Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, December 4, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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HONEY GROVE SIGNAL.
VOLUME 24.
Honey Grove, T^xas, Friday, December 4, [914.
No. 44
BIG CROPS IN
WESTERN TEXAS
Prosperity Smiles Over
Land, Says Cor-
respondent.
Hon. J. C. Mason, of Lamar
county, who is visiting in Taylor
county, tells of crops and condi-
tions in that section, in a letter
to the Paris News, as follows:
“From the 90th meridian west
we have the largest crop ever
known in this country; from one-
half to one and a half bales to
the acre is what cotton is pro-
ducing. The gins run night and
day; and the farmers are crowd-
ed to the limit with their work
trying to save the crops. Thous-
ands of cotton pickers have come
into this country, and yet it will
he impossible to save the crops.
Undoubtedly they will have to
plow under thousands of bales
of cotton tliat they can’t get
picked. The farmers are rushed
so, they work until midnight get-
ting their cotton ginned, and
then often have to go home,
which is from one to ten miles
away, and are back early the
next morning. They come in on
Sundays and carry the wagons
home that have accumulated at
the gins to have them to put cot-
ton in on Monday, and I witness
every day something I never saw
before. The merchants buy most
of the cotton out here, and they
begin buying it by the bale off
the wagons at 4 o’clock in the
morning and continue to buy un-
til 10 o’clock at night—buy it by
electric lights, lamp light or
thoon and star light. Now this
may seem strange but neverthe-
less true. I venture there is from
25 to 50 bales sold on the streets
of Merkel every night after dark.
“The feed crop is great. I be-
lieve th^,t one-half of it will go
to waste, and yet they will save
enough to run them two years,
and this is no fish story. Old
settlers in this country say that
this country is just now coming
into its own, and every indica-
tion points to another bumper
crop for 1915, but the cotton acre-
ge will be reduced considerably,
he land owners are renting,
with that in the contract.
“Merkel has about 2,000 inhab-
itants and estimates it will re-
ceive 25,000 bales of cotton this
season. The receipts are from
150 to 400 bales a day. Receipts
to date are approximately 12,-
000 bales.”
Mrs. Sims Has Resigned.
Mrs. Lily B. Sims has tendered
her resignation as teacher in the
public schools of Honey Grove
and has accepted a similar posi-
tion in the city schools of Hous-
ton. Mrs. Sims, who was then
Miss Lily Biggs, began her work
as teacher in Honey Grove when
the school building was first oc-
cupied, which was virtually the
beginning of the public school.
She has not taught here contin-
uously, but was out of the work
only a few years. She is a splen-
did instructor and the city of
Houston is fortunate in securing
her services. Mrs. Sims will
close her work with our school
today. Her successor has not
been chosen.
For Five Dollars.
100 pounds extra high patent
flour.
8 pounds choice roasted coffee.
15 pounds standard granulated
sugar.
All for $5 at
Wilkins, Vybod & Patteson’s.
Presbyterian Church.
Sunday school, 9:45.
Sermon to children, 10:40 a. m.
Subject, “No Room for Jesus.”
Sermon, 11 a. m. — “Spiritual
Illiteracy.”—Heb. 5:12.
Christian Endeavor. 6 p. m.
Sermon, 7 p. m.
You are cordially invited to
worship with us.
E. L. Moore, Pastor.
•-•—-
Philippi Reappointed.
Manuel Philippi, who has been
superintendent of the county
poor farm for several years, was
reappointed by the commissioners
court Tuesday. Mr. Philippi has
given splendid satisfaction and
was unanimously chosen for an-
other term.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
Your druggist will refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days.
The first application gives E^se and Rest. -50c.
Time is Money
Save Both By Using
(Texas Traction Company)
between
Denison McKinney
Sherman Dallas
and intermediate points
Direct Interurbun connections at Dallas for Waxahachie, Hillsboro, Waco, Ennis
Corsicana, Ft. Worth, Cleburne and intermediate points
For further information, ask our Ticket Agent or write
N. C. CALVERT, JAS. P. GRIFFIN,
Div. Pass, Agt„ Denison Gen’l Pass. Agt., Dallas
forecast
DECEMBER.
Yes, Luella,
It has happened—
Notwithstanding
Counter views,
All the troops
Of occupation
Have deserted
Vera Cruz.
People said
We wouldn’t do it
When it came
To making tracks,
But we’re very
Busy, dearie,
Showing Mexico
Our backs.
What was thought
Of our intentions
Was not flattering
At best.
When had any
Land relinquished
Anything it
Had possessed?
People winked
About it, dearie,
Just as we do
When the Japs
Say they will
Return to China
What the Germans
Took—perhaps.
In the course
Of fooling people
We have also
Fooled our own;
Lots of us,
My dear Luella,
Were but waiting
To be shown.
Wilson politics,
My dearie,
Are in some
Respects so new
That it isn’t
Always easy
To believe
That they are true.
December was the tenth month
in the old Roman calendar, and
gets its name from the Latin de-
cern (ten). When Augusta Cae-
sar became emperor the empire
was still suffering from the mili-
tarism of his uncle Julius. There
was absolutely no proyision for
the refinement and encourage-
ment of family life. Every man
was a soldier, and every woman
a Red Cross worker. The home
was a military training school in
which all the members of the
family sought to discover how
they could serve. Augustus
adopted the usual expedient of
medieval rulers by revising the
calendar. The holidays were at
that time falling in our present
month of October, when all good
Romans were at the front. By
delaying them two months, when
it was too cold to fight, Augustus
found that he could catch almost
everybody at home. He, accord-
ingly, inserted the months of
July and August in the calendar
and made December the twelfth
month. The effect was all that
he could have desired. Christ-
mas became a great holiday,
families were reunited, every-
body was running about doing
something for the poor, and the
first thing Augustus knew Rome
had become sentimental. He was
ridiculed by the war party, but
the women and many of the men
supported him, and he was tri-
umphantly sustained. The only
painful incident connected with
the affair was the emperor’s
break with Mark Antony. Mark
refused to hang his stocking up.
He said it was an effeminate
thing to do, and unworthy of a
Roman soldier. His celebrated
oration protesting against the
imperial order that everybody
should hang up his or her stock-
ing is one of the most eloquent
things in literature. Mark fled
to Egypt, where they didn’t wear
any stockings. However, Augus-
tus by this time had his dander
up, and ordered the Egyptians
into stockings. Cleopatra, whose
beauty had been much remarked,
regarded the order as an attempt
to suppress art, and joined with
Mark in revolt. They were de-
feated by Augustus at the battle
of Actium, where both were
slain. It may be said to the
credit of Antony that he fell in
his stocking feet. He was a great
man, but he outlived his time and
became a reactionary.
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The, festive calf shall sniff the air,
And blithely beat it to the shed,
And plumbers dashing everywhere
Shall fill the populace with dread.
The quarterback shall shed his mane
And reinstate his Sunday voice,
The business experts shall explain
Why everybody should rejoice.
The farmer in his limousine
Shall softly flash upon the view,
A nd sigh to think what might have been
If cotton had been boosted, too.
The ways of war are very hard.
A shot is fired across the seas,
and lo! the times are evil-starred
in parts as far away as these. ^Be-
cause a king desires to add an-
other province to his flag, the
price of kerosene is bad or arti-
chokes begin to drag.,The soldier
firing from a church may miss
the enemy a mile, and still knock
someone from his perch as dimly
distant as the Nile. The mortar
shooting 80 blocks may only
break a turkey’s leg, and yet the
target practice knocks the stuff-
ing out of Winnipeg. A Zeppelin
may drop a bomb where no one
has a thing to fear, and still pre-
cipitate a calm in breakfast bacon
over here.
Or peace or war, we all must
pay when kings and kaisers go
to fight. We cannot simply steal
away, as one could fancy that
we might. We have to see it, as
it were, and take our share of
what’s afly* or how sincerely we
demur or how protestmgly we
cry. Let half the world begin to
Krupp, and all the world must
Krupp as well; we all must shoot
each other up in some grim fash-
ion for a spell. We may not hear
the cannon roar, nor mark the
aeroplane in flight; we may not
tremble for the door, nor quake
with terror in the night; we may
not see the fatal sign of sky
made luminous with flame, but
we are on the firing line as true
bystanders, all the same.
At any rate, the holidays
Shall come for little girls and boys,
And Santa Claus, in some amaze,
Shall drive to Nuremburg for toys.
He’ll find conditions very strange,
With soldiers peering from the gate,
And passing over out of range,
He’ll take the hint ancf pull his freight.
Poor Santa Claus! He cannot know
How some good things are running
down.
Nor would he be discreet to go
Too near that celebrated town.
Despite his old and merry face,
His whiskers floating in the sky
May lead the gunners in the place
To take him for a Russian spy.
The moon will be full on De-
cember 2, and Congress will con-
vene on the 7th. The spectacle
of Uncle Joe Cannon returning
to Congress will draw a crowd.
The band will play “The Cat
Came Back,” and there will also
be dirges for some of the Demo-
crats who didn’t come back. The
winter solstice will come on the
21st. If nothing definite comes
of the war in Europe before that,
this will settle it one way or the
other.
Then January comes with dank
And intermittent chills,
And Uncle Sam’s new kind of bank
Shall help us pay our bills.
How To Cive Quinine To Children.
FEBRIUNE is the trade-mark name given to an
improved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas-
ant to take and does not disturb the stomach.
Children take it and never know it is Quinine.
Also especially adapted to adults who cannot
take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor
cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try
it the next time you need Quinine for any pur-
pose Ask for 2-ounce original package. The
name FEBRH.INE is blown in bottle. 25 cents.
NO ALUM in
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Petty Happenings.
Little Catherine Hoge, who has
been suffering with a rising in
her head for over a week, is im-
proving.
Mrs. Blaine Guthrie, of Honey
Grove, was here Sunday visiting
relatives.
S. C. Dellinger is attending the
meeting of the Masonic lodsre at
Waco this week.
Miss Viola Rutherford has re-
turned to her home at Tulia aft-
er visiting here and at Honey
Grove for the last three weeks.
Mrs. Curtis Collier, who had a
relapse and who has been serious-
ly ill for two weeks, is thought
to be slowly improving.
Mr. Boudine and six children
are reported very sick. They are
living on Lester Rutherford’s
place.
We welcome Dr. and Mrs. J. B.
Pirtle from Garrett’s Bluff. The
Doctor made the remark on our
streets that he came here largely
for the purpose of sending his
children to our school.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Wood are
entertaining a pretty baby girl
since Friday—their first born.
Jack Hollis left Thanksgiving
for Tennessee.
Our school was discontinued
Wednesday afternoon until Mon-
day in honor of Thanksgiving.
Our teachers all visited home
folks at the following places:
Miss Mary Parks, Dallas; Miss
Maidee Black, Ben Franklin; Miss
Belle Lair, Bonham; Miss Vir-
ginia Whitten, Paris.
W. L. Skinner, who recently
moved to Fannin county, was
here a guest of his brother, W.
Skinner, the first of the week.
We were sorry to hear of Dex-
ter Bowen’s death. He was born
and reared a mile north of town,
being a son of Buck Bowen.
They moved from here to the
West about five years ago.
Henry Rutherford was in Paris
Tuesday.
Mrs. M. Lee, of Detroit, is
here visiting her daughter, Mrs.
O. C. Wood, and new grand-
daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Davies and
mother, Mrs. R. P. Davies, Mrs.
Frank Rutherford and sons, Jack
Rutherford and Robert Sneed,
were Paris visitors Monday.
Our friend and former editor
of the Enterprise, Mr. J. C.
Woodward, of Paris, was here
Tuesday shaking hands with his
many warm friends who are al-
ways glad to see him.
Claude Roden, son of Charlie
Roden of Brookston, who had
been book-keeper here at the,
Planters gin, was appointed ru-
ral mail carrier out of Brooks-
ton last Friday.
It is reported that a prominent
physician of a neighbor town is
coming here to locate. We wel-
come him to our town.
Miss Mattie Ribble, of Marion,
near Paris, has come here to
stay with her sister, Mrs. Jack
Adams, and attend our splendid
school. Reporter.
DON’T BE MISLED.
Honey Grove Citizens Should Read
and Heed This Advice.
Kidney trouble is dangerous
and often fatal.
Don’t experiment with some-
thing new and untried.
Use a tested kidney remedy.
Begin with Doan’s Kidney Pills.
Used in kidney troubles fifty
years.
Recommended here and every-
where.
A Honey Grove citizen’s state-
ment forms convincing proof.
It’s local testimony—it can be
investigated.
H. R. Miller, farmer, Honey
Grove, Texas, says: “I had been
troubled for many years by lame-
ness in my back which often laid
me up for days. My kidneys and
bladder were affected and I was
forced to get up many times dur-
ing the night, owing to frequent
passages of the kidney secre-
tioris. At times the flow was
scanty and painful. I had been
told about Doan’s Kidney Pills
and began using them. After a
few doses I began to get relief
and gradually my health im-
proved.”
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
—get Doan’s Kidney Pills —
the same that Mr. Miller had.
Foster - Milburn Company,
Props., Buffalo. N. Y.
There is more catarrh iq this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,and
until the last few years was supposed to be in-
curable. For a great many yeaas doctors pro-
nounced it a local disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proved catarrh to he a constitutions
al disease and therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Hall’s (’atari'll Cure,manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market. It is
taken internally io doses from 10 drops to a tea-
snoonful. It acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
'inndred dollars for any case it tails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address F, J. CHENEY & CO., To.edo, Ohio,
Sold by druggists, 75c;
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove’s
The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless
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General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
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ont Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
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you forget.
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Lowry, J. H. Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, December 4, 1914, newspaper, December 4, 1914; Honey Grove, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth621355/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Honey Grove Preservation League.