The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1927 Page: 4 of 10
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THE ROCKDALE' REPORTER
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JOHN KSTKN COOKE
W. H. COOKE,
Editor and Owm*t
Associate Editor
Entered as second clan
dale, Texas, ujulcr the Act
mutter .July l1'. i002. at the postoffice at/Rock.
of March 8, 1H75L Published every Thursday.
SI BS( IMPTION PRICE— ................. .. __
adjoining counties;' 1 year, $1.5*1; 6 months 75c; 4 months 50c.
<-> an- I*. .....h:Ik M.ii*): 8 months 50c.
Here’s a little burlesque that has
been Koittir the rounds, which may
give some'of Us a line on ourselves:
"A dry g&od.s merchant was starting
down town when hts wife reminded
him of his ^iost important duty dur-
ing the day. .*Nawr my dear, V mu *.
to send to the city fox' that new rad.P.
Uc van have it fur
Sunday.
V' B y
<THE "WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
“ ^H. IflVINQ KINQ
The States of Kentucky
■■■■ aryiand, Mississippi A ,
of the School of Law of the University permit the marriage 'wsS
of Texas and in addition students of of her parents/of V«riri# ',,“
the school are givan access to the gen- /__of N*.
LOVE AND DAISIES
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fiUllldjll AS
There are nearly 30,000 carefully
eral library of the University with
its more than 260,000 volumes, and
to tl)p State Library am} the Library
of the Supreme Codrt. These latter
two are located at the Capitol build-
psr \*^ •*''»****uni
Among the peoples of the
women do all hunting - d 1
similar wo*k.
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Jsuniightiamp,>
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VDAEiaiSlXL RATES—r_____' --^
Ljcui K-a-.!* : pel- lice, Li; 13c if 'ft p hes^r blackface type.
Clap
lified/Coi vuuil- jauL.cy.tti ,p.y.£jsaa.fd. ._<: a.c lj_ j.! fidffti.';
Display rates q.uqtod on pppliC'itidn.
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know 'our eld victrql^ is getting so
that" it is not fit to be heard.’ ' ,
1“3uat a few blocks away the, mur-
cliantwhe handles, victrolas and furpi-
~ I ture was sftting at the breakfast ta-
ble with his family. The conversation
dritSfd artfUnd to the near approach of
‘And that u;aiiitds..4nvT.-JuIuv.
Membor ’Nath>rml*~Edithrial Assoc;atj‘5h-
. • Ait.v erroneous teflectioiVs upon the character, standing or reputation'-yf
any person firm or’corporation which, may appear in the eoltfmns, of T-tm
Reporter will be gladly, corrected upon its being brought ter the attention.,
of the publisher, . -
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Roc'kdale, Texas, September 22. 1D27
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One of the" best' weekly, newspapers
coming t'o The Reporter exchange'desk
is the ■ Wise County Messenger, pub-
lished by Dick .'Collins, at Decatur^
Texas. ~r~ Editor'^Cblirns' pfo\re¥~Hrm-
aejf a 'Teal [ fiewsphper/man"'TxiL-evQry
waters and were cured. In those days
the’“covered wagon” was the.popular
mode of. transportation—long cara:,
of them could be seen slcnvly
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sal^The lady'Sitting at the head sf the
table, *f" must be-going to ther-reitv
not. later than .next week..' I,must gtai
the school clothes and see about* a
new- fall suit for riiyself, gjid wh'b
there perhaps I had better see about
new lace’ curtains for the front win-
dows.’ r.
“About an hour or two later a lead-
ing grocer stepped into the bank 'to
buy a.'draft to send a cataloguet^ousc
4jbv a swell bed-room suite.,-—, —........
‘How’s business V asked the bank-
er. .‘Oh, not very good,’ replied the
they were young aim u
.they are now—plucked, a dqfry «°d,
thinking of one «f the opposite sex.
picked the petal's of the flower one ______ _______ _______________
hr one, saying at the samu ^me ‘He . bcst made at W. E. Schuberts.*
(ovea me: lie Moves me riot. If Hie
m fiit pkkcTd coincides with “he
loves me" all is, well. If with “lie
loves me not" all Is wrong. \ -
’l'llPI't1 lu o uufdllb Utb'iiH
Get your work clothes at a “work
clothes store.” The Tuf-Nut Brand,
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Mficial SunliKl,t, ifked bT/A”
<■ restaurant .*ajj®ndi
restaurant g. refresh sickly pjj
and boy,uCU of p,t„?s
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wending their “way toward this Mev-
ca in the summer—people on a vaca-
grocer, ‘things are dull just now.
'•Before the linker finishedwriting
Ibis supt-rsiBba of daisy ptclcihg. -Jiitt
tfii g~ts" the ttrrt-t, common one, and it
is vt?ry widespread. , Empires have
trisen and variislied riWay, civilizations
have flourished and decayed to be suc-
ceeded by new ones, since boy and
gU-1 Urst sought to know the;hearts of
their loved dues by plucking the pet-
als iof the daisy and still the practice
goes on. The very ntrrne of the flower
chosen for this incant,aliwti Is signifl-
cant of the origin of the superstition
—day s eye, Anglo-Saxon daegesvagerr-
that IS the sun, pn'd looking at Uie
daisy the reason of its being so named
uppaiTTit'. N' nv, t l'c'i’ja, tbo -god-
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CHOKE BUTTON
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“issue of his paper, covering - qu^e
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thoVoughly thV- entire range of news
tion jatrnt. Then, one. by one, other
places sprang into prominence,' and
ung man steppld '
asked how everything was.
of his county.
The Reporter is par- "the"•surging humanity drifted to oth-.
ticularly impressed with the weekly
devoted to the rural- schools of.
dpggc................................
'Wise.county arid edited by tbe'Tburit-y
superintendent. .This page is filled
____each, week with , jntercstnig news of
--Iilie ariiviiips hih!___improvements of
flu:'‘'various Schools, - together with* cause if- didn’t advnrtisq. Tiicrg are
* torse’)>ut saffieient TrrCtirrnatitm as to
the various phasgs.. id the school laws
ami dig'gt^Lion:?-fTrr the hettcrrorKlsut
■* -the rtmtl schools'. So fai‘ as The. Ue-
porter ban been aide to ntdiee, VV i»st
• rourrry isrThe only county' in The stater
- c.—r -,-ppnn ri ntrTsrirut •* gives -t hi ^—ex-
tra4 service to l|i< constituents, and we
feel sure inut this, department is the.
—best-read tu—it+Vy—pavfe—in- Tire -Mfes'l
sengc
tendont (In'gg are to .be commended
for the inte.rest shown in this matter.
welLn-w-iiat no voir.know
ABOUT THIS! ! !
VSjJej.have be*n notified ■ by^ High
*Sbo i Pf—AHt-» mni- bis dofnify \T>i'7nhJ-
er that we are summoned a* Gran
Juror for the District Court .Grand
Jury.,'the week of September 26. We
hope we will be oflle of the twelve
pieked from the sixteen that are s-um-
perjence f serving on ta grand jury—
arV experience IhlirouglirTb'pifdve i'll-"
teresting. Judging by tire■ characters
of men whom we have known as grand
jurors, To,, be sufnlrioned' for this duty'
is a dlstinef compiiment- -L. A. Cpop-
e.f„iri San' Marco's Record.1’
THEY DIDN’T ADVERTISE
with.-
er places and before, many years'.the
Wooten
• Let’s go ahead arid tell it aTh ■■ Let’s
inform the goggle-eyed_world that the
reason • wby^Wooten Wells failed as a
prosperous watering, place was "be-
"ci'es of'curative fepyings which once
had more than local Cfilebfitv, but
yvhlrh failed tn realize the hopes of " .‘•Xhe y--mng"~mMn thanked dig fr'e-nd
thcTl' friends,'arid lack of advertising
was- responsibier Conmdcr the - well-
advertised resorts,"^how ' they have
■gi^wn and exparided-and been resorted
to, by thousands annually/ " Every One
of, them became famous through the
mediurii of publicity. Atlantic City is
Editor, Coil ins., and Supcr>ins.| in fact one of the poorest places for
eummer 'resort on the AtlAhtic- coast
but advertising Has made if*'a play-
y.round for literal millions. There is a
|dH4,*^*-wnT-.'M'hie,‘s*eEist“‘-coast -ef—Florida
called Hollywood—a poor Selection of
1 a namcj considering, the priority of
the California
n’dvggtintwg so
lollywood—-which , is
■xtewaively1 that' it is
actually drawing tourists to Florida in
the summer time. Newport, N. J.,
useil to be the summer society capital
of the United .States! Eut Newport
-mjjlionaires! jpalaces-built there
a few years -ago are for rent at poof
-men’s prices. The only thing that car-
ix_bootleg liquor^ Hat- loffk at-Ht?-
■daal-
-Bremond (Texas) Press.
up and
The'banker seemed glad to see him.
He was -a representative of a “iJtg
printing establishment in a big town.
He and tfie banker' ch'at lcd plea- auiiy
for a'few 'iiMnutes,' after which the
young nvan inquired cas.ually of his
friend behirid the' window if. he»want-
ed_anyt h ing. ‘Well, yes,’ replied the
bankejy T believe I do. - Print us 5,000
drafts, aO.BtfrT'ha'ck’s and a couple:
thousand letter heads.’
^€SS_.0J Loye_i>i_Lll?/uia s.0Uin-d!naIl8“
mythologies and tWno«» cult spread
ing (o some ,.>f {lie legends, her
home in the -s-.ui; anil she thus be-
came associat'd in tliq niliids of her-
wor-sbipris \v;t!j the. dumy.-“the ilow-
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cordially and walked put/
"■flint <rfight the local business men
had'a''me(htng aT the^town haiPT<rdis*-“
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love.
The ait nr A-
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7'.-ut ymmg ni'etf atiii
i ;t- her symbotic
licui'is. of! the! r”
.a ibe word's of
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tefts /the stoi^
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it 1028. eA'crvlhing »v°u want rnlfi
ahout you? car's performance^-- every indicator
"Repofler ads get the gfhp.
All the* gentlemen . mentioned in-the
narrative made-short ,'talkp. • |5fEy/
agreed that the farmers wefejtuilJy of/
treason to their home merchants when
they persisted in buying their goods
•from mail-ordvr-houses arid the-meet-
ing closed by adopting strong reso-
lutions- again > Pt'1^i'tl^ff2f*‘*flWay from
home, and asked the local' newspaper"
To.give it frqe publicity.”-“The Elgin
Courier.
Grove's
Tasteless
GhiBS Tonic
and
Invigorates, Purifies
Enriches the Blood. ‘ Restores
Health aad'Bnergy and fortifies-
Announcement has been made of
the appointment of Miss Ruth Bell,
of Austin, as lecturer^in the Bureau
of Nutrition and Health Education of
tbq Division nf Extension oT theUnt-
versity of Texas fo-r the- coming year.
Miss Bell will continue the lecture
wprk done by Miss Edith Rae .Williams
who up until this year-has been-witlr
The bureau
the system against Malaria and
Chills. Pleasant to take. 60c.
jdial—^'before you, indirectly lighted undergl;
Buick today offers greater beautyrkixury, aa<J;
fort than ever before—greater speed and powerwith)
qui cker geta way . See the car that su rpasses all others
in popularity-^-and in Value* *
WHEN BETTER A* 'TOMOBILES ARE_BUrLT.,BUtCK WILL BUJIDTHEm]
Sc^ns *1195 to *1995_ ■ ' - Coupes *1195 to *1
---- - Sju>rt Models?to <1525
/III ftrtcr* f. o^h. Flint, Mich., ftp*
1 he O’- M A C. financing plan, the\n
til hr added,
nment tax
he\mait deniable, it available.
Schiflelr Motor Woinpmy
CAMERON - ROCKDALE
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They , just, wear better, that’s /all.
Any kTrid. of "work clothes—Tuf-Nut
brand—at W. E, Schuberts.- - tf
About four miles south of Bremond
c^n be seen the di;n remains .of one o£
the once popular health resorts iri the
South"—Wribten.. Well; ■ Here^ at) and
4k years- ^o/ was_ the assembling
place for chivalry, wealth, splendor,
yo.uL.h and age, us well as the sieK
and -palsied—all met here at this ver-
itable fountain possessing the power
Iof -restoring youth, like THe’ old Spari-
* ish explorer^ Ponce Dc - Leon. The
_b.
sick came and. -drank of the; healing
What a National
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THERE’S A REASON
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a certain ded'tnite and particular meaning/-
Jt is intended that this name shall distinguish the
National Bank from- all other banks and set it
apart as a separate and distinct institution^
The word “National” is to signify the control ex-
ercised oyer such- a Bank by National] Govern-
ment, making it and its officers subject to Natr
1 ional Banking Laws and a compulsory member of
the Federal Reserve system. ' ; ,
It naturally follows that a National Bank is con:
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Cooke, John Esten. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1927, newspaper, September 22, 1927; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth741794/m1/4/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.