Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, December 4, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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V
Christmas Is Coming
We are now displaying our Holiday Goods.
We tind much pleasure in the display, because
we feel that we are offering the people beauti-
ful, sensible holiday goods at unheard of prices.
The goods we know will please, and the prices
will please and surprise. We invite an inspec-
tion.
It is imposible to make full description of
our holiday line here, but we feel sure we have
something that will please all.
We call special attention to our line of
We have the largest and the smallest, and every
quality. We are selling a 14-inch doll, beauti-
fully dressed, goes to sleep, says mama and
papa. No prettier doll was ever sold anywhere
for a dollar. As long as these dolls last we
will sell them at 50 CENTS.
We have an indestructible doll—indestructi-
ble head and body, never sold anywhere at less
than $1.25—they will go at 85 CENES.
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Old Santa Claus lives. He lives in war times,
lives when crops are short and prices low. And he
will live as long as time. No store, no person can
afford to ignore Santa Claus, no matter what may
be the condition.
Our stock of Novelty Books is both large
and beautiful.
In Fine China Ware our offering is superb,
including everything from the smallest to the
largest piece.
In work sets, toilet sets, shaving sets, cake
plates in holiday boxes, fruit bowls, individual
salts, we are showing a variety of great range
and elegance.
We feel that nothing is lacking—that you
can find just what you want for children, wife,
husband, father, mother, sister or sweetheart.
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We have not attempted to enumerate—this
would require a page of this paper, but^ come
and look.
The prices on all these goods are in keeping
with the times. A dollar will go about as far
as Two Dollars heretofore. We cordially invite
your inspection of goods and prices.
THE CORNER DRUG STORE
DM
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PUBLISHED EVERY
FRIDAY
Signal Pub. Co. - Publishers
J. H. Lowry - - -
Editor
The Supreme Court has passed
on Oklahoma’s jim crow law,
holding it valid. The jim crow
law is the law requiring whites
and blacks to ride in separate
coaches.
Be original, dear reader; be
original. Just think how much
it would have been worth to a
Democrat a year ago to have
been an original Wilson man.
And think how easy the Demo-
crat who was a rip-roaring orig-
inal Ferguson man feels in these
times of depression.
Jobs are rather scarce these
days but occasionally a man is
found who is brave enough to
take the risk of flying to ills he
knows not of rather than bear
those he has. Such a one is the
electrician in the Arkansas pen-
itentiary. Arkansas recently sub-
stituted electrocution for hang-
ing in disposing of her criminals.
There are now ten men awaiting
death in the electric chair, but
rather than engage in such whole-
sale murder the electrician has
quit his job. Who can blame him?
Newspaper reports say Presi-
dent Poncaire, Emperor William
and King George have “gone to
the front.” But going to the
front with presidents, emperors
and kings does not mean what it
means to the ordinary soldiers.
The sceptred monarchs, when
they go to the front, do not stand
on the firing line and make them-
selves targets for the enemy’s
bullets, neither do they wade
mud in the trenches. They mere-
ly establish bomb-proof head-
quarters fifteen miles in the rear
and consult with the officers.
Emperors and kings are never
killed in battle, and rarely ever
get their boots muddy or the gold
braid on their uniforms soiled.
When a fellow makes a good
resolution everybody ought to as-
sist him to stick to it. Many
years ago the Signal resolved
that it would never dun its sub-
scribers through the columns of
the paper. This resolution has
been kept faithfully up to the
present writing, but we are hav-
ing a hard struggle now to keep
from breaking over. If you know
any way to help us stay with our
good resolution please act at once.
The United States is once more
in partnership with the revenue
stamp. The war in Europe
caused tariff duties to fall off and
Uncle Sam found himself short
more than a million dollars on
expense money. To meet this
deficiency an additional revenue
tax was laid upon whisky, beer
and tobacco, and a tax was also
levied upon picture shows, the-
aters, patent medicines, gasoline
and many other articles. The
measure also calls for affixing
revenue stamps to bonds and
other legal documents. The rev-
enue stamp is a nuisance and will
find no friends, but our govern-
ment is short of money and we
must show our patriotism for a
time by licking stamps.
When the new congress meets
the first work will be the selec-
tion of a speaker. No name will
be seriously considered by the
Democrats except that of Champ
Clark. Mr. Clark was at one
time the victim of a political
hatred, or jealousy, whose darts
gave him pain and stood in the
way of a laudable ambition, but
today no man lifts his voice
against Champ Clark, and all ad-
mit that he is one of the best-
advised and truest Democrats in
public service. While the party
sustained some reverses in the
late elections, Mr. Clark, who
lives in a very close district, was
given the largest majority he
ever received. Clark had a griev-
ance that would have soured
many men, but it made him only
more active in behalf of the
ticket of his party and more use-
ful as a public servant.
Another row is on in school
circles in Dallas. This time the
war is against the school board
because that body declined to al-
low charitable organizations to
go into the buildings and solicit
aid from the children. Dallas
has had more school troubles than
all the other cities in the state,
and elections for the recall of
school boards are frequent. And
Dallas people have just about
wrecked their schools. The great
trouble appears to be that every
Dallas man and woman is deter-
mined to run the school hjs or
her way, regardless of the views
of members of the school board
who study and know the condi-
tions. Where such a spirit ob-
tains there is never harmony in
the schools and the best results
are impossible.
Talk about records—the
Atchison, Kansas, newspa-
pers tell of a woman in that
town who has done the wash-
ing for one family for fifty
years without missing a reg-
ular wash day. She is more
deserving of honor and a pen-
sion than any soldier who
ever lived.—Carthage Reg-
ister.
There are many women who
have done the washing—or most
of it—for a family for fifty years.
Many energetic wives and moth-
ers have for a period so long pre-
sided over the board where the
dirty linens were cleansed. The
above item perhaps refers to a
woman who has washed for a
family fifty years for hire, and
the paper is correct in saying she
is more deserving of honor than
any soldier who ever lived. But
does she receive that honor?—no.
A great soldier, or the wife of a
great soldier, could have the best
room in the house and a big din-
ner any day for the asking, while
the wash woman would get a
handout and a hint that there
wasn’t room for her to stay over
night. We lack just that much
of being real democrats. Caste
is still worshipped in the land
that Thomas Jefferson did his
best to drive it from.
A recent decision of the United
States Supreme Court will un-
doubtedly make it much more
difficult for a certain class of
criminals — negroes especially—
to find bondsmen. The court
held that a person who holds an-
other under a ‘ ‘criminal con ■
tract” is guilty of peonage, a
high crime in the sight of the
law. Two Alabama farmers had
paid the fine of a negro and
forced the negro to remain in
their employ until he paid back
the money they had advanced to
pay his fine. This, the court
held is peonage, and the Ala-
bama farmers must serve terms
in prison. The decision will sro
far toward placing criminals in
jail or on the public highways,
since no man will care to advance
money for fines when he dare
not attempt to hold a criminal to
a contract to repay by work.
A Fannin county family
near Honey Grove has four
members, all of whom have
the same birthday, October
14th. A fifth claims Octo-
ber 15th as her birthday.
.This suggests an idea. Why
can’t each and every mem-
ber of a family have the same
birthday, then they would
not have to have but one
birthday party, or one birth-
day dinner, and could thus
reduce the ‘ ‘high cost of liv-
ing.”—Waxahachie Light.—
The suggestion has some
merit. It would effect a saving
to ha^e all members of the fam-
ily celebrate the same day as
their anniversary, as one cake
and turkey would be ample; but
in addition to working out the
details of this money-saving plan,
we see some objections. The boy
or girl who celebrates an anni-
versary refuses to do any work
on that happy day. If all cele-
brated the same day who would
pick the turkey or wash the
dishes or carry in the wood?
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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/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Honey Grove Preservation League.