The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, August 20, 1926 Page: 1 of 8
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The Clifton Record
THIRTY-SECOND YEAR
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CLIFTON, BOSQUE COUNTY TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1926
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NUMBER 24.
GreatSurpriseSale
4 Starts at our Store
Saturday morning
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MERIDIAN COURT SPECIAL NEWS
AND LOCAL NEWS
FROM CAYOTE
THE QUEEN THEATRE
“THE COOLEST SPOT IN TOWN”
■By Special Correspondent
J. D. Herd and family of Happy,
Be on hand and get in on these bargains.
Trade where your business is appreciated.
CARPENTER BROS
All your drug store needs can be supplied here.
(By A. R. Ellis)
Proceedings in Commissioners Court
The following: taxes were fixed by j Texas, were welcome visitors here _
the court: General county purposes, I Sunday after several days visit with j
25c on the $100; public roads, 15c on. j relatives at Valley -Mills,
the SIjGO;.road and bridge, 15c on tin.- Mr. Charlie Burlwc and-family of
$100. Every person, firm, corporation, A<)uilla, route 1—the Hickory Flat
company and association of persons community, visited relatives here the
upon which a state occupation tax first of the week,
has been levied,occupation equiv- Mr. Sam Platt of Austin came Sun-
alent to half the State tax. A poll tax ; day to join his wife who has been hers
of 25c on all persons who are not ex ! several days visiting her parents, Mr.
empted by the laws of the State. i*ud Mrs. R. W. Sparks.
A road tax was levied on the sev- Rev. Cole, Baptist preacher of
PAYMENT IN TOTAL DIS-
ABILITY CASE APPRECIATED
Portales, New Mexico.
April 14, 1926.
Kansas City Life Ins. Co.
Kansas City, Mo. ^
Gentlemen:
INDUCEMENTS OFFERED
TO TEXAS MERCHANTS
There is every inducement for mer-
chants to visit Waco and do their fall
buying. The central location -of Waco
makes possible special prices that are
claimed to be lower than anywhere
I received the $150.00 check O. K. else in the State. By special arrange-
eral road districts as follows: District
No. 1-A 35c; District No. 3, 30c; Dis-
trict No. 8-A, 25c; District No. 7,
20c; District No. 7, 5c on the $100.
Tax levied on the following com
mon school Districts as follows: Dis-
trict Nos. 1, 44, 65, 20c; Districts No.
2, 8, 15, 16, 36, 39, 41, 4Jj, 49, 67, 60A,
25c; Districts No. 3, 5, 6. 7, 13, 14, 19,
23, 27, 30, 32, 33, 36, 40, 43, 54, 55,
58, 66, 50c; Districts No. 4, 37, 60, 63
40c; Districts No. 9, 28, 29, 35c; Dis-
tricts No. 10, 47, 55c; Districts No.
Humble. Texas, is conducting a few
days meeting here. Mrs. Platt plays
the piano. Mr. Goodman of Seminary
Hill is leading the singing. The meet-
ing will probably be three of four
days,, as Rev. Cole has startecPXm his
vacation but by request of the people
here stopped by and will preach for
a few days. He has just closed a
meeting at Patton. About 40 of the
Patton folks came over Tuesday night
to hear him.
J. A. Green and his daughter, Mrs.
18, 21, 30c; District. No. 20, 85c; IM*-|J. M. Davis, visited Clifton College
trict 22, 33c; Districts No. 48, 64, 60c, 'Saturday afternoon. They were shown
District No. 68, 65c;’ District No, 52,! through by Prof, E. A. Moore, one of
62c; District No. 57, 5c; Iredell Dis-jthe teachers there. They say they
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and will say that it surely did come! ments on the part of the Chamber trict, $1.00; Districts No. 3, 5, 6, 8, 13, J greatly enjoyed their tj*p and that
in handy I surely do appreciate the | of ..Commerce the visiting merchants j i5, 32, 36, 39, 40, 49, 55, 64, 66, 6?,', it is surprisingly interesting to one
way you have handled my case- and t will have acfcess to every golf 25c; Districts No. 10, 18,'21, 47 that has never been there to go thru
-the short time that you took in get-'course in Waco, which courses ar. 20c; Districts No. 9, 20. 29, 48, 15c; The different departments and see the
ting the check to me. 'eqyal to any jn the State; and th«; jjpustrict No. 22, 22c; District No. 52,' many, conveniences that-add so much
Please accept my thanks for same, j merchants will also be the guests of 12 ' l-2c;' Districts 'No. 60, 63, 10c; '.to the comfort, of the students, and
Yours truly, (wholesalers and manufacturers at the j District, No.. §8, 35c on tlyt $100. ... [that any one that- is contemplating
various Luncheon Clubs each day a* p. Word was authorized ;entering college would do well to con-
•well as their guests at the theatre - empowered to execute for the county i sider Clifton College,
parties and Texas League Baseball' contract with the G. C. & S. F. Ry D. J- Cutbirth left Saturday on a
games, as outlined in the thousands j Co. pertaining to an overhead cross-, trip to West Texas. •
of pieces of advertising matter which !jn^ 0f tracks near the John W. j W. T. Casey and son, Ted, returned
sas City Life Insurance C o. operates j been sent to merchants through- 'g*an(Jefer farm. ' home Sunday after several days visit
the company has distribute d^ durmg! (mt ceatraJ Texas. j Resignation of J. B. Helton, Justice j to relatives in Eastland county. They
of the Peace of Precinct No. 8, was j were accompanied .home by Mr.
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—with George O’Brien. Also Andy Gump comedy—
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v" MONDAY AND TUESDAY
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(Hoot Gibson)
GRAPEVINE SWAIN FORGETS
NAME OF BRIDE AT BUREAU
Dallas, Aug. 15.—The ultimate in
what a marriage license clerk has to
contend with occurred here when a
young farmer who resides in the
Grapevine community, was unable to
give his bride’s name.
When asked to sign on the dotted
line, the young swain had forgotten
the name of his wife-to-be and dashed
out to make the trip to Grapevine for
information. He returned with the
“GRANDMA’'. ISENSEE CEL-
EBRATES 82nd BIRTHDAY
Last Sunday, August 15th, Mrs.
Elizabeth Isensee of Ireland, Texas,
was honored with a big celebration at
the A. H. Isensee home.
The dining room was beautifully
decorated in white and gold crepe
paper and the table servers’ cos-
tumes were of the same colors.
Miss Hehtra Isensee led the guests
to the dining room, where Grandma
Isensee was seated in the honor chair.
cognomen fixed in his memory and, Miss Ella Isensee gave the birthday
(Signed) John W. Sexton,
Thijt is just-one phase (Jf what your
' -| contract may be to you. Scattered
over the territory" in which the Kan-
sas City Life Insurance Co. operates,
the company has distributed during I
the first six months of 1926, $800,925 j
in death benefits. This large benefi- THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH >;u:.Cept«;d and H. W. Hering was ap- Casey’s uncle, Frank Casey. They left
cence has meant homes for families.! Aug. 22, 1926: pointed to fill said unexpired term. Monday for a visit to relatives at Le-
Lfe income for widows, education for Sunday School 9:45 a. m. iBond of H. VV. Hering was approved, roy.
•> children, much of which could not Morning worship 11:00 a. m. Sub- Quarter]y reports of the cuunt,
have been supplied any other way. J«t: "The Handicap.” . fiwrfi approved.
Oscar J. Rea. Special Ageat Christian Endeavor 7:00 p. m. Bob Teeters was plgced. on the reg-
ltc - Kansas City Life Ins, Co. There will be no evenmg service cm ^ pauper m ^ an allowanc<}
j Sunday, neither will there be any mid-
the deal was contaminated. • v: ;,.
W. Z. Fitzpatrick, license clerk,
said it was not unheard of for the
licensee not to know how to spell th-f
given name of his bride.
“It’s no wonder there are so many
divorces,” Fitzpatrick added, “when
folks don’t even know the name of the
person they are going to marry,”
MY CREED OF FRIENDSHIP
I have great faith in you, always
did have, always will. I don’t cate
what you do, what you become
CLIFTON 11—CRANFILLS GAP 2 |Week prayer meeting. Our Baptis.-I f0]]0Wjng claims were allowed whether you succeed moderately or*™ mm -UUUw, *
Red Tergerson proved no puzzle bi«thren begin tlwir^ mee^g^next after whi<,h court-adjourned: Myrtle j splendidly. That’s not considPwid-rilf Mr. Harris poured it
for the Clifton crew, and was given a
sound drubbing 11-2. Red was wild
as the proverbial March hare, and
issued too many free passes to 1st
for his own good. Nelson proved quite
effective for the home club and
breezed merrily along under the big
lead his mates piled up. The game
-was utterly devoid of features and
only a small crowd of rooters was
present.
Sunday and we want to co-operate
with them as far as possible.
M. L. Purcell, Pastor.
For good speaking and
good music come to the
Alumni Picnic. ltc
Gaines, L. E. Bailey, each, $83,33; the creed of friendship.
Clark and Courts $4.20; American j T am your friend. It is my
Disinfectant Co. $130; W. C. Murray (to encourage you, to be loyal to you,
$40; Sam Sheppard $15; Jim Craw- fair with you, and to help you in
ford $5; City of Meridian, Water $20;
C. M. Candy $137.50; B^ F. Word
$391; L. S. Lewis $243.65; S. C. Smith
any way you need. That’s friendship,
The man or woman who likes me
because I succeed will hate me if I
The Clifton Record
News now $2.50.
and Dallas
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Taking the best care of our customers in-
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for, in the final analysis, they are identical. We
offer you banking service that is sincere, sym-
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to merit your business by continually making
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v Our Policy
Is conservative enough to be absolutely safe,
and liberal enough to satisfy fair-minded peo-
ple. You will find us always adhering to sound
banking principles. Our excellent facilities
are tendered to you in the spirit of helpfulness.
If you do not yet enjoy a suitable and satis-
factory banking relationship, why not open an
account with us and try our bank and see how
you like it?
$120; W. Smart $25; E. G. P. Helium (fail, and that is not friendahip. I
$62.50; Dunlap Print. Co. $28; J. E.
Turner $2.60; Texas Telephone Co.
$2.90; T. L. Power Co., lights, $4.65;
G. C. Bronstad $8; C. M. Gandy $6;
Four Commissioners, each, $125; Tom
Gillespie, 50c; W. H! Sjmpson $3.65;
W. W. Wright $151.57; Carl Pearson
$5; E. B. Heyroth $11.25; W. F. and
J. F. Barnes $31.20; A. T. Anderson
$72; Joe Linthicum $48; W. L. Chile3
$48; Jack Blakely $54; Meridian Hdw.
Co. $2.55; Wintz Filling Station $7.82,
J. C. Phillips $10.75; Guy Gardner
$21.89; F. W. Schumacher $12.25; A.
J. Davis $5.70; Austin Bridge Co.
$284.81; Coultter Robinson $7.50; P.
N. Weehunt $21; L. Alsup $13.10;
Earl Billings $13.14; C. A. Tidwell
$20.35; Melvin Parher $10.50; Leo
Kelley $3.50; Ernest Perkins $11.38;
Lon Moore $7.87; J. N. Martin $43.70;
Charley Doty $6.25; Jeff McCarty
$21; Frank Duross $7.88; Roy Lyles
$2.85; N. B. Bonnett $77.65; L: Stan
CLIFTON DEFEATS CAYOTE 4-1
Last Saturday Pool Harris and his
“soda pop” ..bootlegyera . ware a bit
too strong for the Cayote boys, and
won out 4 to 1. Strand started for
the Harris crew, but gave way to
Harris himself, when his arm began
give him trouble, and incidentally
on good and
proper, letting the boys down easy.
He should have had a shut-out but
for an error by Canuteson. Rachuig
and Jack White pitched for the visi-
tors. Poor support was given them.
A large crowd was out to see the
game—something like thirty-five.
greetings, after which Miss-Hildegard ,v
asked the blessing. The birthday cako
with 82 candles was very much ad-
mired.
Mrs. Isensee is very active at her
age, and everyone present wished her
njany more happy birthdays and good
health.
The relatives present were: Mr. and
Mrs. Booth and daughter, Virginia, of
Austin; Mrs. W. M. Taylor and chil-
dren of Ireland, Texas, Mr. and Mr«.
R, L. Bowen of Fort Worth; Mr. Gus
Isensee and family of Elm Mott, Tex-
as; Walter Schroder of Womack. Sev-
era! friends were also present.
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know quite a few people who are tike
that and I passed them by with very
little consideration. There are a good
many people who treat me mighty
nice now—but I can’t forget. I harbor
no hatred, no resentment, but I know
just how to measure the pretended
friendship, just how to distinguish
between the real and the counterfeit.
Friendship asks no questions; Over-
looks both failure and success. Gets
beneath prosperity and failure to the
real man and the real woman. That’s
the kind of friend I am, and that’s
the/kind of friends I want.—Selected.
The first bale of cotton for Clifton
this season was brought in Tuesday
by E. E. Beqjc of near Cayote.
weighed 486 pounds and was sold to
Clifton Mercantile Company at 17 V
cents per pound.
The Soviet Government recently
Rev. T. G. Story is holding a revi-
val meeting at Fairy this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther P. Raley of
Meridian were Clifton visitors Tues-
day morning.
Nearly 160,000,000 tons of lava
were released by the recent eruption
of the Hawaiian volcano, Mauna Lot.
Parcel post sale at the
Alumni Picnic. Opens at
1 p. m. ltc
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ley $7.88; Emil Hickok $28; B. H ;published a decree claiming all terri-
Briscoe $43.76; Lee Mears $7; C. H. tory lying north of Siberia, including
Brown $4.50; W. D. Casey $11.88; the North Pole,
Joe Walker $16.62; Short Mears 8.75;:
Claud Payne $15; Perry Walker $21; ,___ „ „
P. C. Cox $8.75; L P. Doty $18.39; mer* each $30; c- H- 8h*w W2; Alex
W. H. Duvall $28; Alec Bird $21; Wal- (Linberg $37.50; Rosa Pb'N'Ps **9;
ter Othe $26.25; Magnolia *817.80; Zill Philips $45; Mrs W. Kilgore,
T. H. Cousin* >12; R. E. Ascue $21; Homer Sanders, Eliea-Barker, W L.
W. O. Young $28; W. Keller $7.60;: Bass, each $50; G. W. Young $68.
A. D. Wenzel $13; A. Biffle $12; ?!?"!“**! L'T8e«: ^ ,
Homer Biffle $4; W. T. Casey $4.06; Dewey W. Adkison to Miss Opal
H. A. Kimbrough $3.50; Rufe Hutchi-'
son $10; H. O. Deitrick $25.38; H.
A. White $3.50; G. Gohlke $4.52;
Clifton Mercantile Co. $4; W. B.
Richards $3.25; Ole Hogstel $8.88;
H. E. Ogden $26.25; G. A. Barnes
$26.25; Elford Wright $15.50; Wm.
Cameron Co. $18.50; McNeill Hdw.
Co. $4.75; Russell Grader Co. $59.91;
Pierce Petroleum $80.72; Thd Texas
Co. $21.10; Gulf Ref. Co. $93.60; Mrs.
Boring, Margaret Jones, Tom Jay,
each $15; Dan Johnson, Major Jyles,
Thompson.
Local Dots
Rev. E, H, Owens and family left
early Monday morning for a visit to
his brother who lives at Vernon. They
contemplate being gone some two
weeks or more.
Clyde Tittle and family of Hills-
boro were here Sunday to see his
father, J. C. Tittle^ who is very low.
Mrs. Butler from out near Lub-
bock is here on a visit to her son, R.
V. Butler, and family, and to see the
It is service that makes the wheels of life go
round. It is banking service that makes a good
bank, no question about that.
SERVICE AND SECURITY, these are the
two things you have a right to expect from
your bank. YOU GET BOTH at our old, reli-
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dence of our customers. That’s why our busi-
ness grows. We invite you to transact your
business with our Bank—where service is bgst
and security absolute.
Taylor Campbell, A. T. Payne, «ch.|twin girls at their home last week.
. , o » , i Quite a bunch of Mendian Baptist
$21; F. M. Lovvorn, W. J. Bntes, ««ch !f#,ks were in Valley Mills last Thur»-
$24; Mr*. Crawford $25; W. T. Chaf-|day and Friday attending the meeting
fin, W. W. Wagner, W.-J. Freeman*j0f the Meridian Baptkt ^AaaoeiMinfs
Lige Cutbirth, Billie Hall, G. W. Grla-| which met in that city on those days.
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Clifton, Texas
E. E. PRESCHER,
OTTO C. RUETER,
DIRECTORS
OLE HOFF,
C. TYSSEN,
H. A. NELSON
R. R. WALDROP
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Baldridge, Robert L. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, August 20, 1926, newspaper, August 20, 1926; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth776674/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.