The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1926 Page: 2 of 8
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THE CLlmm RECORD, CLIFTON, TE\A$. DECEMBER SI, 19M
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Happy New Y ear to All
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We take this measure of thanking you for
your business during the past
year, be it large or small
We Appreciate Our Friends
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And will always jt£y to treat you in such a way
that you will know our appreciation
is sincere.
May 1927 Bring You True
Happiness and Lasting
Prosperity
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
FROM TALLEY MILLS
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E. E. SCHOW, Local Agent
Clifton,. - - - Texas
(From Valley Mills •Tribune)
J. L. Standefer end family were
visiting relatives in the city last Sun-
day.
Chesley McCorkle arrived' home
Saturday from John Tnrleton college
at Stephenville. —.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Barrett Jr. of
Olden were visiting relatives here
Saturday and Sunday. '
Lee McElhannon and Ohas, ♦ E.
Dansby of Waco, were visiting in
Valley Mills last Sunday.
Dr. C. L. Goodall and family of
Waco were Sunday viaitors\vith rel-.
atives and /friends in the city.
Ear! Chapman and wife of Alva- j
rado were here last Sunday visiting j
his mother, Mrs. W. R. Chapman.
Mrs. Cornell 0. Brown of Ctlifton
spent Saturday and Sunday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.' H. Raley.
Capt. Carl McKelvey of John Tarle-
ton College is visiting his parents
here during the holidays.
Dry and Mrs. W. T. McNeill were
from Waco last Saturday on
business and visiting relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Raley came over
from Hamilton Saturday night and
spent Sunday with relatives. in this
piace.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wagley of-Itas-
ca were visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs, A. M. 4«nes Saturday night
and Sunday. ^
Mrs. Jim Campbell returned the
latter part of last week from Craw-
ford where she spent two weeks vis-
iting relatives and friends.
Mrs. J. C. Sills and children accom-
panied by Mrs. W. H. Raley, were in
W7aeo last Thursday seeing, the sights
and “Santa Claus.” *
Jim Butler has been in the city the
past several days visiting his brother.
jW, L. Butler, and other relatives and
friends in this section.
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Chapman of
Cleburne came down last Sunday to
Visit his mother for a few hours, re-
turning home in the afternoon,
Mr. and Mrs
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LET US ORDER YOUR SUIT
We have a nice line of samples for you to select from, and
can fit you perfectly.
If you want a fall or winter suit place your order with us.
We guarantee satisfaction in Quality, Fit and Price.
W. V. KUGLE
.The Tailor
Telephone S7
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Clifton, Texas
man and family were getting lone-
some for these girls and our Christ-
inas will be made more pleasant by
their being here. ,
'R. Mj. Townley of Waco an old time
citizen of this place, was4here last
week lyi^ says he is doing fairly well
considering the fact that His family
is now living in Austin and he in
Waco.
A. M. Jones is sporting a brand
new Che\Tolet Coupe and says he is
well satisfied with it. They’ll all flop
sooner or later—he once gave us the
laugh when we bought -ojjr second
Chewy. *
Finley Raley who is taking an Elec-
trical Engineering course at the Tex-
as Technological School at Lubbock,
came in Saturday aftern^n to spend
the Christmas holiday.v(ft home.
-Thelma Carter atid Ella Wortham
went up to Clifton Tuesday to visit
friends for a few hours! and were ac-
companied home by Miss Kathleen
Prather, who spent a fejw days in the
city with relatives and friends.
The Negro Minstrel given by the
school at the auditorium last Friday
night was'well attended and was a
success in every way. All who attend-
CALVES DISTRIBUTED
TO HILL CO. BOYS CLUB
Hillsboro, Texas, Dec. 22.—Tuesday -
marked the distribution of Jersey
calves to members of the Hill County
Jersey Calf Club, and the distribu-
tion was held on the lawn of the court
house here after the noon luncheon
of the Hillsboro Lions’ Club, whieh
sponsors the calf club. Talks were
made by T. J. Burdette of Hillsboro,
J. W. Ridgway of Fort Worth, J. T:‘
Thomas, dairy specialist of the A. &
M. college of Texas extension ser-
vice and J. M. Reynolds and Dr. G.
R. Richey of Itasca. Boys receiving
the Jersey calves were: Willard Al-
verson, Esther Cline, R. E. Evers.
Sonny McKey, Milton Stinson, Oyd
Roten, Sam Gordon of Itasca; Doc
McEver, Webb McEver, Gordon
Reese, Evans Reese of Hillsboro; 0.
of Abbott;; Ed
E. Easterling Jr.,
Lewis and Bryan Bobbitt of Je&aie.
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. Percy Wilkerson .of‘ed. day. it. was; worth more than the
over Sunday W Visit j adiHjlionp»^e'^n3 everybody went
Hillsboro came
at the home of Mrs. Wjlketwon’s par- avvay w|th sore sides^om the many
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. McNeill. j laughs.
Misses Frank Simms and Thelma! *_'......._
Carter are at home from Stephenville; Fiancees are required by law to re-
w'nere tfee^are .students in Tarleton turn the ring when ' they break the
Junior college and will spend their) engagement, under a ruling of
time with home folks. The Tribune | Virginia Court of Appeals.
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MATTRESS MAKING
We are prepared to furnish you
with new majttresses or make your
old ones over like new. Reasonable
prices.—W. D. Mackey!_ 3jMj>!
Jack London wrote 1,500 words a
day, every day, seven
365 days a year. .
days a week.
British financiers have aceepteu a
sixty-year contract to light Jerus
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Texas and Texans
By Will R. Mayes
Undoubtedly crime iai increasing in
Texas. Texas is not an exception in
this respect to other parts of the
country, for everywhere in the United
States crimes are ipore common and
criminals are- bolder than they have
ever been. There are many reasons
■fBrtlnir, Irot perhap# $be chief one is the lent«wy shosm. i#i) Kayey meet-
with their unfortunate ‘victims. * A
sentiment, maudlin,, in character, has
been formed for the exercise of char-
ity for the criminal on the' ground
that crime is a disease that should be
treated and not punished. The sus-
pended sentence and the parole orig-
inated in the best of purposes, but are
being overworked to such an extent
that the beneficiaries often become
more hardened criminals because of
less -is the safety of good citizens.
They are demanding relief from the
very bad conditions under which they
find 'themselves.
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that it is so easy to escape punish-
ment that criminals no longer fear
the law. So long as this feeling exists
crimes will become more common, and
property and life will become more
and more unsafe. The automobile and
the airplane lend themselves to crime
because they afford quick means of
escape from the scenes of crimes. The
delays so easily obtained in trials in
our courts through technicalities en-
courage crime, for every continuance
of a case "makes conviction more dif-
—ficult and aoquittal more certain. Th$
sympathies of jurors ar,e played upon
in a way to secure the freedom of
many who should be. sentenced. The
'pardoning power is badly abused, and
almost any convict , can secure peti-
tions fronj trial judges, prosecutors,
jurors ai\d other good citizens for his
release. Failing in this, he is left the
plea of sickness of himself or his
family, good behavior in prison, or
some other appealing or plausible
reason.
ings, Christinas trees in prison, holi-
day and Sunday feasts are all well
intended, but at times so conducted
as to leave criminals feeling that they
are heroes who are being badly mis-
treated by the government In our
desire to obey the command to be
merciful, we. at times forget the part
that just punishment has always
played in making life, property, agg
government safe. Y Z.
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Tyler is spending $800,000 on a
street paving program. Cuero is com-
pleting 15 miles, of graded and as-
phalted streets. Other Texas towns
are, taking the steps to make their
streets at least as good as the'high-
wavs leading out of them. It has been
a'TommorT}oSe“ ttf- Texas Jgr the avi-
tomobiiist to say, “We must begeP
ting iqto a town, the roads are get-
ting so much worse.” Good country
roads are awakening, progressive
towns to the needs and the advantage
of good streets. In no part of the
State Is greater progress being mad*
in road buildipg and street paVing
than in East and South Texas.
WILL IT BE
Y o u r Fire pi ace
In Texas, the best layers are real-
izing that the courts, or rather court
pnpcedures,- are playing a large "pari
in encouraging crime. Many have
known ..this for years but they have
Or The Other Man’s You Sit
Before This New Year’s
Eve?
Early in January steps are to be
taken to initiate a. movement, to build
a dam to irrigate 100,000 acres of
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land near Falls City, Kenedy andj
Karnes City. The people- are going
about this with all the enthusiasm
j that has made for the success of sim-
parts of
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fees obtained through crimes, Too
many, lawyers irr the legislatures have
been dependent upon petty criminal
practice far > living. This is all
changing. Legislators now have high-
' People of the best .motives and in-[er ethical standards, Lawyers are
tent ions are showing too much sym- ^learning. that to Ije known as the repr
pathy with criminals and not enough ' reagntatives >f the worst criminals
v soon becomes unprofitable, because
the better Class client* will not ein-
i’rty them. The Texas Bar Associa
tion is interesting Itself Actively, in
never before been . so thoroughly j .,ar enterprises- in other
aroused to the necessity for better, Texag Reclamation of uagte over-
law enforcement. Too many lawyers j fjow jan<jg an(j irrigation of the fer-
been Sustaining th.emselves on ti,e va]leJ.g are meagures that attract
equal, interest wherever they
W€ wonder if it is the other man’s—as you sit
before it this Ne.w Ye&r—if you won’t decide
that before another New Year rolls around
that you will be enjoying your own home.
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studied in Texas. Too much of the
best lands of the State have Keen
largely going to waste, hut Aht-e vyfl
soon be used in a way to ^contribute
to the 'Wealth' of $he. people .The re is
hardly a courtly in the State whose
AND NOW OUR GOOD WISHES
FOR YOUR NEW YEAR
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WHEN HUNGRY
LET US FEED YOU
Our service is pleasing many custom-
ers. Your business will be appre-
ciated—and you will -be pleased.
SILVER MOON CAFE
J. W. GRIFFIN, Prop.
} Clifton, Texas
putting a stop to. so much crime is
Texas by simplifying criminal court
procedure. The district judges, who
are in position to know that many
court trial* farcify justice, are plead-
ing for laws to make justice more
people should not look about them
and take notice of the great loss be-
ing sustained because available op-
portunities are not used.
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Harlingen has recently bought the
fair grounds in that city in order to
make them into a beautiful park that
may be used all the year round. The
fair association is to have use of the
certain. The peopl, le.rning tlut !*■"■£ '"r 'V, ,,ir*\ b“' ""rliBe"
MtJT of criminal, th,
rf the city to be idle all the year ex-
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the greater the saf
We appreciate our friends and we would be
ungrateful if we failed at least once each year
to let you know that we do fully appreciate
you. 'That’s why we take this*opportunity to
add to'your good cheer with our best wishes—
to join with your other friends in hoping all
that is best for you and yours during the holi-
day season and in die months of the New Year
so soon to unfold.
NOTICE TO THE CITIZENS OF CLIFTON
We wish to ar<nonn« that we represent the PROGRESS LAUNDRY
D.y Cleaners and Dyeri of Waco, Texas.
You may bring your laundry and dry Cleaning to our shop, op p&one
u to have the Progress rbhte man call at your residence. ...
LAUNDRY TAKEN WEDNESDAYS; RETURNED SATURDAYS
Phone 186 J. A. BREWER Phone 186
cept the few days of the fair. Har
I ingen is right about it. Why tie up
valuable lands in that way and make
a fall fair such an expensive propo-
sition bee use of the idle capital ? Har-
lingen has three Either smaller parks,
1 but it wants one containing an audi-
torium, a zoo, a children’s play-
ground, a large swihrtmlhg pool, ten-
nis. courts, and other equipment of «
'modern park of a kind;'that will snake
the annual* fair all the better end
more attractive.
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Wm. Cameron & Co., Inc
Lumber and Building Materials
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Baldridge, Robert L. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1926, newspaper, December 31, 1926; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth776814/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.