day. He died shortly after be-
ing taken to a hospital.
An attempt was mad# to
assassinate Mayor-elect J. P.
Logna of Port Arthur Sunday
night, when some person fired
two shots through a window
at him a$ he lay! ill in bed The
shots missed their mark, how-
ever.
A 72 year old wanderer
wandered into the Fort Worth
& Denver railroad roundhouse
at Wichita Falls Saturday
night and as he slept steam
pipes cooked his feet so badly
that both feet were amputated
Monday.
Batteries
and Tubes
are Down
turgess 45-v. B Battery
was $2.50; reduced to
$2.00
—o»-
[Cunningham 301-A Tubes
$1.25, now $1.10
— o«
Prices on Dry Cells remain the
same, but we sell the best at 45c
|and a good one for . . 35c
Use More Cotton
Movement Growing
Austin, Texas, May 12—
Through an organization com-
mitter composed of more than
a score of outstanding Texans,
preliminary steps toward
'forming a Texas division of
the Association for the In-
creased Use of Cotton was
launched Saturday A call for
a meeting May 22 at Houston,
at the height of that city's
three-day King Cotton Festi-
val, was issued by the com
mittee.
The Texas division will
work in cooperation with the
national association formed
recently at Atlanta, Ga., to
encourage and! promote the
use of cotton in every con«
eeivable way, to the end that a
surplus greater than any other
in the history of the South
may be consumed and cotton
restored to a fair price.
Bankers, merchants, cham-
bers of commerce, women i
organizations, civic clubs,
farmers, all agricultural agen-
cies and aU others "desirous of
bringing depression to an end,
of preventing recurrent low
prices and of fostering per-
manent and profitable agriciu-
ture," were invited! by the com-
mittee to attend the meeting
or to communicate with J. F.
McDonald, Commissioner of
Agriculture and vice president
cm the organization.
Members of the committee
issuing the call are Gov Ross
S. Sterling, Dr. T. O. Walton,
president of A. and M. Col-
lege ; Col, C. S. E. Holland
president Houston National
Bank; Victor Schoffelmayer,
agricultural editor of The Dal-
las News; A. W. Grant, San
Antonio Express; W. J. Neab;,
cotton broker, Waco; Nathan
Adams, president First Nation-
al Bank, Dallas; John E.
Owens, vice president Repub-
lic National Bank, Dallas; Dr.
N. D. Buie, president East
Texas Chamber of Commerce,
Martin ; Charles E. Cooinbe*,
president West Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce, Stamford;
John W. Carpenter, president
Texas Power & Light Com-
pany, Dallas: W. L. Clayton,
cotton broker, Houston; Dr.
A. B Cox. director of bureau
of business research. Univer-
sity of Texas; Leopojd1 Meyer,
Houston merchant: E. A. Du-
bose, "Southern Cotton Mills,
San Antonio; Dr. Thomas R.
Day. formerly in charge o'
cotton research for Brazilian
Government, . Center; D. B^
Fortson, cotton planter, Cbr-
sicana; J. L. Goldman, presi-
dent Texas Cotton Associa-
tion ; Miss Mildred Horton,
director of home demonstra-
tion agents, A. and M. College ;
W C. Muntt, Houston mer-
chant; O. B. Martin, director
df extension, A. and M. Col-
lege; Dr. A B. Connor, direc-
tor of experiment station, A.
and M. College: Judge R. W.
Franklin, Houston attorney;
S. A. Dunfap' steamship agent
Houston; G. D. Ulrich, vice
president Sugarland Indus-
tries, Sttgarlandl: W. E. Gar-
rett, Corpus Christi banker,
and Grady Kinsolving, presi-
dent South Texas Chamber of
commerce.
Woman Defies U. S.
Senate Committee
Miss Ada Burroughs of
Richmond. Va.. who was
called as a witness in the in-
quiry into thfe use of funds by
Bishop James Cannon, Jr., in
the 1928 Presidential cam-
paign, defied the committee
appointed by the United
States Senate to conduct the
inquiry, at a setting of the
committee in Washington.
Miss Burroughs flatly de-
clined to give any testimony
to the committee.
She gave notice to the com-
mittee after reading a length-
ly statement protesting the
authority of the committee.
Chairman Nye called \tis*
Ifrurroughs as the first witness,
after Bishop Cannon had
asked if his letter of protest
would' be made a part of the
record. Nye said it would.
Miss Burroughs brought a
prepared statement and insist-
ed upon reading it first. The
statement protested the auth-
ority of the committee and
was similar to the bishop's
protest.
Like the protest of the
bishop, her statement cited
court decisions. She. too, de-
clared the federal corrupt
practices act unconstitutional.
"You were treasurer of the
anti-Smith committee in Vir-
ginia in 1928," said Chairman
Nye "You certainly will an-
swer questions about your ac-
tivities, won't you?"
"I decline to testify," said
Miss Burroughs nervously.
As Nye put further ques-
tions she? said: "I have nothing
to add to my statement, I de-
cline to testify."
Harry F. Sinclair, a million-
aire oil operator, served a jail
sentence for refusing to testify
to a senate committee.
Bishop Cannon rested his
chin on one of his crutches as
he listened to Miss Burroughs.
"I decline to testify," she
repeated as Nye asked her if
she had filed reports called fdr
under the law."
She did answer a question
whether she had filed a certain
report, saying she had, but
when Nye asked her about
other reports, she stated: "I
can't answer that."
Looking straight at Nye,
Mis9 Burroughs then answered
all further questions with a
mildly-spoken "I decline to
answer."
Chairman Nye explained
later that if the committee de-
termined to take action
against Miss Burroughs it
could do nothing until the Sen-
ate reconvenes in December
Says Co-ops Saved
Farmers Millions
Because some 160,000 cotton
farmers oi the f>outh banded
themselves together in co-op-
erative marketing associations
and accepted the Federal
Farm Board's aid, the market
value of American cotton dur-
ing the last season was be-
tween $115,000,000 and $140,-
000,000 greater than it would
have been otherwise.
This was a contention of E.
F. Creekmore, general manag-
er of the American Cotton Co-
operative Association, in a talk
Monday afternoon befort. the
annual meeting of the Texas
Qotton Co-operative Associa-
titm at headquarters in Dallas
Monday.
Mr. Creekmore was only one
of several officials speaking
during the day who shot back
at critics of co-operative mar-
keting. the Federal Farm
Board and of efforts by the
Federal Government to stabil-
ize the cotton market
'"The time has conie to meet
this propaganda, these shrewd
and determined attacks that
have been made and are being
made by some of the cotton
shippers olf the South," said
Mr. Creekmore.
"We must see that our mem-
bers as well as the public gen-
erally are given the facts.
Th«se critics charge govern-
mental interference with busi-
ness yet they were not heard
to complain when their export
shipments were financed
through) the War Finance Cor-
poration in 1921."
Mr. Creekmore said that the
market is near the low of the
season, that the co-operatives
have in actual cotton or fu-
tures practically all of the cot-
ton delivered this year to them
and that while the present
market will not permit the
sale of this cotton at a price
satisfactory to members, pres-
ent co-operative cotton is fin-
anced so that it can b(. held for
at least another two years.
"It wag and still .is our hope
to make final returns to mem-
bers this summer on this cot
ton," added Mr. Creekmore,
"but if this can not be done,
bear in mind that w> still have
more than two years to work
out our plans to a successful
completion. Your cotton will
not be sacrificed during the
period for which it is finan-
ced.
J. H. Mercer Died
In Dallas Monday
James Henry Mercer, 78,
for many years a resident of
Mesquite and who was station
agent for the Texas & Pacific
Railroad here during a long
period, died at his residence in
Dallas Monday evening.
Surviving Mr. Mercer ar«i
two sons, C. E. Mercer of Los
Angeles, Cal., and G. C. M«t*
cer of El Pta&o; five daughters,
Mrs. C. H. Smithson, Mr-.
Ella Ott. Mrs. L. E. Harring-
ton of Dallas, Mrs. H. G.
Payne df Houston and Mrs. J.
A. Wylie of El Paso, and two
sisters, Mrs. J. Mooneyham of
Dallas and Mrs. W. I. Swan-
gem of Terrell.
Mr. Mercer was
member of the
church and during
dcnce here was one of the
most faithful members of the
Mesquite Christian church.
Mr. Mercer was not only ac-
tive in the affairs of the
church while he lived here but
took a keen interest in all pub-
Ik affairs.. In 1896, he built
one of the three brick build-
ings that are now about the
middle of the block on the
north side olf the public squat,
in Mesquite. Mr. Mercer and J
H. Hass, still a resident of
Mesquite, built the three
buildings now occupied by
Porter & Lytal, W. H. Tosch
and E. J. Burgess.
Mr. Mercer was a man oi
firm convictions and plain
spoken, sometimes quick to
anger, but everyone recognized
him as a man of kindly nature
and a splendid citizen.
a lifelong
Christian
his resi-
Truck Regulation Legislature To
Bill Agreed Upon
Austin, Texas, May 12 —
The second bill regulating
trucks operated on publ"-
highways, agreed to confer-
ence, was reported to the Leg-
islature Tuesday and provides
for a load limit of 7.000 pounds
for cross-country trucks and
14,000 pounds for those mak-
ing near-by deliveries. Cotton
loads are limited to ten bales
and in inclosed carriers.
No vehicle shall exceed i
total outside width, including
the load, of ninety-six inches
except that the width of a
farm tractor shall not exceed
nine feet. The limitations shall
not apply to implements of
husbandry, including machin-
ery used sokly for the pur-
pose of drilling water wells
and highway building and
maintenance machinery tem-
porarily propelled or moved on
the highways
No vehicle unladen or with
a load shall exceed a height of
twelve if«et six inches,
i No vehicle shall exceed a
length of thirty-five feet and
j no combination of such vehi-
cles coupled together shall ex-
ceed a total length of forty-
five feet, unless operated ex-
clusively within the limits of
an incorporated city or town.
Quit Next Friday
The regular session of tl<
Forty Second Legislature,
which convened on Jan. 13.
this year, will adjourn sine d>*
on next Friday, a resolution
setting that (tote the tin.I
day of the session having beeu
adopted by both branches, thf
Senate agreeing Monday to
the resolution previously
adopted in the House.
YVhen it adjourns the Leg<-
latur,. will have been in session
130 days, including Sundays,
holidays and other days of
rest. The members drew $1<J
per day for the first 120 days
and will receive $5.00 a dfty for
the last ten dhys of the session.
Whether or not there wi'l
be an extra session, and if s<>.
when, remains to be deter-
mined.
Ten Dollars A Day
For Work Or Plav
The Attorney General's De-
partment at Austin, in an opin-
ion written hv Judge E. G.
McKinney, holds that the
members of the Legislature
are entitled to receive pay at
the rate of $10 a day during
the entire lifP of the 120 day
Nithodlft Church
WHICH WAY
"How much for this radio?"
"Fifty dollars cash."
"How much on payments?"
"Sixty-five dollars; fifty
dollars down and three dollars
a week for five weeks."—Ex.
CONFIDENCE
Two budding boxers entered
the ring On the big night at
their local club.
"I feel sorry for you, old
chap," said one to the other.
"You see I was born with the
gloves on."
"That's quite all right," re
plied his opponent. "You'll
soon die the same way."—Ex.
"HERE LIES—"
A newspaper in speaking of
deceased citizen said: We
knew him as Old Ten Per
Cent, the more he had the les.j
he spent; the more he got the
less he lent; he's dead—we
don't know where he went--
but if his soul to heaven is
sent, he'll own the harp and
charge 'em rent.'—Ex
SO THIS IS THE U. S. A.
An Englishman was visiting
this country for the first
time, and as he was driving
along the ihghway, saw a
sign, "Drive slow This means
YOU."
The Englishman stopped in
surprise and exclaimed. "My
word- How did they know I
was here?"—Exchange.
RADIO SHOP
Robert F. Curl, Pastor
Sunday School at 9:45, S. T.
Vanston, Superintendent.
Morning worship at 11. The
pastor will speak on the theme,
"I Believe in the Holy Ghost."
"Senior Epworth League at 7
The program will be put on by
the Pleasant Mound Epworth
League. See program else-
where in this paper.
Evening service at 8. This is
our Annual Young 1 People's
Service. It is sponsored by the
Voting Pkbple'* and Senior
Sunday School classes and the
Epworth League. It is given
in honor of our High School
pupils. The sermon this year
will be preached by Rev. O. E.
Slater, President of the S. M
U student body. .
Woman's Missionary Soci-
ety meets in study session at
the church at 2:30 Mondfay.
IYayermcfetingt Wednesday
at 8.
Attend all our services
They will be a hrlp to you and
youll be a help to us.
Those who know a great
deal are not afraid to reveal
thdr ignorance.—Exchange.
Ilrii » fe
HHAT NEXT
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Don't compare a Byrne Col-
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Byrne schools are different.
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Dallas Houston San Antonio Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Treat Visitor
Cool, Ladies Ask
period of the Legislature, in-
cluding all Sundays, holidavs
and days that the members ar,.
absent.
As there were seventeen
Sundays and some twelve or
fiftten week days that the
Legislature was not in session,
I the ruling of the Attorney
(General means that the mem-
bers have received and will
retain about $300 each for
days that they were idle. Add
to this the number of days
that members are absent on
days wh«n the Legislature
is in session the days for which
they receive pay when no ser-
vice is rendered will equal
almost half of the time.
However, the custom up-
held by the Attorney General
has always prevailed, but the
difference is that the present
members are now receiving
$10 a day for the first 120 days
of each session and $5.00 a day
thereafter, while the rate of
pay prior to tfjis year was
$5.00 a day for the first 60 days
and $200 a day thereafter.
In addition to the increase
in pay and the lengthening of
the time, the amendments to
the Constitution adopted last
year, divided the 120 days of
the regular session into three
periods, as follows:
The first thirty days for the
introduction df bills; the sec-
ond thirty days for hearings
before committees and the
final 60 days for the considera-
tion of measures that had been
introduced and reported by
committees. This division of
time was nullified, however, by
the suspension of the Consti-
tution. and bi!l% have been in-
troduced, committee hearings
had and bills considered dur-
ing all periods, with the result
that the great benefits prom-
ised by the change have not
resulted, except to the mem-
bers.
Former Attorney General
Pollard once ruled that mem-
bers could not draw pay when
absent, but the Legislature ig
nored his opinion and nothing
was done about it.
The hospitality of the South
is supposed to be proverbial,
but there are occasions wditn
some people ai> willing to ap-
pear decidedly otherwise. A
case in point is the Texas Wo-
men's Democratic Associa-
tion. the membership of which
for the most part, at least, sup-
ported the Republican candi-
date for President at the last
general election because of
opposition to the anti-prohi-
bition views of the Demo
cratic nominee. I
Jouett Shouse. of Washing-
ton is the chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Den.
> cratic national committee an I
the executive head of the p«r»y
organization, but notwith-
standing his position and the
fact that he is a very distin-
guishes! man, the ladies of the
above mentioned organization
did not welcome his visit to
Texas this week.
Monday. Mrs. Larry Mills,
president of the Association,
wrote Gov. Sterling, ex-Gov-
ernor Moody, members of the
Legislature and others at Aus-
tin, not to ask that Mr Shou«.-
be given a cordial reception,
but in ifact to urge them to be
"cool" in their reception of
him Mrs. Mills wrote:
"Thp Democratic women of
Texas felt that National Ev
ecutive Committee Chairman
Jouett Shouse is assisting
Chairman Raskob in an effort
to make our party a liquor
traffic vehicle." the letter
states, "and we notice that he
will be in Austin Tuesdav
night to address the Legisla-
ture. This being the case we
sincerely hope that you give
him only cool comfort and thai
you do not honor him with
s
Cotton Dresses
For Graduates
The Dallas Board of Educa-
tion went on record Tuesday
night in favor of cotton dres«
es for school graduates by un-
animously approving a reque^
from Governor Sterling and
other State officials that Dal-
las and other large cities take
the lead in sponsoring a cot-
ton in-commcncement move-
ment in Texas.
Pointing out that Texas pro-
duces one-th^-d the cotto-4
produced in the United States,
the request says:
"We a® your officials and
public servants, would be d«*
lighted if Texas teachers an I
pupils would clothe them
selves for the closing exercis. *
of the schools in cotton gat'
ments, upon which is pinned a
boquet of flowers plucked
from the Texas prairies or
gardens." It is signed by Gov,
Sterling. Lieut. Gov Edgar K.
Witt. Fred H. Minor, speakev
of the House; Jane Y. McCaJ-
luni. Secretary of State; J. F,
McDonald. Commissioner "of
Agriculture: S. M X. Ma its.
State Superintendent of Pub-
lic Instruction and others.
QUITE USELESS
Tourist—Th« s seems to be
a very dangerous precipice.
It's a wonder they dcni't put
up a warning sign.
Native—-Yes. it is dangerous
but they kept a warning sigit
up for two years and no one
fell down, x" it was takes,
down.—Exchange
your presence
N'eus dispatches from And?
tin. however, show that the
advice or request that Mr.
Shouse be given a cool recep-
tion was wholly disregarded.
His reception was cordial ar.d
enthusiastic. Tuesday night he
spoke in the Hall af the House
of Representatives in Austin
before a crowd that packed
l>oth the main floor and ga1
leries. Governor Ross S Ster>
ing. Lieutenant Governor El
gar F. Witt. Speaker Fred ll.
Minor and other prominent
persons sat on the Speaker -
platform. His address, de
scribed as earnest and e!u
quent, brought forth generow-
applause.
fudge (ih Chicago):
officer said you were
"The
doing
sixty miles an hour."
Defendant: "Yes, sir. But I
had just stolen the car."
Judge: "Oh. that's different.
Case dismissed "—Exchange.
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