The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1928 Page: 1 of 10
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S
— And Commonwealth —
THIRTY-FOURTH
YEAR
MADISONVILLE, MADIS ON COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1928.
NUMBER 43
National Democratic
Convention to Mpfet
At Houston, Te*as.
The greatest event in th^Ms-
Young Girl Committed
Suicide at St. Charles
Hotel Last Thursday
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Miss Christa Bell Williams
a- was found in her room at the
tory of Texas so far as . , ,
thering is concerned will -the, St. Charles Hotel in this city, by
National Democratic Convention C. S. Allphin, the proprietor,
to assimble at Houston Texas
next June. Congressman .Dan-
iel E. Garrett, Fessie Joiies,
and GoVernor Dan Moody were
the men who are responsible for
the event being held in Houston.
The closest competitor wa^Los
Angeles California who bid $250,
000.00 for it after Mr. Jon&i had
bid in behalf of Houston $200,-
000.00. The race looked as
though it would go to thewest-
crn city but when Governor
Mody arrived and satcjl that
Houston was not the only,'people
in Texas who wanted th^ con-
vention but he came with an in-
vitation from the people Of Tex-
sa Mr. Jones tendered the
committee a signed check and
told them to make it our for
what thay pleased, the tide
changed to Houston.
This will be the first time in
the history of Texas that she
hes ever entertained this great
gathering and the first time in
eighty years that the j^onven-
shot through the heart with a
pistol. She had gone in the
room only a few minutes before
and on hearing the report of a
gun Mr. Allphin rushed to the
room and found her still stand
ing with the weapon in her hand.
He took hold of her and she sank
to the floor dead with out utter
ing a word. County Judge W.
V. Jones heald an inquest and
the verdict was that she came to
her death by gun shot wounc
self inflected. She was 17
years old and leaves her mother,
Mrs. Myrtie Williams of Love
lady, two sisters, Mrs. Swinner
of Madison county and Mrs.
Manse Wright of Lovelady and
one brother about eight years
old, living with his mother.
Miss Williams was employed
at the hotel and no cause has
been given for the sad affair-
exceptdespondency. A letter
was found written to a friend in
except despondency. A letter
which despondency was express
at
tion has been held south ■ot the | e(j; written on tablet were these
Mason and Dixie line.
No doubt that the great
gathering at this time Will be
witnessed by more people than
has ever attended this organiza-
tion and Texas ought to^0% the
Houston People and use every
possible means to make the
visit oi the various- states as
pleasing as possible. This is
the opertunity for all Texas to
show her hospitality to all the
United States at one time.
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Mr. S. J. Stewart is a new sub-
scriber to the Meteor.
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Letter From
Superintendent Marrs
words "What is life without a
friend." Her body was carried
to Lovelady for burial Friday.
About a year ago her father
met his death as he alighter
^rom a moving truck and fell
and was instantly killed.
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Rev R. L. 'Brown, Pastor of
the Baptist church at College
Station was here to attend the
funeral of Max Sowell.
Adolphus Hotel, Dallas
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hensar-
ling, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. DuPuy,
and Mr. H. A. Turner left Sun-
day for Dallas, whore they at-
tended the banquet given for the
fifteen Master Farmers of Tex-
as at the Adolphus Hotel by the
Progressive Farmer. Mr. and
Mrs. Hensarling are the special
guests along with the other hon-
ored ones, at this feast given to
the Master Farmers of the en-
tire State.
The most unusual thing about
Mr. and Mrs. Hensarling is that
they did not enter any contest of
this character and then strive
for the distinction attained, but
th ir work has been done to
make their own home and sur-
roundings both comfortable and
profitable long before such a
move was suggested by the Pro
gressive Farmer, or any other
promoter of farming in Texas
We are very glad indeed that
Madison county has been award-
ed this rare distinction and that
Mr. and Mrs. Hensarling have
the honor of representing Madi
son county at the fathering at
Dallas this week. All their ex-
penses are paid by the Progres-
sive Farmer and every courtesy
shown them that the entire city
of Dallas has to offer.
Standi^' Chevrolet
H&s Nice H
Display Room
Galveston Dry Qpods
-Company'Has New
Line of Nice Stock
£. .
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W. L. Crouch, the efficient
manager of the Galvestn Dry
Goods Company, is in Houston
and Galveston this week buying
spring goods for his firm. ^ r
3 Madison County
Students are Honored
stu-.
NEW
ON
DP INK NOW
THE MARKET
^Among the outit
ing
L "ar&. the
son county
for them
on in the
, ;W l<.
i *11 County and City
' ' vh.ir Wtfcm ^ S< S' 3K
I desire to direct your atten- nAyn_ three Mai
^tion to -the . following fcfcfcle ■*■ ■** tnree Ma<
quoted from the Te^ ". Penal
Code, B. S 1925':.
- :\ ""The daily program of ©very
public school shall be's©'formu-
lated by the teacher,.' principle
or superintendent as to include
.-? • at least ten minute?, for .the
/ teachings Of^ ihtelligeiij' patriot^
ism. including the ne^ds of the
state and federal governments,
the duty of the citizen? Of ■ the
. Sta,te^ an4 tht oMgation t>f the
'State to the citizen. frAny" of-
ficial or employee of the public
free'schools who fails to',perform
this' legal duty in connection Of
■ - the lagaLduty in eonnoction of
the pervisions of this law shall
... be subject to a fine of not more
than five hundred dollar? or re-
moval from office or ]both fine
and removal from office." ,
This law w$s enacted by the
Fourth Called Session pf the
Thirty-fifth legislature and be-
came effective Marcli 20, 1918.
The main purpose of the state
in supporting a system of free
schools is to train the youth so
as to make democracy safe and
of the state by installing proper
ideals for citizenship. Since
this law has been in effect for
practically ten years, the boys
and girls now enrolled in the
public schools from the ages of
fourteen to eighteen should be
products of the system and; in the public schools, I have de-
students who have
selves, c&ecial diste:
college work at Huntsville the
past term. They ire Miss Fran-,
tis Lee Price, Miss LoUla Malone
and: Ottie Barrett, We are dis-
tinctly proud that Madisonville
and Madison county is so well
represented in the student body
of, that splendid school and con*
gratulate the students in win-:
hing this distinction for them
selves as well as for their home
county.
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Hereafter the Meteor will pub-
lish, each week * program of
BVY. P. U. activities for the
following Sunday, We also in-
vite the Epworth League to get
in line with this offer and send
us their program on Monday for
the following Sunday that we
may favor them also.
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Messrs. B. D. Muzzy, W. X
Davis , W. M. Pauseway and Al-
ford Crocker came over from the
A. & M. College out of respect
for Lawson Sowell to attend the
funeral of Max Sowell. They
are room and classmates of Law-
son.
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Steele's Pharmacy apreciates
your trade
Mr. J. O. Ash, the local Coca-
Cola man, has recently put on
the market a"n entirely new
drink, which is going over big,
and, personally, we see the rea-
son why. It is more than just a
drink, it is a refreshing liquid
which contains, not merely a
breath of life, but a whole bot-
tle full of strength giving nour-
ishment; and the first time wc
sampled it, right then and there
^ we became- an- ardent admirer
6f No-Ko, for that, is the name
of ;this delightful beverage.
A few days ago we had the op-
•rtuaity of visiting the locat
ttlirtg plant, and at that time,
witnessed the cooking off of a
batch of No-Ko. A large steam
canner is used at present for
this purpose, in whfch the bot-
tled drink is staked, in cases,
several at a vtime, and the heat
turned bn until it reaches 240
degrees j, Farenheit* and there it
remains for fifteen, minutes. Oc-
casionally a^boftle breaks, giving
a 1$nge of excitement , to what
otherwise would have possibly
been a dull task. .
Not many days ago the effi-
cient foreman of the plant
Mr. R. J. Goode, informed us
that almost the entire run was
lost when, after they had begun
taking" the cases out after cook-
ing the No-Ko, one bottle broke,
which seemed to act a signal-to
aH the others to begin breaking
carrying out the old saying tha
"when it rains it pours," and
only a few cases out of the en
tire lot were saved. He, being
hemmed in behind the machine
couldn't run, as did the others
but had to face the music, as it
were, to the tune of cracking
glass, with a plentiful lot o:
fragments flying in assortec
directions.
We urge that you try No-Ko
for it is far above the five-cent
class of drink, yet costs only a
nickle.
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Madisonville has a new auto-
mobile sajies company, repre-
senting one of the most popular
of all the light cars, namely:
Standley. Chevrolet Company, of
Madisonville, Texas.
Mr. Standley, in addition to be-
ing a livewire, and experienced
automobile man, is a Madison
county man, and was reared in
the Cottpnwood community. He
was, a few years ago, in the au-
tomobile! game in Normangee,
being the Chevrolet dealer in
that section of the country.
There is one feature that we
are almost inclined to boast
about, that being Mr. Standley's
show room, the only one in Madi-
sonville of a like nature, and it
is located in the front, and not
in the back, of the building. It
is made more attractive by ar
oiled floor, flower pots, large
plate-glass windows, and plenty
of room. It is the opinion of the
writer that a well arranged
show room, where a really good
looking car may be displayed tc
one's satisfaction, will go a long
way todwsird attracting and
holding a prospective buyers at-
tention;
Fixtures' are being received
and being installed in the build-
ing so as to give the owners of
Chevrolet \tars real service in
this particular line, as well as
atending >tb mechanical ailments
on other types of motor cars.
Mr. Eh&er Brown, also a pro-
duct of $adison county, is em-
ployed byiMr. Standley as sales-
man, and will be glad to have
the opportunity of showing the
cars to his friends.
We are glad to have Mr.
Standley* as one of our business
men an^ ^all the attention of the
public to.his ads which will ap-
pear weekly in the Meteor.
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Manager W. L. Crouch, of the
Galveston Dry Goods Company,
is recently home from the mar-
kets, and is now busily engaged
getting his large new stock of
goods ready for the people.
The store had been practical-
y "cleaned" of goods in the be-
fore holidays rush, and this
gave Mr. Crouch an opportunity
to re-stock with all fresh, new,
prettily colored millinery and
other nice Spring and Late Win-
ter stock.
Upon entering, one cannot
help but be impressed at the
sight of all this lovely ready-to-
wea*, and piece goods array,
along with the neatly arranged
shoe stock, which is very large.
We are wondering how long it
will be before Mr. Crouch will
have to go to market again, as
it certainly seems that his goods
go fast.
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Fruit Store Has Moved
should have received right
training for citizenship.
As I am eager to make a test
of the civil ideals of the students
who have received their training (Superintendent.
cided to institute a state wide
essay contest, usinsr the subject:
The Qualities of Good Citizen-
ship.—S. M. N. Marrs, State
Whippet Car* at Real
Bargain Prices Here
.—«>_
TheyOtverland Whippet, now
in its jiurd year, is seemingly
gaining prestige that was never
accorded its precedents* the old
model nmety and the Baby Over-
land. rxt is a Very -lovely little
car to 106k at and a> still more en-
ticing; one to drive, as its flexi-
bility and ease Of handling make
it a prime favorite with, men, as
well as lady drivers.
Whippet has won many re-
cords ijn. the most miles per gal-
lon contests* having made the
coast to coast run on less gaso-
line than any other cjar. Local
owner of the cars inform us that
it is iimazing how little gas is
consumed even where numerous
stops, and starts are made.
We note that the local agency
is selling quite a few of these
cars and that so far, as tfe have
heard all are more than pleased
with iti performance, and for a
car of its class, the price is ex-
tremely low, due to the fact that
a recent price, reductioh cut the
old prices from $60; td' $200 on
the car; according to the fctyle,
of course.
Mr. Tom Shine has moved his
fruit store into the building with
Mr. J. M. Norwood's grocery
stock.
This is a very desirable loca-
tion, and the large plate glass
windows offer splendid opor-
tunity for Mr. Shine to display
his delicious wares.
The Fruit Store was formerly
in the south half of the build-
ing now occupied by the Stand-
ley Crtfvrolet Company.
Together, Mr. Shine's Fruit
Store, and Mr. Norwood's splen-
did line of groceries, offer a
strong inducement to the seeker
of "this and that," as it were,
for breakfast, dinner and sup-
per.
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Much Road Work to
Start This Spring
—■ ■
Austin, Jan. 6.—Fifty-five per
cent of the $8,595,000 set aside
by th^ state highway wart-'
ment for . road maintainance
during the present fiscal year,
still i sunspent and will have
been Used in an ambitions pro-
gram by June 30, Leo Ehiinger,
maintenance engineer, said Fri-
day. >
Only 35 per cent of the total
has been used, he added, and 10
per cent will be kept to be doled
out during July and August,
last two mnths of the fiscal
year.
Ehlinger said the 17 division
engineers now are making out
recommendations as to what
early spring maintenance work
should be done. Because of the
susceptibility of asphalt and
other surfacing materials to
cold, little of it is laid in tht
Winter months.
Mrs. Dan McConnel and Mr. and
Mrs. Jno. Kintr of Crockett were
the guests of Mrs. Minnie Con-
nor this week.
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M" " T O. A^h W2re
ir He-o*1 the first of the week
| for a few days visit.
CONVICTS ESCAPED
A'complete line of the Whip-
pet cars are to be had in Madi
sonviljjs, the list of which, in
eluding price, are to be found in
this issue of the Meteor.
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That advertising does not pay
is the sum total of what a man
generally means when he says
no to a solicitor, yet if you
talk to that same man a few
moments longer he will agree
that it does—vet still will not
advertise. Strange? No. Just
Twenty-four convicts sawed
their way out of the building at
day night and made their escape,
the Eastham State Farm Satur-
All but four of the men had been
recaptured Wednesday, accord-
ing to Sheriff Gibson, and one
other man was being held for
identification by an East Texas
official Tuesday night.
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Mrs. Frank Krenick of Love-
lady is the ;;u:st t;'- of
Mr,
and Mrs. F. A. Lively.
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