The Meridian Tribune (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1920 Page: 1 of 10
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If you have not paid your Poll Tax do so today.
e Meridian Tribune
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Devoted to the Upbuilding of Meridian and Bosque County
VOL. 25, NO. 31
MERIDIAN, TEXAS, JANUARY 9, 1920.
PRICE $1.50 A YEAR
Weekly Special Pays
Saturday and Monday
On these two days come to this store, bring
your dollars, they will do double duty and
then some. Note the following specials:
2,000 yards of Val Lace and Insertings, worth up to I 5c,
for the Two Days at per yard,... 5c
$7.00 grade Bath Robe Blankets at $5.65
$6.50 grade Bath Robe Blankets at $4.95
1 2 Boys' Duck Coats, Special at $4.95
Ladies Georgette and Wash Silk Waists, during the Two
* Days Special at Twenty Per Cent Discount
2 only Bath Robes, $6.50 grade, at $4.95
All Boys Suits will be sold at ONE-FOURTH OFF
Men's Corduroy and Mole Skin Pants, $5.00 grade, for
the Two Days at .$4.15
About 50 pairs of Ladies' Shoes left from ^1*
former sales, still out at per pair md • O
Special On Ladies and Misses COATS
Rack No. 1, One-fourth off Regular Price.
Rack No. 2, One-half off of Regular Price.
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Census Enumerators
Now Busily Engaged
The census enumerators are now
busily engaged in taking an accurate
inventory of all of Uncle Sam's be-
longings which includes his sons,
daughters, and other relatives, be-
sides the number of farms, stores, and
most everything else imaginable. It
is a tedious job and any help you may
render the enumerators will be ap-
preciated by them, and at the same
time you will be rendering the Gov-
ernment assistance by aiding to com-
plete the work at an early date.
Threshers Pulling Off
An Unusual Stunt
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I Oil Stoves Repaired J
Shop South Side of Square |
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Public Invited to High
School Box Supper
An unusual sight was witnessed by
a number of our citizens last week,
and several of the old citizens stated
they had never seen anything similar
to it before, what we have reference
to is threshers in operation in Janu-
ary. It looked for awhile like several
of the farmers across the Bosque
river would lose their grain entirely,
but where they were careful in shock-
ing same they are getting a fair grade
of wheat and oats. However, the
grain in some of the fields was in
such bad condition that it was decided
to be a losing proposition to thresh
same. Most of the threshing would
have been completed this week, but
since the wet weather has set in it
is thought some of the grain will now
be a total loss. And too, the rain
will prevent a number from sowing
their grain, we having heard of sev-
eral who intended to begin on this
work now, even if it is a late date.
You can get an Ingersoll watch now
from Wm, Connolly & Co. adv
On Saturday night, January 10th,
there will be a Box Supper in the
High School Auditorium. The school
has needed a Victrola very badly for
some time, and this is the object of
this supper. Boxes will be sold at
auction, also apples, candy and pea-
nuts will be sold. Each of the higher
grades have their prettiest girl in the
race for the cake.
Preceeding the supper a short pro-1
gram will be rendered as follows:
Tinker's Song From "Robin Hood,"
Glee Club; "Carry Me Back to Old
Virginia," Glee Club; "I hear You
Calling Me," Miss Viola Raines; "My
Little Sunflower," Ennis Colwick; "A
Summer Garden" and "The Dove,"
Glee Club.
The public is invited to attend and
help the students raise the money for
the purpose above stated. No admis-
sion fee will be charged.
W. B. Stewart Enters^
Tax Collector's Race
Have you seen those beautiful Silk
Shirts at Wm. Connolly & Co.'s ? adv
It appears that the most interesting
county campaign will be for the office
of tax collector, we having been au-
thorized to add a new name to the
list this week—W. B. Stewart, of
Morgan, one of the leading" cotton gin-
ners of the county for the past twelve
years, who offers himself as a candi-
date subject to the primary in July.
He asks for due consideration of his
claims for this office and promises
the public the best efforts of his life
if allowed to be their humble servant.
He says remember the golden rule
and act accordingly. Those who
know Mr. Stewart intimately are
pleased to give endorsement to his
candidacy, and gladly recommend his
moral and business qualifications to
the public. In his behalf the Tribune
asks that you consider his claims as a
candidate for this office.
For fire, tornado, accident and hail
insurance see me. Don't wait until it
is too late. Jno. A. Cochran. adv
Fire Destroyed Resi-
dence of W. W. Todd
Origin of Fire Is Unknown as Family
Was Not At Home—Loss Partial-
ly Covered By Insurance.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the residence of W. W. Todd on
North Main street las^ Friday night
about 9 o'clock. Mr. Todd and fam-
ily had attended the picture show and
were on thir way home when the fire
was discovered. The alarm was
promptly turned in, but the fire had
gained such headway before being dis-
covered it was impossible to save the
building; however, some of the house-
hold goods were saved. The loss is
estimated at $4,000, with $1,500 in-
surance. The many friends of this
estimable family regret this misfor-
tune befalling them.
The frame building north of the
Public Library, one of the old land-
marks and which was used for several
years as the postoffice building, pre-
sents a badly disfigured appearance at
this time by its having been almost
consumed by fire Tuesday morning
about 8:30 o'clock. It was occupied
by L. J. Elliott, dealer in feed and pro-
duce. We are informed that he was
in the act of boiling some water with
a gasoline stove preparatory to test-
ing some cream when the stove got
out of order causing the blaze to reach
almost to the ceiling. He threw a
sack over the flame, but it did not
have the desired effect and a fire alarm
was turned in with the result that two
lines of hose were laid and water was
soon being played on the flames. The
fire was extinguished but not until
the building had been damaged to
such an extent that, we understand,
it will not be rebuilt. There was $200
insurance on the building, which was
owned by Mrs. Pope Odle, while Mr.
Elliott suffered practically a total loss,
as he carried no insurance and only
part of his stock was saved. It was
clearly proven on this occasion the
great protection afforded by having
our present fire fighting apparatus.
The Attorney General has held that
in cities collecting poll tax from male
voters women miust pay a city poll
tax, as well as that to the county and
the State, in order to vote in primary
elecions held, even though primary
elections be for state, county and dis-
trict officers. The law requires male
voters to pay the city tax and the
Atorney General construes that part
of the woman suffrage act requiring
the same qualifications as male voters
to compel payment of the city tax by
women.
By a vote of 5 to 4, the Supreme
Court of the United States has de-
clared constitutional the law prohib-
iting the manufacture and sale of
beer, wine and other intoxicating and
vinous liquors containing more than
one-half of one per cent of
alcohol. "John Barleycorn" has land-
ed many knockout blows, but we are
glad to know he is now down, and
when the eighteenth amendment be-
comes effective January 20th, the full
count will be made and he will then
be numbered with the has-beens.
Test Well to Be Put
Down at Cranfills Gap
A few days ago a Mr. Jones, who is
an experienced oil well driller, pro-
posed that if the land owners around
the Gap would put up 1,000 acres for
drilling purposes he would dig an oil
well to a depth of 4,000 feet if oil in
paying quantities was not reached
sooner. The land was secured, and at
a meeting the land was turned over to
him, under certain conditions, and it
is up to him to perform his part of
the program. He proposes to have
the well down the required depth in
nine months—in fact he thinks it will
not take over six months. We'll see
what we'll see.—Cranfills Gap News.
Our serial, "White Man," has been
mixed up a little during the past few
issues. It's a good story and if you
will get the last three issues and be-
gin the story you will enjoy each in-
stallment.
When others fail, bring your car to
the Ford Service Station—Kelley can
fix it. adv
Report On Supply of
the Free Text Books
County Superintendent Powell Visited
Dallas and Investigates the
r Situation.
The scarcity of text books in the
county is due to one thing only, that
is the companies that manufacture
these books do not have the material
with which to make them. Requisi-
tions were made for the books about
s#ix months ago, while some of the
bonds for same were not signed as
early.
I have just returned from Dallas
where I investigated the possibility
of our getting books for Bosque coun-
ty at an early date. I found that in
some cases, comities have been fur-
nished books, while in other cases
some counties are just as we are,
that is some schools without a single
book.
I shall ask that the trustee who is
custodian of the books, to write to
the State Depository who has failed
to send the books, and tell them that
suit will be made unless the books
are sent within the next few days.
In writing to the Depositories, be
sure and write to the correct one, as
many letters have been written to
some of the depositories, who had
completed the requisitions sent them
by the State Department of Educa-
tion, hence hese letters did no good.
In this county, I think three of the
State Depositories have about com-
pleted their requisitions, while one,
The Southern School Book Depository,
which depository is to furnish more
than half the entire lot of books used
as adopted books, has not sent one-
half the books they should have.
So if you are a trustee or patron,
whose children are without books,
write to The Southern School Book
Depository, Dallas, and tell them your
district number, also your requisition
number, if you know it, and ask them
to send them immediately, or we shall
ask our Attorney General to enter
suit for failure to send books.
You as a citizen have paid your tax
for these books, the companies have
made bond to furnish them, but still
we have no books! Let's do some-
thing about the matter, and possibly
we shall at least know why we cannot
get an answer from the Depositories
when we write to them regarding
these matters.
I shall ask the trustees to mail me
a copy of the letter they write regard-
ing these books. If we do not get
them within a few days, I shall go to
Austin, and leave the matter in the
hands of the Attorney General.
Very courteously yours,
Harlan C. Powell.
Since the announcement that Penn-
sylvania oil has advanced to $5.00 per
barrel and other Eastern grades in
proportionate advances, the products
of the North Texas and Mid-Continent
pools have advanced to $3.00 per bar-
rel. Let it advance, the money has to
be kept in circulation from some
source.
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Oil Invest-
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Dunlap, Levi A. The Meridian Tribune (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1920, newspaper, January 9, 1920; Meridian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth415496/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Meridian Public Library.