Honey Grove Signal (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1924 Page: 4 of 10
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Honey Grove Signal
spring.
THE MATRON’S SOLILOQUY.
J. H. LOWRY
IcctdSg to t“eyndarwe ‘SSl suffer
TPrUTTlP i—according lu me - j Whether it is neuter w s
m/iiu ^are n0^- say what it will be ac- The pulls of the comb—
cording to the elements, as this ;To spend countless hours
® -• j *n J TtrirL L-t.ii oh
Press dispatches report that
recently 88 students of North-
Published Every Friday
ThTr^tTis $1.50 a year to alL No
commission allowed agents.
Most of us men make fools gee an^[ Welcome spring, for | Devoutly to be wished,
out of ourselves because we just ^ng means new
naturally like an easy job.
The only long-distance weather of night. It is the call of
forecast we can make at present great Leader to the birds to, 9
is that it will be damp enough for jtune their throats to new and Be stopped with the scissois.
the politicians to hegm a very ;gladgome notes and thrill and
heavy mud-slinging campaign ,b WOrld with the ca-
writtpn a dav or two m ad-i With brush. _ , .
IS written a day vit 'And with many a forked pm
vance, and no old Texan will yen , Anchor the tresses,
ture a guess at what the weatner Qr ^-a^e arms against this
will be or do tomorrow. But ac- j sea of troubles
cording to the division of the By going to the barber
seasons, Spring makes her ad- And tetog him to bob.
vent today. We are always glad,,rj^s a conSummation
li-Po Th i« TTnr who would bear
wind bag of the bad. From his
work of forty years George Bai-
ley has accumulated a refractory
1C^C1 w _________ ,case of rheumatism; we don’t
western University at Chicago know whether he has anything
signed a solemn pledge not to1 else to show-for his long years r._
fight for their country under ,0f toil. We sincerely hope that false courage.
any circumstances. The dis-jhe has a fine appetite, and that
patches also report that soon he will always revel in the glories
after this declaration by the stu- j 0f buttermilk, potlicker, corned
dents a secretary of the Y. M. | beef and cabbage. For the pres-
C. A. spoke on the campus of the ent George will nurse his rheu-
to man’s success and happiness
Unfortunately the hair-trigger
men who fling self control to the
winds and follow their passions
to destruction are often held up
as heroes and praised for their
University and praised the 38
who had vowed never to fight for
their country. Some one in the
audience asked the speaker what
the United
y, ---------------- i xne na.ir away
It is the call of j Each night and morn
' ‘ ' * ’ ' ' When all these ills might
about June 1.
soothe the
dence of song.
It is the break-
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well formed always passes muS"!ness of bud and bloom and the
ter, though quite frequently slie, sweetneSs of fragrance. Spring
needs informing and sometimes |means neW-washed skies with a
needs reforming._ | deeper amethystean glow in the
at i TT_ faifb in thp1 great central blue. It means
were* Si
But my husband—
What will he say?
What foolish thing will he do !
Ay, there’s the rub.
Whether ’tis better to bear
The ills of the comb,
The net and the brush
Or fly to others we know not of.
Ay, fear of husband’s wrath
Doth make cowards of us all;
But only for a moment.
I will away to the barber
A.nd Fisk
Brown steaks and tender biscuits
To appease hubby’s wrath.
—Mrs. Hamlet.
matism at Marlin and write a
book on the life and work of the
old commoner, James S. Hogg.
Senator Heflin of Alabama
says he has received letters from
Republicans threatening to take
his life if he don’t “shut up.
Don’t believe it, Senator. _The
Signal has accused the wicked
Republicans of being most every-
thing except bad politicians,
they are not that. The wicked
would happen to the United 0ur capital city, Washmgton, ; p^jbllcans know that when
States if all her citizens_ should is in a Very bad way, morally, if iDe^10Crats 0f the Heflin brand
take such a pledge, and his reply jthe words of Congressmen and deal th in votes.
was “possibly what happened to others are to be believed. We ^ genator Heflin received the
naturally expect much of Wash- threatening letters he claims to
ington. It is there the President | have received he may rest as-
and his official family live; therejed that they were written by
the Congressmen and Senators - ’ ‘ 11
meet in the granite capitol and
make our laws; there the robed
judges of the highest court in
the land sit in judgment. But
we are told there are more mur-
guessing this year.
Spring comes to teach us many V¥ c
lessons, but perhaps her greatest whether
Jesus Christ.”
If higher education is to pro- ------------
duce many “pacifists" of the IarL(^ his official family live; there
type here mentioned, the United
States would fare better without
higher education. And if free
speech” means that men may go
among the young men of the
country and teach them not to we are LOia LUCic '“>**
fight for their country under any ^ers in Washington than in Lon-
circumstances, it is high time Uon, with twelve times its popu-
that the doctrine of free speech iation; more arrests for drunken-
were scrap-heaped. ness in dry Washington than in
Paris, the very wet capital of
France. Evidently the capital
city needs a big clean-up cam-
paign.
Democrats who know that the
opening of Heflin’s mouth means
fewer votes for the grand old
party of Jefferson and Jackson.
___ _______ A woman has announced as a
We shall ^attempt to say .candidate for Judge in Dallas
TWsawayfeft'torun your kss^^ tK^s^^^aughe^ ifS
mere s a way icit w (*—~ ^ ---------i ^Auaugnerry is gumy ux In its final analysis
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There is another “third par- ; now she comes to reveal unto usinanias and Sapphira three city
ty,” we are told, and Senator,the perpetuity, the eternity of blocks in the matter of lying.
Lafollette, the Wisconsin trouble spring. While spring slumbered' "l/Tp,7; D—
maker, will be its candidate for (under harsher seasons, there was I jn an — * J 4
President. Like all its predeces- an inner sunshine, invisible to;or three
Mrs. I. Z. T. Morris died at
her home in Fort Worth a few
days ago. It was never the
pleasure of this writer to meet
Mrs. Morris, but we have known
her, through her work, for thirty
years, and to her' memory we
pay the highest tribute our
words will express when we say
she was a noble, unselfish
woman who gave her life in
caring for the unfortunate.
Bold aviators of the air began
a flight around the world Mon- carmg. XUi v~.
day. The restless bird men will iM;ore than thirty years ago Mrs.
not try to make a speedy j our-; ]\xorris and her husband estab-
, wxii. inu j..... —-x--—- —v nsneu cm uijjucxxi o home. At
trip to establish a practical air ,^rst there was no building save
route around the world and to their own home, where fre-
obtain scientific data on the ef~! ouen*-iv io or 12 children were
Congress passed the soldier j 0htain scientific data on the ef~j”u“ntiy io or 12 children were
bonus bill Tuesday, the majority!fect 0f the various climates on;cared for> receiving the treat-
nf two in its favor being large. The bill |modern aircraft. Starting in|ment given the seven children
wPPkffn hi^ home a:differs widely from ' bla California, the aviators will fly !of Mr> and Mrs. Morris. V/hen a
a third of the votes. |and her fragrance and preserved|suffers much from what MrpXpIlprovision of S^a.
iS*e cadence of her w ^ ^ Jfiyron called^bmm-born dre*ns$»e bffl is ftweAy-year paid-upSerbia, Austria, Germany, “u“ ^ “time another
i 4 -*-» n t -t -v* o v> n Ck TTr»llP\7' PnVPTlTlff IrlG TT'.in ncl Q Yi rl Tppli^Tirl 0-1^0611“ . WRS 0U0Ct/0(i Wll0I*0 lUOrB
^nd than 3000 helpless children found
a home. Many who were shel-
rinioVthat there is no danger j substance ^withered by a'life of ^ 31LTthlre‘wa7enSughU^ “ fr“to tered by
if
wear
out.
cash.
■----_ . 'carved on the tomb; weakness
Our aviators seem determined |and -n jlQjd sway where once
to discover the north pole, gov-,str th and vigor sat
ernment or no government. Go,,.
en-
Dr. M. M. Morrison, of Deni-
son, has announced his candidacy
Senate, where it will probably re-
ceive favorable consideration.
tered by Mr. and Mrs. Morris
are now useful citizens of the
state. While Heaven is a place
where all the redeemed find hap-
piness supreme, we can’t help
“change and decay in j for Congress in this district.
The dispatches tell us that
Phil Fox reached the Georgia; feepng that noble spirits like
penitentiary last Friday to serve that of Mrs. Morris will have
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---. penitentiary last rrmay lo sex ve | that of Mrg> Morris wlu have
A Kansas paper recently print- a hfg term, and announced i^s | gtarrier crowns and hear sweet-
la very severe editorial against p^ention to make good. For|er songs an(j see more of the
after it, boys. We used to say|^^’d £ ^en ” yet night bybr Morrison has been a prac- ed a very severe editorial against)intention to make good. tor\er songs and see more of the
sssiaf asjsrs&svas
med and cheered by eter-.har be it trom tne signal to qis>-; hjmse]f
nal sunshine. Eternal spring'courage any person who has \fsg,Lre of thetos
beneath the sad autumns jtened to the buzzing of the polit- e ofhug to‘ An(J
President Obregon has dis-flowers beneaththesad bftwitriamRXrn the rest of us to pay. And the
missed 75 generals from the and[winters,itawthe^f^e*deal bee, but Kansas paper is correct. Occa-
Mexican army. This means au- gladdening the_ heart jnrab- on ^the^k our^opinio^ s sionally a teuow hrips vc'
with a great big heart, and a fine
newspaper man. Phil lost con-
trol of himself and in a fit of I
though saved by the
grace of God go to the other
shore with hands that were nev-
er calloused, eyes that were
passion shot a Georgia lawyer to j never wearied and hearts that
Mexican means ^’SonSy aTellow heTpsvote a big Se'to’te controfof hTmself
other Mexican insurrection soonfountains of so g m th PP® Washington from’bond issue, then goes straight- as Phil did, and destroy himself
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MJLUL & Uwlgia icv vvjv^x , ■
Most any good man As inever bled for the helpless and
the unforutnate.
Sf—1? search ^ of
bread and whisky will never give
the dove of peace a chance to
light in Old Mexico.
Mr. S. S. Frazer, of Hunt
Even as the inner sunshine, in-
visible to man, preserves the
beauty and the fragrance of the
this district will have to
high-power motors in his shoes
Self control, Which
temperance, should be
The afternoon T. & P. train
from the west came in Wednes-
^motorsmJiis d^ c^r« snow. T>ain-
vxoxk,xC id: If vou would like to visit the 'earth as long as possible and help and at school, should be urged men said snow fell nearly all the
beauty and the fragrance of the Washington and are f a'make the tax burden lighter. from the pulpit and by the press, time during the pun from Fort
rose that slumbers « w-cit^ ""^s, it will be ----------- lurftil all see how necessary it iSiWorth to Honey Grove.
ter’s sod, even so
winter falls, and tints each to-
morrow with prophetic ray.
The effort to reduce the mem-
bership of the Oklahoma Legis-
lature failed. Such efforts
There will be no reduction
county, is the first candidate to springtime of the s°u>- rthf !tfcfet andhhotef expenses f To income taxes this year, and
withdraw from the race for Gov-1friendly relationship with God,; connection the free!thereby hangs a tale of politics,
ernor. When we looked at the soothes and sustains man when^ake connection^witn t^e nti,v|ReT)ubUcans and Dem0crats were
photo of Mr. Frazer our verdict
was that he was not a lineal de-
scendant of Solomon, but our
opinion of the man has under-
gone a change. He got his pic-
ture printed in the papers twice,
and it never cost him a cent.
maxe connection witn tne iree wwwj -----*------^
ticket and free grub it will only (Republicans and Democrats were
be necessary for you to whisper favorable to the reduction, but:
it around that somebody told you each party wanted credit for the
that some government official (reduction, if luucle- Republica s
was seen talking with a fellow (Would not let the Democrats have
who was believed to be the agent i credit for the reduction, an
of an oil company or some other!Democrats would not let the le-
always fail. In Texas 90 per oi an uu bump^u: Wnlc -x- ---.& ure snonsored by
...........""-=*== cent of the people would like to big interest. The government. Republicans go through.
A Georgia judge arrived home ;see a smaller legislative body, Ml And so there will be no reduction
the other day after a mysterious .but when our representatives as a witness ano pay ail on s. ^ income tax rates this year,
judged story® wasmt°ha?She Sd'fffort The only thing that would ever thanks to politics.
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been shipwrecked on an island!fear comes over the legislators that^manna is The state of New Jersey has
five months. When he got home and they say it would ruin the f m iT1 tuat country iust as it discovered that it has some real
he found his wife a candidate state to reduce the membership'^ ^ the Israelites were fed!“blue” laws on its statutes.
tempt us to move to Turkey is
the announcement that manna is
absence, and the good woman' don’t know why this is so, but „„„ xi___o+!and have 1
proved her qualifications for the it is.
office of judge by telling hubby — . ,
the story of his shipwreck was The Atchison (Kansas) Globe
entirely too thin for belief.
tells this one: An Atchison man .
went to St. Joe and took a drink, desired.
patches say the manna sells at:and have been on the statutes
45 cents a pound, from which we ever since having been over-
infer that it may be rather (looked by the law-makers as
scarce Further particulars are They toned down puritanical
_______ iv_mi __ Mwcaiiu _____ Ifv enough of it falls legislation to modern ideas of
March the mouTh people o/com whis^..Ve began to see1 ^^Leds10the Pas^lanjhave^e/made'tr^ these
lave over. With its slush its reptiles and animals in assorted |family s needs, the ^flayon ‘‘blue’’ laws, which make it un-
winds, its snows and its penchant (colors so he rented a room and rapid^ increase the ^ t Lwful to play any kind of a mu-
for going on a tare at the tune (opened a museum. Many people “pr“su “ Sg Ihf TSst'sical instrument or use any kind
when people are trying to do,paid 25 cents admission and literature telling me q_u_ _ o mnW ™»hir.ip nn Sunday.
something worth while, it is the when they saw only an empty
most unpopular month of the room, they called a policeman,
year and if a popular vote were , The policeman was going to ar-
taken would be voted out of the'rest him, but the Atchison man
calendar by a big majority.(got him off in a corner and gave
But it’s in March that things are him a drink. The policeman then
set in motion that make this old gave the man $300 for a half in-
world a great hall of hallelujahs. Iterest in the show.
It is in March that the motherly ======== .
instinct comes over old Biddy Don’t waste any more tears on
and she begins her work of in- the American Indian. We ve
cubating material for fried (called him “Poor Lo” until many
and most inexpensive way to of!a motor.vehicle on Sunday.
reach his realms.
Curtis D. Wilbur, former chief
justice of the California Supreme
Court, has been appointed Secre-
tary of the Navy to succeed Ed-
win Denby, who resigned under
fire on charges growing out of
the Teapot Dome scandal. Den-
by declares himself innocent of
££ ?t!s iof'us* actually'believe he'isbuS H®
"ch^tlTStSsome n the slough of poverty and
the way preparad for feasts of j prosperity. But here are the j que f ^home belie ved^im’, editor and paragrapher of the
green stuff when the warm days i facts: The average wealth o him an ovation when .Houston Post. For more than
turn us against bacon and cause, the ^American JndiaiwsJ^22. hedregturned home. Let us hope forty years George Bailey has
The Jerseyites have been kicking
worse than the proverbial bay
steer against the Volstpad law,
but now they have a real kick
coming.
One feature of the Signal, we
fear, is to expire with the pres-
ent issue. For many years a
column has been printed each
woek in this humble sheet under
the heading of “Early Morning
Observations, by George M. Bai-
ley.” Now comes the news that
George Bailey has resigned as
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TIRES AND TUBES
BATTERY AND ACCESSORIES
WASHING AND GREASING
WE — DO — IT — ALL
An uptodate and the best place to get rid of
your Battery and Mechanical
TROUBLE
LET US DRAIN your crank case free of
charge and all you pay is for the new oil.
Give us a chance to show you some speedy,
satisfactory service. All business great or
small appreciated.
DON’T CUSS BUT CALL US
us to spit grease. And it’s in No higher tribute to the honesty
March that the farmer prepares of the white people of America
his ground for watermelon plant- can be paid than the wealth of
ing, and we catch the first vision the Indians. We could have
of the ruby-hearted, striped fleeced the red men out —
beauties popping under the Their holdings as easily as the
touch of the knife. In action patent medicine vender and his
old March is horrible, but in: black-face artists sell us nos-
ne reiurneu nuinc. xjcl us j -—^
that there will be a thorough in- been
vestigation that will fully estab-
lish Denby’s guilt or innocence.
engaged in newspaper
work. As a paragrapher he is
the best the world has k_ ~>wn.
: visionjtji. m»... ». a ;r.1xnrirr.in^hto s • «m ™>™
prophecy
glorious.
and promise she
is trums we don’t need and never
I take.
ing friends; if innocent it is the
duty of his country to see that
the dark cloud is lifted from his
name.
of reading matter than any
writer of his age. With thirty
words he can make the good
shine resplendent or tear up the
No*
Gilmer Filling Station
O. E. Gilmer, Prop.
North Sixth Street
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Lowry, J. H. Honey Grove Signal (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1924, newspaper, March 21, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633899/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Honey Grove Preservation League.