The Kingsville Record (Kingsville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 3, 1924 Page: 3 of 12
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The Old Reliable
Kingsville Insurance Agency
MARCUS PHILLIPS, Mgr.
We represent the oldest and largest insur-
ance companies in America.
NEWSY ITEMS FROM
CAROLINE BEACH
FOUR WAYS TO WORK FOR END-
INC CROP MORTGAGE SLAVERY
This community attended the Ro-
tary meeting at Vattman Thanksgiv-j
iiig night and the ladies assisted the
ladies at Vattman to entertain the !
Rotary Club. It proved to be a most j
enjoyable affair. The writer expects a |
full account elsewhere in the Record,
therefore this account will he brief.
Hunters were numerous here last
Sunday by invitation, to shoot on the
Goodman farm.
Ernest Freeman, Louis Dougherty
of Kingsville, and Carrol Goodman
sailed to the Island Tuesday. They
expert to remain about one week,
Chas. Remlinger and family of Ri-1
viera were guests at the Louis Unter- ■
brink home Sunday.
Mrs. East of Kingsville and Mrs.
Holzman of Ricardo were luncheon
guests Sunday of the Goodman family.
A crowd of Kingsville folks enjoyed
a basket picnic Sunday. The children
made sand pies, built sand houses and
were reluctant about leaving, even
after Old Sol had gone from sight.
Sunday evening visitors at t lie
Beach were: Mr. R. C. Mecklin and
family; Rev. Airhurt, Dr. J. V. Chand-
ler and family; Mr. II. Bludworth and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Houten and four
sons of Chicago, the former home of
Mr, and Mrs. Goodman, have come via
auto and are delighted with our cli-
mate.
BAFFINS BAY NEWS
OF THE PAST WEEK
Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs entertained
Saturday evening in honor of their
daughter Edva’s lflth birthday. Indoor
and outdoor games of many kinds
were played by all. Refreshments
consisting of cakes, lemonade and
coffee were served throughout the
evening. At a late hour the guests de-
parted for their homes wishing Miss
Edva many happy returns of the day.
Ask Mr. Runnels and Mrs. Maxton
how do they like cake?
The pupils scrubbed our scliool-
house floors and we
day.
will
oil them to-
Our concrete walk
has
been corn-
pleted and adds to
ness of our school.
the
attractive-
The program of
the
Evergreen
Club for Wednesday
was:
Lord’s Prayer.
Roll Call: Answers, one thing that
I am thankful for.
Business Session.
Song: Cheer, all cheer our Pilgrim
Fathers.
Play: A Difficult Thanksgiving.
Turkey Song.
Thanksgiving Day: Audria McIn-
tyre.
Song: Thanksgiving Day.
Song: Thanksgiving Day Has Come,
Frank Wines visited the school Fri-
day.
Dauniee McIntyre, Reporter.
1. We can appeal to the merchants
to use their influence to discourage
and break down rather than to foster
and build up the whole crop mortgage,
time prices system.
2. We can appeal to the farmers to
wear ragged clothes, patched clothes,
ride in wagons and buggies instead of
flivvers and automobiles, live at home
and live hard if necessary—do any-
thing and everything for one year or
two years to get out of crop mortgage
slavery and then stay out in freedom I
and independence for all the years j
thereafter.
3. Every candidate for the Legisla- j
ture intlie South should be made to
pledge himself for new legislation
where needed and vigorous enforce-
ment of existing legislation where it !
has already been enacted. (L) restrict- j
ing crop mortgage time prices to 10 ■
per cent above cash prices, and (2) .
requiring that a written memorandum
of all such purchases be given the '
buyer for purposes of record.
1 We must, alike* by legislation, in-
dividual action, and through our co- ;
operating marketing associations de- |
liherately and systematically set about
establishing and encouraging in the
South a system whereby tlie farmer,
like every other class of people, may
borrow needed money for production
credit through local banks, local un-
ions, agricultural credit associations,
and intermediate credit banks, and
thereby be put on the same footing
with other human beings as regards
cost of credit and as regards ris indi-
vidual freedonm. Clarence Poe, in
The Progressive Farmer.
KNOW THIS WORD—HIBERNA-
TION
“What is the boll weevil doing this
winter?” 1 ask. And immediately you
answer. “Why. he is in hibernation.”
“And where is that?” Iask.
Then you set out very patiently to
explain that by hibernation you mean
that he is in winter quarters.
“But what is he doing in winter
j quarters?” 1 ask. “Is lie wining and di-
ning or what is he doing?”
No. insects in hibernation dont want
anything to eat or drink. In fact, so far
! as anyybody knows, they dont want
anything except to lie let alone. They
| are in a completely inactive stage,
j They are extremely sluggish and ap-
paaently without feeling. In fact, if
j they know what is going on about
| theni( they dont care enough to do
| anything about it.
Its a long time from that last good
sqare meal in the fall to the first one
in the spring. Therefore the boll wee-
vil or other hibernating insect is like-
ly to be rather hungry when he comes
out in the springtime.
But. winter quarters are not. always |
warm enough. Many boll weevils and !
other insects die from exposure to cold
and dampness. In your mind associ-
ate hibernation with the idea of pass-
ing the winter in a drowsy., sluggish, I
ive Farmer.
Shelter for Travelers
A “dak bungalow” (rarely a house)
is a shelter for the accommodation of
travelers at a station on u dak route.
The Anglo-Indian word “dak” or
“dawk" means “a post oi transport
b.v relays of men or horses for carry-
ing mails, etc., or passengers in
pa lanqiiins."
Isn’t it a relief t osit down to the table and just tell the
waiter to bring you a good dinner? Enjoy this occasional-
ly wit hus. You never have to worry over what you will
eat if you will only come here. And you know the food is
only the best.
American Cafe
WHY —
Watches Must Undergo
Series of Tests
The modern watch lg compelled to
go through a most drastic teat before
It is allowed to enter the pocket or to
repose upon the wrist of the purchaser.
One of the moat necessary things as-
certained Is the action which changes
of temperature have upon the works.
Extremes of iteat and cold affect the
running of a watch considerably. You
may, perhaps, have noticed with your
own wutch that It cannot be relied up-
on to keep accurate time If the weath-
er makes a sudden Jump from heat to
cold, or vice versu.
It will either gain or lose in an
extraordinary manner, and you will
wonder wlmt Is happening. When the
weather becomes normal again, the
watch will behave properly. Expen-
sive watches are adjusted for tempera-
tures varying between 35 degrees und
95 degrees.
Every watch Is put In a tlghtly-flc
ting case, and placed In a chamber the
temperature of which Is slightly above
freezing point. Its movement Is ob-
served very carefully, and adjusted
from time to time, until the watch is
going correctly.
The timekeeper is then moved from
the cold chamber, and gradually heuted
In a specially constructed oven, the
temperature of which is between 90
and 100 degrees. Here Its internal ar-
rangements are still carefully watched
and adjusted from time to time. When
the watch is going correctly in this
temperature It Is returned to the cold
chamber for further adjustment, If
necessary. It spends about a week In
each chamber.
By the time a watch hus passed the
temperature test, it will gn correctly
In any climate. Chronometers ordered
especially by explorers and-travelers
who are going to places where great
extremes of temperature are encount-
ered undergo very searching tests to
make them thoroughly reliable.
Why Fuse-Wire Blows
Out With Excess Current
When an electric current flows
through a wire it makes the wire
warm explains Popular Science Month-
ly. Different materials resist the flow to
different degrees. Fuse-wire Is made
of an alloy containing a large propor-
tion of lead, which gets very warm
when large currents puss through It.
Furthermore, since this alloy melts
easily, the currents. If large enough,
may cause the fuse-wire to melt.
Wherever current Is being consumed
in the house or factory, a piece of
fuse-wire is put somewhere In the cir-
cuit. If through accident or design
too much current should he used, the
fuse-wire will melt, or, as It Is usually
described, “blow,” and sto|> the flow
of current before the copper wire In
side the walls can beat up und set
fire to the house.
Why Cats and Owls Do
See Better at Nighl
It is not true that cuts and owls
can see better at night than they cun
in the daytime. No animal or bird can
see better in the dark than when It In
light. A cat can see better than a
human being when It is partly dark,
as at dusk, because Its eyes are sensi-
tive to the ultra-violet rays of the
spectrum and the pupils are cupable
of great expansion, thus admitting all
the lig^it available. But a cat unnot
see in absolute darkness. However,
with the assistance of its whiskers as
feelers and its surefootedness a cat
can get around In the dark with con
Biderable agility. It Is this fact which
has given rise to the erroneous belief
that a cat can see better at night than
in the daytime.
Why Diamond Is Hard
One of the most simple and beauti-
ful '‘rystals Is the diamond. Tt con-
sists, says Sir William Bragg, only of
carbon atoms arranged In a very sym-
metrical way. Every carbon atom Inis
four others spaced round It, The
symmetry of the structure Is such that
tin* atoms an* most difficult to displace,
“for which reason a diamond can he
used as a tool to cut any other sub-
stance, because tin* atoms of flu* other
substance give way before the rigidly
set atoms of the diamond." In the
diamond can he found the rings of
benzene, the fundamental structural
unit of all the substances included in
one great section of organic chetnls
try.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Why Snow Scared Arabs
Since the young Turks are trampling
under foot the Injunctions of the Ko
ran by exiling the caliph, removing the
women's veils and are preparing to
prohibit polygamy and Institute the
marriage customs of Christian lands,
there may oe some excuse for a dis-
play of wrath from Mahommed. It
must surely have been the prophet's
anger which, for the first time, sent
n white blanket of snow down upon
Medina (Mahommed's place of burial)
recently. The Arabs, who had never
seen snow, tied In terror and public
prayers were ordered. From Le Fi-
garo. Paris.
Why Sawdust la Poor Feed
Hydrollzed sawdust, a byproduct in
the manufacture of Industrial alcohol,
fs not a satlsfaefory feed for dairy I
cows In view of present prices of
feeds and cost of treating sawdust, say
government chemists. Though the
product contains a large proportion of i
material of no food value. It can he
used in limited quantities f**r dairy
cows when ordinary feeds are very
high in price.
The Place Where Most People Trade
Santa Claus Will Be Here
Saturday, at 2 p. m.
Come on, Kiddies, don’t miss the Dear Old Saint. We want every hoy and girl in this entire
section of the state To visit our store Saturday, December 6th. Old Santa Claus will be here to
greet you. The hour is 2 o’clock.
SEE OUR BIG CHRISTMAS STOCK
Something lor everybody. Present to suit every taste and every pocket book. Remember that
this big store is headquarters for Christmas Goods,
KIDDIE KARS
Genuine Kiddie Kars, the strong
Kind that afford so much fun and
good exercise $2.25
Kiddie Kars, tricycle type, rubber
tires $3.65
Several other sizes and prices. De-
pend upon us for the riding devices
for the little fellows.
TRICYCLES
These are shown in large variety
of sizes and prices.
Large size, nickel plated, rubber
tired tricycles $15,00
Smaller ones of the same design
for $12.50
And still smaller ones at lower
prices. You will have to come and
look them over for yourself.
WHEELBARROWS
Here is fun for the little ones. Sev
oral sizes, but all well made after
the fashion of the better grade full
size ones. Prices range
from 40c to $1.25
WAGONS
We show an extra large line of
wagons. Many of them have disc
wheels and rubber tires, and you do
not have to get into the higher
priced ones to get a wagon of that
kind. Others have steel wheels. All
well painted and finished. The
prices range from $10 down to $2.00
Tinker Toys Mechanical sets for
building up various tilings, They
encourage the mechanical inclina-
tion of the boy. Get him one and
watch, him grow into a mechanic
or engineer.
For Father Get him a Smoking
Stand. It will place all his smoking
ammunition" right at his finger
tips, and also save him dropping
ashes on the floor. These pretty
sets come in walnut and mahogony
finish, and sell for........$9.00
DOLLS DOLLS
Old Santa Glaus has certainly done
his best in sending us dolls for tin*
tittle girls of this section of the
State We have never had a larger
and more varied stock. Don’t fail
to see them.
Mama Dolls, beautifully dressed,
large size. Just the thing for the
larger girls who appreciate the best,
there is in dolls. Unusual values
at $15.00
Mama Dolls, smaller sizes, but Just,
as good talkers $8.50
And there are many others at pric-
es between.
Negro Mama Dolls; think of a col
ored dull that says “mama" Just
like the white ones, for only $1.25
Then there are the other kinds
dozens of them, in all sizes and
prices. We are making the most
wonderful display of dolls you have
ever seen. Hurry, before the hotter
ones are picked over
DOLL TRUNKS AND CHESTS
The little dollie's clothing does not
have to h<* thrown about the room;
she can have a trunk or cedar
c hest all to herself.
Doll Wardrobe Trunks, several siz
es, priced down to $2.25
Doll Cedar Chests, just like the
grown folks $3.75
BLACKBOARDS
Nothing assists the chit
Iren to learn like a blackboard We
lave several sizes and kinds. Some
lave letter, figure and animal
“copies," others Just plain black
toards. Be sure to see these. They
atige in price from $3 50
down to $1.75
Toy Dishes Nothing brings more
Joy to the heart of the little miss
than a nice set of dishes. Wo have
them that will please her.
Books, Books Every child will
want a hook or two for Christmas.
1’hey encourage reading, and amuse
the smaller ones by looking at the
pictures, and having the stores
read by the older ones, vve have a
tine assortment of books. Just look
them over; you are sure to find
what you want.
Circus Wagons Help the boys
have a circus parade by buying
them a few ot these brightly paint-
ed wagons, complete w*ith ponies.
Regulation circus parade wagons
that will more than please.
Iron Toys Locomotives, tire wag
oils, etc.. In a large and varied as-
sortment No Christmas is complete
without u tire engine or a locomo-
tive for the boys. They are sure to
find what they want in our line of
toys of this character,
Railroad Systems Here is a set
that will make the hoy happy, A
complete railroad system with roll
ing stock and ‘neverythlng. Get one
if these; it is sure to please
Toy Sewing Machines Now for
the little miss who is Just begin-
ning to sew, this is the best thing
you can buy for her. A real sewing
machine that screws on the table
Useful as well as a plaything.
Give Something Useful—See Our Big Stock
365 NIGHTS
A YEAR
Here’s Real Service
COLEMAN’S
GAS LAMPS GAS LANTERNS
As Illustrated As lllsutrated
$9.00 $'.50
We cannot impress too strongly the superior!
ty of the e wonderful lamps and lanterns over
the old fashioned oil lighting equipment. They
are absolutely safe, quick lighting, and better
**veri than electricity We shall appreciate the
opportunity to demon >cnte them to you at any
time. Ask to see the Cob-man Gas Lamp or
Lantern the next time you are In the store,
Coleman Camp Stove $12.50
GIVE
Pyrex Oven Ware
Transparent
I leal proof
Many other sizes and styles than these shown
here* They make an Ideal gift, or a valuable
addition to your own kitchen.
Oval Cooking Dish with ltd, each $2 and $1.50
Oblong Baking Pan, several size,.
each $2.00 and $1.25
Double compartment Vegetable dish. $1.50
See our complete line of this heat-proof, cook-
ing glassware. Every piece guaranteed.
Kingsville Lumber Company
“Where Most People Trade” Kingsville, Texas
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