The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1923 Page: 3 of 10
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THE WEEKLY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1223
their awn loads of fruit. I turned to
a little, dark, bright-eyed, bow-legged,
web-fcoted native, who seemed to read
my every thought, before I could ex-
press it, and asked him, by interpre-
ter, if he could climb a certain tree
dla. They have the Buddha religion
and are far more cheerful and happy.
They are also much cleaner looking.
However I have noticed both here and
in India proper, that when they gat
if the good Lord lets me live and keep
strong, some day, not far off I hope,
I will take one rood, big, happy hunt!
!in the Dark Continent.
We are now going up the west coast
hot, they exude a kind of musty smell {of India in the Arabian Sea, and will
and get me a nut. He spit out a mouth1 like that of a Mexican Havalina This i reach Bombay tonight. From there we
full of red, beetle juice and looked at)is not from a want of bathing, for nojhope to go north for about S00 miles
to Agua anil Delhi and in the direc-
tion of Atghanistan where the real
wild men of th** earth now live in their
mountain homes. But the plague is
very bad and many of the passengers;
have refused to go We have made ar-
rangements to try it We will know
definite'y in the morning how far
north we ran go. Many of our pas-
M. 0. PLUMLEE WANTS
NAMES OF ALL HALF
CENTURY RESIDENTS {
me with contempt. He took a dirty people as s class can bath any more
rag from off his head and asked how than the Ceylonese of all classes,
much. I held up a rupee. He was j haTe had a great desire to get a
real tiger hunt while in India, but can
satisfied, tied the ends of his head
rag together, thereby making a circle j ftn(j no time so as to keep up with the
or ring of It, about fifteen Inches In 8j,ip. A; Singapore one of our friends
diameter. He put his feet inside of
this ring, so that it came around his
ankles. He then caught the tree with
cn board, was visited by two of his
acquaintances who are engaged !n
some mining enterprises about two
his hands nad feet, not with his arms j iiuacrrd miles j orth. A tiger came
and legs, and with quick staccatojint3 ;>!e|r (amp )h„ nl(,ht befor? they
jumps was soon at the top. 1 hadlCa 10 down and killed one of their
purposely picked a tall tree, but it was j coolie? and also look off a bullock,
done so easily and with so little effort They told me 1 could get a hunt all
that I was surprised. No monkey righ;, but that It would take several
could have done It better. I saw him)days. Our ship railed In two days and
stand and pluck nut after nut and i gW„ Jt ,,p ,\t Calcutta, an English-
throw them down, holding by nothing jman sa)d (0uld guarantee mo two
but his feet and in uo way clasping I shols at tigers if I would go with him
the tree by his knees. But the rag
ring kept his ankles from spreading
and his toes practically met around
tho tree. In fact 1 examined his foot
when he came down and find these
people have a greater spread of the
toes and that the ball Joint of the foot
ia so supple that they can bend It
sengers are still sick from the Manila
poisoning and the vaccination In the
Ganges. H. W. KUTEMAN.
REV. R. J. TOOLEY RETURNS
FROM HOLDING SUCCESSFUL
MEETING IN WACO CHURCH
At the Parker County Fair last fall
we organized what Is known as the
Half Century Club, and as I was elect-;
ed your president, wish to make the)
following statement:
All men and women who have been j < •
residents of Parker county for as long j. >
as fifty years are eligible to member-
ship in this organization. Although
they may have been absent from the 111
county at times, and may have resided! <.
temporarily out of the county, but.!!
claimed this as their home, this would! J J
not bar you from membership
in three days' iMi»e at a cost if VAfl
I accepted his proposition, but after
talking to the hotel proprietor and a
lady on board who had talked with a
friend of hers, who had just returned)
from a successful hunt, I concluded
my man was a fraud. From all I could
barn. It takes from Calcutta at least
I want to urge and insist that every 11 >
man or woman that has been a resi- j,,
dent of Parker County for fifty years
Rev. R. J. Tooley has returned from Qr more tQ gend ,n thelr name9 at once
Ware, where he assisted the pastor ^ presIdent M D Plutnlee> Mill-
of the Elm street Methodist Church I Texag or t0 Mrg H L Moaeley
in conducting a two weeks meeting. secretary Weatherford> Teia8. This
will cost you nothing, and you will
ANNOUNCEMENT
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT MR. C. B.
SCREWS WILL TAKE CHARGE OF OUR AUTO
REPAIR SHOP MONDAY, MAY 21.
—Mr. Screws ia a master mechanic of fifteen years’ ex-
perience, and we want the automobile owners of this County
to know that we are strictly behind him in his work. Every-
thing done in our shope is done under GUARANTEE, re-
gardless of what kind of car you have.
A REAL MECHANIC IS CHEAPER IN THE LONG RUN!
—Try us with your next job. Mr. Screws is no stranger
to us, as we have known him for twenty years.
; Oscar Jones Garage j
PHONE 186—FORT WORTH ST.
down and back almost to the heeT^ae month with about two hundred
He states that the meeting was very
successful, with more than fifty con-
versions and a wide spread interest
in religious work.
FOR SALE—Porto Rico sweet potato
plants. Taylor Carroll, Route 6.
Which gives them a clasp with the
two feet that grips the tree like a
vice. I gave him another rupee, took
a chew of beetle juice with him to his
Infinite amusement as I spit the blood
red juice out of my mouth. This stuff
is used all over India as a kind of
substitute for chewing tobacco. The
nut Is cracked up and placed in its
own leaf and nearly all the natives
carry these chews in some hidden
pocket of their loin cloths.
As we were making this trip through
the mountains we saw a bunch of ele-
phants and were of the opinion they
were wild, but we learned afterwards
they were all tame and just as gentle
as milk cows, much to our disgust. But
they do tell us that far back in these
mountains there are wild men who
have never been civilized. I saw one
of the natives use a large heavy bow.
He sat down and used it with his feet.
At thirty yards he drove an arrow as
true as a bullet into a tree at least
three inches. He offered to shoot it
through a calf and furnish the calf
himself, if I would pay for it. But I
was satisfied.
1. like the Ceylonese people much
better than the regular Hindus of In
beaters, food, etc., to get a good hunt.
This was impossible, if I expected to
continue with our cruise. But I saw
some of these beautiful beasts in the
zoological gardens at Calcutta. They
did not look like our old jaded, half
starved circus tigers. Bright and
magnificently striped, they looked as
if they would reach from nose to tip)
MASONS START DRIVE FOR
BENEFIT HOME IN FT. WORTH
Nolan Queen, George Fritz and Ward
Bankhead were visitors to Sprtngtown
last Saturday in connection with the
drive by the Masonic Lodge to collect
a huge fund for the benefit of the Ma
000 and the method of collecting Is by
a contribution of f5 by each member.
Mr. Queen stated Wednesday that
some of the lodges have already rais-
ed their full quota.
) sonic Home in Fort Worth. The sum
of tall, fourteen feet, and they were which u Js propoged tQ raige lg J600.
full of pep and viciousness. I stood
and watched them for a long time and
my trigger finger worked nervously
as I thought of what glorious fun it
would be to hunt him in his native
jungle. One day in the upper part of
the Hay of Bengal our ship ran on a
submerged sand bar and we were
stuck for twelve hours until the tide
came in again. All day we lay close
to the swampy jungle about five miles
away, which must have been full of
these great beasts and the more fe-
rocious black tiger and the spotted
leopard. But there were no guides
and no guns nnd no permission to leave
the ship and therefore nothing doing.
I know on ou- voyage we will pass
alon^ other big game countries, such
as the north coast of Africa, but I must
give up ail hope on this trip. However
receive a membership card showing
that you are a member In good stand-
ing.
We now have enrolled about one
hundred names, but I feel confident , ....
.. , ,, . , . . . , , . lerings as an organization, and as an
that there Is at least four hundred In , . , .
organization we may be recognized
meet from time to time as comrades
in social gatherings, and that we may
make these meetings one of the most
important events of each year, that
we may entertain the citizenship of
the entire county at these social gath-
DISTRICT COURT WINDS UP
BUSINESS FOR THE TERM
District court will be adjourned for
the term on May 26. Judge McKin-
sov is winding up the affairs of the
court this week. District Clerk John
Mitchell stated that most of the cases
not already disposed of are either
pending or have been continued.
Mrs. Lige Akers of Lamesa, has re-
turned to her home after a month's
visit with relatives in Weatherford and
Fort Worth.
the county that can qualify, and it Is
my earnest desire that every man and
woman who is qualified, send in their
names at once, and in sending in your
name, all that is necessary- is to state
your name, post office address and
the year you took up your residence
in the county.
We want to complete the names of j
the executive committee, and would
like for all who are eligible to join,
to send in their names at once in or )
der that we may have all the names)
who wish to join on our rolls before
we complete the appointments, and
we have decided to appoint one com-
mitteeman from each voting precinet
of the county, including the four wards
in Weatherford.
it Is my earnest desire to make this
a permanent organization and feel that
great good will result from our ef
forts to bring together these old tim
ers that blazed the way for the splen
did civilization that we are now en
joying, and to have their names en
rolled in a well bound and kept book
that their names may be kept sacred
that we may prepare suitable resolu
tions of condolence to the memory of
the deceased members, that we may
be
as a fetor in all progressive move-
ments for the upbuilding of the moral
and social life of uor county, our great
State of Texas, and the grand old
County of Parker.
Kindly send in your names at once
as it will only cost you two cents to
write the letter.
M. D. PLUMLEE,
President, Half Century Club.
Antelopes’ Schedule
Tho Antelopes have three games
matched between now and the last
of the month as follows:
Western Bloomer Girls, Saturday,
May 26th.
F. & M. Bank of Fort Worth, Wed-
nesday, May 30th.
The Stock Yards team has the repu-
tation of being a good team and will
give the locals a run for their money.
The F. & M. Bank team is one of the
best In Fort Worth and gave Thurber
a hard tussle. Of course the Bloom-
er Girls are bound to play a good game
as usual.
BEST JOB PRINTING AT HERALD.
Mrs. John T. Hardie of El Paso is
visiting at the McGrattan home.
Good Used Fords
—We have the best bargains of the year in Ford cars.
Late models at low prices. Let us give you demonstrations.
See any of our salesmen.
—WE SELL ON TERMS!
Hopkins Motor Co.
Phone 166—Palo Pnito Street
JOHN BUCKLEY
W. E. MILLIKEN
FRANK BUCKLEY
CLARENCE HOPKINS
Sensational Summer Clearance Sale
BEGINS THURSDAY MORNING MAY 24th
This Sale Begins Fully a Month Earlier Than We Usually Hold Our Summer Sale
All Our Silk Dresses at Less than Cost
Flat Crepes,
Canton Crepes,
Crepe De Chine,
and Taffeta,
f Everything we handle in Novelties is in-
^ eluded in this sale, Hand Bags, Kid
Gloves, Beads, Collars, Handkerchiefs,
SILK HOSE
X —Everyone knows we handle only the
~ best makes of Silk Hose. They all go in
% This Sale.
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ONE LOT of FINE SILK HOSE AT $1.25
X —These Hose are from one of the best
X manufacturers and are worth a great
% deal more than asked. Most all sizes in
White and Black.
MILLINERY. Every Hat
-Trimmed or Untrimmed. Except the
Mid-Summer White Hats. Every piece
of Millinery Trimming has been marked
for Quick Clearance-Nothing Reserved
STAMPED GOODS
—Every piece of Stamped Embroidery
Goods will go in this sale. We may have
just the piece you want.
BLOUSES BLOUSES
The price is cut deep to close out even’
Blouse in our stock,
SKIRTS
Every Skirt goes into this sale at a Great
Sacrifice. If we can fit you, the price
will be low enough,
Beautiful Silk Underwear
-Every piece of Silk Underwear in our
stock included in this sale.
Teddies Brassieres
Bloomers Camisoles
Pettibockers Petticoats Step-Ins
EVERY SUMMER DRESS
Specially Priced %
in this sale, though they have not been 1
in stock but a few davs,
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Coat Suits at One Half Price
Every Coat Suit will be on Sale at exact- I
lv ONE-HALF PRICE. ♦
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VEILS and VEILINGS
This is a wonderful opportunity to buy
your Veils and Veilings at Greatly Re-
duced Prices.
| EVERY SALE WILL BE FINAL. NO REFUNDS—NO EXCHANGES - NO APPROVALS |
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