The Cumby Rustler. (Cumby, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXIII
Dave Meyerson Dead
News reached here this mor-
p ning that Dave Meyerson, of
■ the Big Four Store,, had been
found dead in bed in a hotel in
alias. | y
The whole city was shocked at
|news as on Saturday after-
fie was at the store and in
ingly good health,
ve fMeyerson was a kind
pleasant man. He attended
is own business and made a
ess of it, and many friends
and elsewhere will regret
arn of his untimely death. —
ihur Springs Telegram.
CUMBY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1815.
NUMBER 42
Miss Mary Henry returned to
her home in Emory Sunday.
Mrs. A. L. Russell visited her
mother, Mrs. Gordon, Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. O.- Smith spent a
few days in Dallas last week.
McKINNEY, Tex., Jan. 10.-
The infant of Mr. and Mrs.
Wright was fatally burned
yesterday in a fire that destroy-
ed their home at Chambliss,
northwest of this place. This
is the second child of Mr. and
Mrs. Wright to burn to death in
a similar manner. Six years
ago their hotne, upon the same
site was burned to the ground.
Another child was eremated.
The property loss this time was
$8,000. The origin of the fire
} has not been determined,
la Memoriam
\
Little Opal, the five year old
of Mr. and Mrs. Hat Vftti-
» living 5 miles south of Cum-
i»y, died Sunday morning Jan.
t .8 o'clock, after 20
of severe suffering. The
was cerebreal abscess, de-j
loconraed menegitis and
jpsfcen with double pneu- l
la, which made its suffering
very intense, yet it bore it all so
patiently and sweet to the end.
Buf as the rude blasts of au-
tumn sweeps o’er the plain,
,the choicest most beautiful
rare;
angel of Death when he
seems to claim,
most dearly loved of ours,
has paused at the threshold,
entered the door:
has taken the loved one away
your loss, dear parents, is
lis- gain,
‘'or she rests on the shore
T hat beams with eternity's
day.
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itp. Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Nelson.
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Imer L. Blount has bought
dry goods department from
Mercantile and is now in
fge. He will move his fam-
here soon and proceed to be
of us again, and sell dry
to meet all wants.
ilson Green is moving over
.(Pecan Grove, where he used to
5■“’■“ill the same house. He
m away so long thar his
Neighbors over there have
m and forgiven. He will
;k Saturday after his chew-
rb&cco and such.
Mr. and Mrs. Mont Gord §
spent Saturday and Sunday with
Mrs. Arlie Smith.
Mrs. Ella Denny and daughter
Christine visited in Sulphur
Springs last week.
Dr. Will Yarbrough of Green-
ville, spent Saturday and Sun-
day with home folks.
Mrs. R. R. Williams is on an
extended visit with her daugh-
ters, Miss Mattie and Mrs. Wil-
kins of Greenville.
The J. U. G's enjoyed a very
pleasant* evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Branom last
Saturday. Chicken stew was
served to the following: Misses
Carrie keeton, Mary Henry,
Vesta Weaver, Mary Searls,
Pearl and Jaunita Green, There-
sa Smith, Sula Berry, Mary Mc-
Guire, Virgie Branom, Mesdames
Ashley Greaves and L. H. Slade.
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City Taxes
Pay your city taxes at the
Cumby State Bank.
( Curt Branom, Collector.
S. H. Hartzog, owner of our
telephone and light plants, and
his friend, Thos. E. You-h^, both
of McKinney, were Cumby visit-
ors this week, leaving Wednes-
day.
If you have a job for some one
tell them about it through the
Rustler, at our expense. <
For exchange nursery stock,
ornamental shrubbery, vegeta-
ble plants, for bedding potatoes.
Write Hendrix & Henslee, Nur-
serymen, Farmersville, Tex&s.
H - • vT
F. A. Sparks is here again to
hm relatives. Jthe family of
Smith. His health has won-
Jjy Improved since his last
and he says his thanks are
HI the frontier Asthma Co.
Buffalo, for the relief.)
Do you need work? Do you
want a job? Ask for it through
the Rustler at our expense.
Omer Rhodes and Hewett
Odow, draymen, ought to be
pulled good and stout. They
have been dragging these streets
a time or two on their own mo-
tion and without pay—and it
hadn't ought to be did.
R. R. Williams left for
Sunday to attend the
iture. We expect him to
a prominent part in the
of the session, as he has
ly done in the election of a
for Speaker of the House.
WANTED; sweet potatoes for
bedding. Will exchange fruit
trees, ornimental shrubbery,
vegitable plants, etc. for same.
Write Hendrix & Henslee, Nur-
serymen and florist, Farmers-
ville, Texas.
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Street Tax
PV your street tax at either
bank in Cumby.
Curt Branom, Collector.
Our fellow townsman, Dr.
Ben Green, has been honored
witn a place on the State Veter-
inary Board of Examiners, abont
the highest place of honor a
veterinary can reach in the
state. Dr. Ben has made good
from the start and will honor
the place and fill it with ability
and effectiveness.
EARTHQUAKE
DEYASTATRS ITALY
Twelve thousand persons were
killed in Italy Wednesday by
an earthquake. Much damage
wTas done to buildings over a
large part of the country.
Bank Meeting
First Natiorral Bank held its
regular meeting Jan. 12. and
elected for board of directors:
J. A. Brewer, S. D. Greaves,
W. E. Brewer, W. F. Hull, T.
C. Mars, R. YV. Harris, J. B.
Corbet, W. E. Connor and C. M.
Patton.
The directors reelected the fol-
lowing officers: S. D. Greaves,
Pres., R. YV. Harris, Vice Pres.
W. E. Brewer, Vice Pres., C. M.
Patton, Cashier, O. Currin, As-
sistant Cashier, R. A. Greaves,
Assistant Cashier.
The bank is in good shape and
sound as can be and coming
through the dull times easily. *
School Tax
Pay your school tax before
Feb. 1st, 1915, or the penalty of
ten per cent will be added.
J. A. Callan,
Collector.
If it would suit you, a piece of
fresh meat or a bucket of nice
sausage (our subscribers make
no other kind) would be the
very thing to pay up your sub-
scription. Think of it next hog
you kill.
Good Advice.
“What would you say,” said the
prophet of woe, “if 1 were to tell you
that in a very short space of time all
the rivers in this country would dry
up ?”
“1 would say,” replied the patient
man, “go and do thou likewise.”—
Stray Stories.
Deadheads.
Exactly how our language came into
possession of the word “deadhead,”
which is so frequently used in connec-
tion with the transportation business,
is not known. Of the many versions
of its origin which are current the fol-
lowing whether correct or not, is at
least the most interesting:
Many years ago the principal avenue
dt a town passed close to the entrance
of a toll road leading to a cemetery.
As this cemetery had been laid out
some time previous to the construction
of the road, it was arranged that all
funeral processions should be allowed
to pass along the road free of toll. One
day. as a well known physician who
was driving along this road stopped to
pay his toll, he observed to the keeper.
“Considering the benevolent character
of our profession, I think you ought to
let us pass free of charge.”
“No, no, doctor,” said the gatekeep-
er, "we can't afford that. You seud
too many deadheads through as it is.”
The story traveled around the coun-
try, and in this way the word “dead-
head” eventually came - tn be applied
to those who obtuir exportation
from railway -- ip lines.—
New York ‘ ,
Insects That Carry Diseases.
Sir Donald I toss, who discovered how
the anopheles or mottled winged mos-
quito carries malaria, gave in a lecture
an account of other diseases that are
carried by insects or,bugs. Mosquitoes
carry not only malaria, but yellow
fever, dengue fever and elephantiasis.
Glossina ruorsitans is the carrying
agent of the tropical disease known us
magana, while tsetse flies are the
cause of sleeping sickness.
The spirochaetes of tick fever are
borne by ticks, and a mild fever is
conveyed by sand flies. Plague is due
to the rat flea, which carries the para-
sites In the salivary glands and leaves
them in tho flesh of whomsoever it
bites. Mediterranean fever is carried
principally by the milk of infected
goats. Leprosy has been attributed to
liedlfugs. and some are even beginning
to think that measles is due to Ileus.—
London Opinion.
Suggestion
A present of a year’s subscrip-
tion to The Ladies Home Jour-
nal, The Saturday Evening
Post, or The Country Gentle-
man at $1.50 per year, each. A
handsome card, with your name
on it, will be sent to the party to
arrive on Christmas day with the
first number. Leave your sub-
scription or renewal the Rustler
office. *
Many Troubles Due to
An Inactive Liver
Many of the troubles of life
such as headache, indigestion,
constipation and lack of energy
are due to inactive livers.
GRIGBYtS LIV-VER-LAX is a
natural, vegetable remedy that
will get the liver right and
make these troubles disappear.
It has none of thej dangers £or
disagreeable after effects of cal-
omel.
Get a 50c or $1 bottle of this
splendid remedy from your
druggist today. Every bottle
bears the likeness of L. K.
Grigsby, who guarantees it
through Berry Bros.
Starting the Day Wrong.
There was a gloom on the face of the
New England farmer.
“What’s the matter, Elijablp asked
bis nearest neighbor. “Flapjacks giv-
**.o out over to your bouse?”
-•rse’n that,” said Elijah. “You
mow, twasu't apple year, and wife
says we euu't have any more apple
pie for breakfast”
“Can’t you make out if you have ap-
ple pie noon and night?”
“I can. because I’ve got to,” said
Elijah. “Bur, Jdefi yon. it upsets me
starving in 'the day wrong ftke that,”-'-
New York Post.
The Only Way.
“My brother has made a name for
himself, and that is more than you can
say,” snapped Mrs. Gabb.
“Wliat did he do?” asked Mr. Gabb.
“Adopt an alias?”—Montreal Star.
Curious People of New Guinea.
New Guinea contains some of the
most remarkable people in the world,
the Papuans. One curious fact about
one of the tribes of New Guinea is
that they wear what are probably the
largest hats In existence. These hats
•ire from six to eight feet high and
gorgeously colored. They are adorned
with feathers, colored fibers and
shells, beaks of bornbills and plumes
of the birds of paradise. They are
handed down from father to son as
heirlooms, and a native will not be
tempted to part with his headdress
for any price. New Guinea, too, con-
tains some of the smallest people in
the world, pygmies that were only dis
covered a few years ago. for the great
Island has still thousands of square
miles that have not been explored.
These pygmies are only just over four
feet in height, but what they lack in
Inches they make up in ugliness.
His “Name."
A young chap notorious for his con
ceit was boasting in the presence of
several elderly gentlemen about the
conquests which he had gained over
the female heart.
“L/)ok,” said he, “here’s a handsome
present I had from my last inamorata,”
at the same time handing round a beau
tiful cigar case.
All admired the article, which had
an indorsement of its quality stamped
upon it
“Very nice gift” remarked one of
the company. “I perceive your lady-
love even had your name put on the
case.”
“Well, that’s queer,” answered the
boaster. “1 never noticed it”
“Look again,” rejoined the candid
one. **Tbe case Is distinctly marked
‘Real calf.’ ’’-^Philadelphia Record.
A Gladstone Anecdote.
Lord Alverstone tells this anecdote
of Gladstone in his “Recollections:”
“Mr. Gladstone was very much in-
terested in the Caucasus. I had a
friend. Captain X., who had recently
come home from that district, and 1
gave him a letter of introduction to
Mr. Gladstone. A few days later i
met Mr. Gladstone in Parliament
street. He stopped me and said.
‘Your friend. Captain X.. knows more
about the Caucasus than any man I
ever met.’ A few minutes afterward
1 met Captain X. in Pall Mall. 1 said
to him. ’Well, you have made a great
impression on Mr. Gladstone.’ ‘Have
I?‘ he said. ‘Yes.’ 1 replied- ‘He says
you know more about tho Caucasus
than any man he ever met.’ ‘Well.’
said Ca 11 fa in X.. ‘that is very strange,
for, thouah I was with him for three
quarters of a hour. 1 only made three
observations. ’*
Fine Encouragement.
Willie was of an economical turn of
mind. He called upon Elizabeth many
times before he bought her a box of
■candy. At last be loosened up ami
bought an eighty cen: pound box.
That evening his brother noticed
that lie had a grouch on and asked the
tron ble. ?
"That blamed old cur ate half of
that box of eighty cent candy," he
said, referring to Elizabeth’s Scotch
collie.
The next time he bought candy he
bought, in addition to another e'ghty
Cent pound box, a bag of ten cent,
store candy for the dog.
“Oil. William!” said Elizabeth. “Hot*
thoueInful or you! 1 am so glad that
you and Rover - are becoming friends!”
--New York Globe.
Climate and Consumption.
In a treatise on the relationship of
air to tuberculosis. Issued by the
Smithsonian institution. Dr. Guy
Hinsdale says there is no specific cli
mate for tuberculosis. The important
things are pure air and sunshine^ A
climate in which the humidity varies
greatly is to be avoided. The best
combination is one of low buraidity
and moderately cool temperature.
Might Have Boosted Prices.
“I suppose it is annoying when a
man goes out because you haven’t
something cheaper.”
“Yes,” said the small merchant. “But
what gives you heart disease is when
a fellow goes out because you haven’t
something more expensive.”—.Louisville
Courier-.! ournal.
Nerves and Battle.
It is claimed that the nerves of city
dwellers stand the stress of battle bet-
ter than men who have lived in the
country. The explanation is that the
city type of man has become babituat
ed to noise, and terrific noise is an ele
ment of battles.
Not Like the Plane.
Coal Dealer—Why don’t you wheel
the barrow along more quickly. Pat?
It’s not a very hard job. There’s an
inclined plane to relieve you. Pat-
Aye, master, the plane may be inclined
but bang me if I am!—Pearson’s
Weekly.
Favort.
Stella—What were the favors at her
dinner? Bella—Well, all the guests
thought they did her a favor by com-
ing. and she thought they did ber a
favor by leaving.—New York Sun.
The multitude that does not reduce
Itself to unity is confusion, the unity
that does not depend upon the multi
tnde Is tyranny.—Paschal.
An Impress.on of Gorky.
“Once when I was singing in Nijni
early in the morning.” said Chaliapine.
Russia’s greatest singer. "I looked out
and saw Gorky standing at a window-
in the same hotel, and gazing silently
over the city. The sun was shining on
the towers of the churches, over the
silver river and turning the roofs red.
‘You are up early,’ 1 said. ‘Yes,’ hc-
answered, ‘Come in my rooms ror a
moment.’ When 1 reached his window
I saw that lie had teats in his eyes,
and I did not understand. ‘Look,’ he
said to me, ‘how beautiful it is. Just
the world and not a human being any-
where. 'I’he humanity which has made
its gods and its laws, built its houses
and its churches, all asleep and help-
less as children, powerless to change
or adjust all this that it has made.’
“He spoke very softly and very
sweetly, and, for the moment, he seem-
ed to me the most perfect human be-
ing in the world. Truly one of Rus-
sia’s flowers of genius.”—Craftsman.
Realistic Scenery.
“That tree was so natural that the
audience thundered its applause.”
“I suppose the tree responded with »
bough.”—Louisvile Courier Journal.
Politeness.
Collector—No money again? I’m tired
»tf waiting. Debtor <to bis maid)—
Jane, give this gentleman a chair.—
Philadelphia Ledger.
free: to farmers
SEEDS
By special arrangement the Ratekin
Seed House of Shenandoah, Iowa, one of
the oldest, best established seed firms in
the country will mail a copy of their Big
Illustrated Seed Catalogues. This book
is complete on all farm and garden seeds.
It tells how to grow big yields and all
about the best varieties of Corn for your
locality: also Seed Oats, Wheat Barley,
Spcltz, Grasse?, Cl -Vifalfa, Pasture ,
and Lawn Mixtures, Seed Potatoes and
all other farm and garden seeds. This
Book is worth dollars to all in want of
seeds of any kind. IT’S FREE to fell
our readers. Write for it today and
mention this paper. The address is
RATEKIN’S SEED HOUSE,
Shenandoah, Iowa.
D. W. NELSON
Physician & Surgeon
Office at Holderness' Drug Store.
Calls answered day or night.
F. M. PARKER
Dentist1
Office Up-stairs in I. 0. 0. F. Hall
W. R. CATE
Physician & Surgeon
Office Phone, 40. Res. Phone 52
Rural Phone, 39. Office and Res.
Office in Berry Bros. Drug Store
B F. GREEN
Veterinary Surgeon,
Calls Answered, day or Night.
Office at Morgan's Livery Stable.
Both Phones.
Go to T. D. Rowe's barber
shop for any kind of barber work
or hot or cold baths. Best
laundry in Texas.
Open 6 a. m. to 8 p. m., except
on Saturdays;;
Brashear Realty Co.
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If you want your property
sold, put it on the market early.
List with us and we will do the
rest. We are going to bring a
number of buyers from various
places to buy land here this sea-
son.
Jess T. English at Cumby, and
O. B. English at Brashear.
See either of us for any in-
formation in the real estate line
of any kind.—Brashear Realty
Co.
Seif Belief the Key to Success.
Do you still believe in yourself? If
so, you cannot become a failure. You
can at worst only have failed to learn
•s yet the science of success, of which
self respect is the key. in the great
gamble of life we can afford to lose
everything but our self respect. Money
lost is little lest; friends lost, much
tost, but self respect lost, and all is
lost. Self belief is the husband of self
respect, just as self respect is the
mother of self reliance. Believe in
yourself and you will win through, for
self belief is the mainspring of human
activity and the principal source of
human improvement. It inspires you
to do things. It teaches you to try
again. The man who retains his belief
in himself will never give up trying,
and success is the reward of persistent
effort. Self reliance will pull us
through many a struggle from which
the coward flees in vain and in which
the weak succumb. The ability to “get
up again” is the reward of the self re-
liant.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Rules For Success at Golf.
\ Writing in the American Magazine,
Jerome Dr Travers calls Harry Vardon
the greatest golf player he ever met
and says the bulk of his success might
be set down to these few simple rules;
Control of temper.
Refusing to worry over any bad lie
or any hard luck.
Playing easily within himsplf and
never pressing.
Playing always for the hole, even
when 200 yards away.
Studying his game and practicing at
every opportunity.
Making a point, even in practice, to
follow nil simple rules, such as keep-
ing one’s head still, looking at the ball,
etc.
Keeping the body under control un-
til perfect timing is developed.
Using an easy, natural upright swing
that stays as long as possible in line
with the intended flight of the baiL
Circumstantial.
“Patricia denied that young Wasser-
by kissed her in the conservatory, but
the evidence was against her.”
“How so?”
“There was a large hole in her com-
plexion on the left side 6f her face.”—
Birmingham Age-llerald.
His Talents.
“Whnt makes you think Daubber
will succeed as a painter?”
“lie has the soul of an artist and the
perseverance of a book agent.”—Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Tree Leaf Markings.
Expert botanists have found that the
age of trees ua be told by the leaf
markings—the older a tree the smaller
and more numerous its leaf cells.
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