Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, June 4, 1937 Page: 1 of 5
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this llttls world to-night
Suddenly should fall through space '
( In s hissing, headlong (light.
Shriveling from off its (see
As it falls into the sun.
In an instant, every trace
Of the little crawling things—
Ants, philosophers, and lice,
Cattle, cockroaches, and kings,
Beggars, millionaires, and mice,
Men and maggots, all as one
As it falls into the sun—
< Who can ssy but at the a«me
Instant from some planet far
A child may watch us and exclaim;
“Sad the pretty shooting star!”—Oliver
’ Herford.
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; * J. W. McQuerry of Jal, N. M.,
; sends in a renewal to the Star for
Mrs. Lillie M. Knight. Thanks a
lot and we hope - the old home
town paper will be enjoyed.
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Thanks to nice Mrs. J. L. John*
son for the picture show treat which
she gave us the other afternoon in
Mineral Wells. The show was
doubly enjoyed because we were
her guest.
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A. C. Kyle says that the old-
time remedy of curing styes on
v one’s eye was to rub a heavy wed-
ding ring on wool until it was
very hot, then apply it to the stye.
He admitted this remedy would
he rather hard to carry out these
days when • old fashioned wide
wedding rings have passed out of
style. -
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Dale Carnegie gives the follow
ing six ways to make other people
like you—so it’s up to yourself if
you'll practice the following*. 1/
Bepome genuinely interested in
other people. 2. Smile. 3. Re-
member that a man’s name is to
him the sweetest and most import-
ant sound in the English language.
4. Be a good listener. Encour-
age others to talk about them-
selves. 5. Talk in terms of the
other man's interest. 6. Make
the other person feel important—
and do it sincerely.
Miss Dora Steele of Mineral
Wells was telling us recently about
some of her. adventures when tour-
ing Europe seven years ago. She
had the misfortune to sprain her
knee in Germany and had to be
away from the party five days.
Sbe was to join them in
Munich as they headed for Ober-
ammergau to witness the famous
Passion Play. In some way there
was a misunderstanding about
trains and Miss Dora found her-
self alone in the Munich depot,
with only a cane to support her in-
jured knee.and with no one to
meet her. She shouted “Obemm-
pushing luggage along on a small
*1)008 anyone here
Pioneer Citizen Die*
Saturday
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Uncle John Price, 73-year-old
native citixen of Palo Pinto passed
away Saturday morning at 9; 30 in
Garden, Texas, at the home of his
son, Lloyd E Price. He had been
ill a week. Funeral services were
conducted at the Christian Church
in Palo Pinto Sunday afternoon by
Rev. Arthur Travis, Bsptist minis-
ter. interment-was made in the
Pslo Pinto cemetery. E. A. Jones,
Gordon, directed the funeral.
Uund John was the son of the
late Mr. and Mra I. W. Price, early
pioneers of Palo Pinto. He was
born in this city and had lived his
entire life in this county. Many
Indian tragedies occurred in and
near Palo Pinto during his child-
hood days and these and many
other exciting stories of by-gone
days were often told by Uncle
John to his friends and family. He
was a cowboy of the old school
ahd spent his young manhood upon
the range. He remembered this
part of Texas when it was an open
range and a barb-wire fence had
never been heard of. He remem-
bered the long horn cattle that
once roamed over the prairie, and
had seen hundreds of wild buffalo
grazing upon the western prairies.
The passing of Uncle John re-
moves another colorful character
from Palo Pinto and vicinity, and
one that will be greatly missed by
family and friends.
land deep, and at
and sow your w
Ha is survived by four children: bylev and then
Mrs. J. S. Weldon, Messers Charlie,
and Alee Price, Palo Pinto, ahd L.
B. Price, Gordon; 12 grandchildren,
and 1 brother. ; Mrs. Price died
Sept 14, 1934, on their 35th wed-
dipg anniversary.
Uncle John was a member of
the Odd Fellow and Masonic
Lodges, and a loyal member of
the Chriatian Church.
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Brazos River Engineers
leave Mineral Wells
Interistlnf Eieirpts
From J. H. Baker's
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Wed. Oct 17, *860. Went to
the Fair at 10 a.tn. Find but little
doing this morning, nothing on ex-
hibit but soma chickens, a gang
plow and other machinery. Nona
of the officers seem to be present
and it seams rather difficult to get
under way. The band is doing
pretty well probably things will
liven up soon. Mr Thomas Jack-
son has just brought in a fine sheep.
Mr. bavidtoh has brought in two
sheep. 1 think Jeclfon's sheep will
take the premium. vL P- Baker has
just brought in a fine bull calf aix
months old. The dalf closed the
livestock show before dinner, Wes-
ley and 1 took dinner with R. P.
Baker. At 2:30 p. ft. Col. J. Rush-
ing addressed the crowd on the
subject of agriculture- He said
me her
and
our peculiar notions about farming,
learned in our native states. These
will not do in Texas and we must
learn to adopt our farming to the
country, regardless of the ways we
have been accustomed to doinft it.
This is not a cornjcountry, it Is a
small grain country.* It is an easy
country to farm id. Plow your
tHe
that we have come Here from many
different states,'Ml we all have
proper time
t, bats, rye and
baat. oat
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State Highway to Reward
* Most Attractive Farm
To further a state-wide appre-
ciation of beauty and cleanliness
along the highways of the state,
the State Highway Department
will again award a handsomely de
signed emblem this year as a re-
ward of merit to the most attrac-
tive farm or ranch home located
on a State or Federal Highway of
Texas, provided that such home
does not exceed $5,000 in cost
Points to be judged will be as
follows: General appearance 20
points, cleanliness, 10 points, or-
derliness of premises 10 points,
trees, flowers, lawn, etc., 10 points;
appearance and state of repair of
gates and fences 10 points; nam-
ing of property 10 points; culverts
where necessary 10 points.
W. A. Perkins, section foreman,
gave this information to the editor
this week and hopes that owners
of farm and ranch homes along
the highway in this county will en-
ter the contest. Last year the
handsome native atone farm home
of Mr. Smith, which is located
west of Mineral Wells, was award-
ed the emblem.
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Judge Corrigan Greets
Farley
Judge J. Pat Corrigan of Palo
Pinto and a nice delegation from
Mineral Wells went to Millsap
One dozen engineers and their
families left Mineral Wells last
week-end for Temple, Texas. They
had been at work for the past year
in the Brazoa River Conservation
and Reclamation District engineer
ing offices. The closing of these
offices marked the completion of
surveys in this county for three
proposed dams; Possum Kingdom,
Turkey Creek and Inspiration
Point.
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Rev. J. W. Purefoy Buried
In Mineral Wells
The Rev. J. W. Purefoy of Min
eral Wells was buried in that city
Sunday afternoon. He died in
Baylor hospital Saturday after
major operation. He was 68 years
of age. Funeral services were
held at the First Baptist Church.
Dr. W. W. Chancellor, pastor and
Rev. J. W. Cundieff. pastor of
Parker Street Baptist Church con-
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The Rev. Mr. Purefoy was born
Baptist church when a small boy
and be sure and not take any
yearlings that do not belong to
you. By doing so you can live
easily. When you write to your
people about this country tell them
the truth; that they can live easily,
have plenty to eat such as it island
be healthy. The governor' of the
state vetoed the bill giving us our
land and caused our present hard
times. $50,000 has been sent t6
the land office at Austin from Par-
ker County, consequently I believe
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hunting Sunday noon to greet
When we were a child we got
big thrill in looking- the large
box of pictures upon our grand'
mother's living room table, through
a contraption called a steroscope.
One held the steroecope to his
eyes, and gazed rapturously
through magnifying glass at the
picture held in the frame attached
to the instrument. Each individ-
ual adjusted the glesees to his
own eyes until the pictures could
be seen plainly. How well do we
remember theoe pictures. There
wee “Old Black Joe" inf the cotton
fields, “The Gleaners" famous peas-
ant picture of France showing the
toiling workmen in the grain field
with their long sharp knives.
There were many other interesting
pictures showing scenes from for-
art, ate. When we visited our
Postmaster General James E. Far
ley enroute to Fort Worth on the
Sunshine Special. Mr. Farley
stepped off. the train and met the
delegation, shaking hands with
them, and enjoying a short visit.
Mineral .We(ls delegates. included
Bud Sweeney, representing Con-
gressman Clyde L. Gariett. Mayor
John G Miller and County Dem-
ocratic Chairman W. P. Cameron,
Postmaster D. C. Harris and many
others.
Gordon Home Coming
June 20.
• News 35 Years Ago •
• Live with us again in the past ■
through the Star columns.
-Mrs. H.
Fort Worth.
& Pitts is visiting in
The Gbrdcn Hotpe Coming will
be held' Sunday, Jane 20. It is
hoped that everyone who withes
to meet old friends of this com-
munity again will femetribef the
date and be present upon -this
happy occasion. The homs-com-'
ing was a big success last year and
it is hoped that it will be bigger
and better this year. *
Guests attending are asked to
bring a lunch. An old time picnic
dinner will be enjoyed.
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Jury List For The June
Term of District Court
Liet of Petit Jurors for the third
week of District Court. Jane terpr:
D. F. Roquemore, Lewis Ladd.
Craig Medford, Claude Bradley, W.
W. BresweU, K. A -Walker, John
Garner. John Belcher. Lawrence
Brinkman, G W. Beaty, J. Fal-
len, Mineral Writs; Tom Harder,
E. G Mays. & C Wheeler. T. D.
—C. W. Massie lost a very fine
Jersey cow this week. ^
— Mias Addie Abernathy is visit-
ing her sister in Weatherford this
week.
—Miss Lula Dalton left for Fort
Worth last Monday whsre she goes
to take music lessons.
—Master* Elbert and Bob Dalton
have our thanks for a set-em-up to
the Star force Wednesday to ice
cream.
—M. L. Sikes of the Graford
neighborhood has 200 acres of
wheat which he claims will make
a half crop.
—When the drouth killed your
crops and you had no money to
buy goods, did Sears, Roebuck and
Co. and Montgomery Ward and
Co. carry on their backs and tide
you over the bard times ? Did
Barr or Nugent ever go on your
note or bond, or let you have a
dime's worth of credit ? When
your baby was bom or your daugh-
ter got married, and your school
bouse was built, and your mule
kicked you, were the facts an-
nounced in "VickeryuFirerideViaw
tor,” ”Home Qyeen," "Kansas City
Star," "Dallas Newt" or "Commer-
cial Appeal?" Did you ever tbink
of the fact that every cent that goes
out of the country or county, is a
dead loss to the whole and that
you ought to patronize your home
people because they patronize
you. even if they do happen to
charge a little more than big con-
cerns in the cities ? We believe
in commercial reciprocity even in
a small neighborhood.—Exchange.
The doctrine and sentiment of the
above is alright and we believe in
it, but nine tenths of the world does
otherwise. You bear a fellow who
is in business in a smalt town, ad-
vocating such doctrine, and nine
cases out of ten he clothes his
family direct from some mail order
bouse, and buys his groceries out-
ride of his town, sends to Dayton,
Ohio for his whiskey and at the
time "cusses" his neighbor for pa-
tronizing his home liquor dealers.
At the same time he will send for
his job printing to the eastern
states, and perhaps he will pay his
horns paper $ I a year as a charia-
tabie grift and "cuss" the editor be-
cause he does itot publish e larger
paper, when he has not had a line
of advertising in it for a year or two
and probably longer^ The business
and professional men are largely
responsible for the condition of
things. The business man will set
in his store and wait for customers
to come to him instead of getting
up and making inducements to tho
trade and advertising same ip bin
home paper. You make yourown
business elsewhere yms> have no
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Dunbar, Mary Whatley. Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, June 4, 1937, newspaper, June 4, 1937; Palo Pinto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1039021/m1/1/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.