Red River County Review (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 90, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 7, 1925 Page: 4 of 6
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THE RED RIVER COUNTY REVIEW
TUESDAY, APRIL 7,1925
Pay of "Blue Law"
In U. S. Not Past
The da? of the "blue law" in Ameri-
ca has not yet passed.
Restrictive legislation dealing with
subjects ranging from evolution to
the speed with which a donkey may
be driven past a cemetery on Sunday
has held its own in the session of
the 1925 state legislatures.
Reports gathered by the United
Presg from all parts of the country
•how that approximately half of the
Instances where "blue laws" were con-
sidred the advocates of restrictive
legislation won by preventing repeal
ef existing laws; passing new laws
•r defeating measures designed to
liberalize the statutes.
The result Is that If your doctor
gives you a liquor prescription In
Texas, its going to be published for
three days so that all your friends
can know that you've been sick, and
had to take "one tablespoonful three
times a day."
And if your wife's hat pin is too
lomg, shd'll be subject to punishment
In Massachusetts.
And one cnfinot go fishing on Sun-
day In Pennsylva/nla.
Ohio's legislature still Is consider-
ing the propriety of driving a donkey
past a cemetery faster than six miles
an hour. A law prohibiting such un-
seemingly bursts of speed Is among
82 measures the Ohio legislature con-
sidered repealing. Most of the 82
have to do with the licensing and op-
erating of saloons nnd are> considered
useless. But the donkey law is
among them.
The same Ohio legislature has pass-
ed a law forbidding dances at which
more than five couples are in attend-
ance.
Tennessee grappled with evolution
and passed a law forbidding its teach-
ing in the public schools, on the
grounds that the Bible settled the
question and that evolution was
wrong.
The Texas legislature repealed a
law against sale of gasoline and oil
In certain cities on Sunday.
■In Nebraska the house passed a
bill permitting bill board advertising
of cigarettes, but its fate In the
senate is doubtful. "Boys and girls
learn too dasily where they can buy
cfgaTettes," Miss Sarah Bulr, leader
of the fight against the bill, argued.
Massachusetts, in addition to re-
fusing to repeal the law limiting the
fength of hat pins, also refused to per-
mit Sunday baseball and denied jury
duty to women.
Michigan defeated a bill closing all
■tores on Sunday and now is consider-
ing repeal of all "blue laws" and ob-
solete legislation.
The Alabama legislature at lis last
session turned down an anti-evolution
bill and one closing amusement places
on Sunday.
But many cities have their own laws
Including Birmingham, where dancing
on city property and Sunday amuse-
ments are forbidden.
Illinois is considering closer regula-
tion of roadhouses.
Connecticut rejected a proposal to
prohibit any noise in the evening that
would Interfere with radio reception,
but Its legislature still has pending a
law prohibiting children attending
amusement places unaccompanied by
an adult, and a strong fight also is ex-
pected against a bill permitting Sun-
day baseball.
In California the legislature would
not listen to blue law talk and even
tabled without consideration a pro-
posal to make Illegal the opening of
banks on Sunday.
New York decelslvely defeated a
Sunday closing bill which frowned on
everything but going to church and
also turned down a clean hooks bill.
Missouri has pending a Sunday clos-
ing bill applying to baseball, theatres
and to all labor except household and
public employment.
Pennsylvania refused to repeal its
law against fishing on Sunday but Is
considering the repeal of some laws
restricting Sunday baseball, amuse-
ments and recreation.
A strong effort was made In the
Kansas legislature to repeal the anti-
clgarettei law, but it failed, due to the
efforts of the Kansas anti-cigarette
society.
Accused of Selling Young Daughter
The Divorce Evil
"For every seven marriages In the
United States there Is one divorce.
This Is a shocking state of things."
Theodore W. Martin of the Interna-
tional divorce commission was speak-
ing before the W. 0. T. U. of Rich-
mond.
"If the young bride and bridegroom
would live up to their original re-
solves," Mr Miirtln went on, "divorce
would disappear.
"The young bride and bridegroom
marry with the resolve to share one
another's Joys and sorrows, ambitions
and troubles, hopes and fears, but too
often all they share, alas, Is one an-
other's hair brushes and towels and
squabbles."
Memorial to Forester
At McVeytown In Pennsylvania there
stands a six-ton boulder to which
Is attached a bronze tablet bearing In
bas relief the figure of a man In hunt-
ing costume standing on the rocky
brink of a deep chasm.
This stands as a memorial to Dr. Jo-
seph Trimble Rothrock and was re-
cently dedicated to his achievements
as a forester and a patriot and a public
servant. It is a fitting memorial In its
simplicity, as simply beautiful as the
trees that he loved and the forests that
he sought throughout his life to con-
serve und recreate.—Nature Magazine.
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The objection to most highbrow
literature is Its pompons way of say-
ing something everybody knows.
Another method of combating win-
ter weather Is to Invest In n two-pants
suit and put It all on at once.
The thief who stole a meerschaum
pipe may have been trying to keep
down the evil of too much smoke.
The Department of Agriculture has
discovered a new gooseberry, which Is
all right, but for what was It looking?
A lot of people will be unhappy In
heaven when they find out they can't
Institute any' reforms or pass any
laws.
A
LITTLE
BETTER
This is an institution where customers
receive a little better service than they
require or expect, and that's why our
customers are constantly increasing;
why our business is constantlty grow-
ing. Your account, commercial or sav-
ing, will receive the same careful at-
tention that has brought us so many
friends.
First National Bank
of
Clarksville
The Bank of Better Service
aiaowex
Henry Wuld, left, father of Katlierlne Wald, thirteen, right, Is being held
at Bartlesvlllc, Okla., awaiting trial on white slavery charges. It Is said be
attempted to sell Ills daughter to Steve Mitchell, gypsy prince, shown In cen-
ter. Several months ago, according to authorities, Wald sold the girl to the
gypsy, giving a deed which provided that she should become (he gypsy's bride
when she became of legal marriageable age. That provision, It Is charged,
was put In the deed In an attempt to forestall prosecution. The authorities
charge that the girl was taken Into the gypsy's home us a common law wife.
Canadian's Feat Makes
Marathon Look Simple
Marathon races get their name from '
llie feat of the great Greek runner, |
Pheldlppides, who carried the news of |
the victory over the Persians from
Marathon to Athens. That was about '
20 miles, and besides the buttle being
the turning point In the history of
Europe, It was made forever dramatic
by the fact that the runner dropped i
dead on finishing his Journey.
That was a mild journey compared
with a Canadian episode which has
been unearthed by W. J. Healy and
described In the Winnipeg Tribune. |
Jeun Baptlste Laghuonlere was a resl-'
dent at Fort Garry (now Winnipeg)
In 1815, when the growing hostilities
between the Hudson's Bay company
and the Northwest company led to a
crisis which called for quick action.
Lagimonlere was a man of thirty-five,
whose fifteen years in the West had
made him a noted hunter and coureur
de bols, when Colin Robertson, who
was In charge of the stockaded strong-
hold of the Selkirk settlement at Fort
Douglas, asked him to deliver a let-
ter to Lord Selkirk in Montreal.
Lagimonlere set out on foot with in-
structions to carry the letter as swift-
ly as possible to Lord Selkirk, Inform-
ing him of the danger and asking him
for help. It was s Journey of 1,800
miles through much wilderness, which
In some parts was made still more
dangerous by the presence of North-
west company scouts. The runner set
out, therefore, In the direction of Pem-
bina, as If on a hunting trip, and mak-
ing a wide circle he traveled by War-
road, Rainy River and Fort William,
thence to Detroit. East of Detroit he
was overtaken by a mall carrier to
whom, being far from the fur traders'
capital, he told his mission. The mall
carrier than offered to take him all
the way to Montreal, provided he were
allowed to deliver the letter to Sel-
kirk.
Jean Baptlste told that generous
and enterprising mall carrier that he
had promised to carry the letter him-
self to Lord Selkirk and that he would
do It unless he died on the way. Then
he Jumped out of the mall carrier's
sleigh and continued his Journey on
foot.
Montreal was reached on New
Tear's eve, or two months after the
Journey was started, nnd Lady Sel-
kirk Joined her husband In the warm
welcome to the hardy messenger.
Lagimonlere started back In a couple
of days with a reassuring message,
but near Fort William he was taken
prisoner by a party of Indians on the
lookout for him on the request of the
Northwesterns. He was held for some
montliH and released only when Fort
William was captured by Lord Selkirk.
The mnssacre of Seven Oaks, a battle
between the forces of the warring fur
trading companies, occurred that sum-
mer nt Winnipeg, but penee followed
and Lagimonlere lived until 1855,
Colored Deitiea
"People are showing astonishment
over Marcus Garvey's black deity.
They consider a black deity an Inno-
vation, a blasphemous Innovation.
Well, they are wrong."
The speaker was a colporteur. He
went on:
"ACHED &_ACHED"
Lady Says Her Back "Hart Night
and Day"—Least Noise Up-
set Her. Better After
Taking Cardui.
Winfield, Texas.—"My back hurt
night and day," says Mrs. C. L.
Eason, of R. F. D. 1, this place. "I
ached and ached until I could hard-
ly go. I felt weak and did not feel
like doing anything. My work was
a great burden to me. I just bated
to do up the dishes, even. I was
no-account and extremely nervous.
"My mother had taken .Cardui
and she thought it would do me
good, so she told me to take it.
My husband got me a bottle and I
began on it I began to Improve at
once. It was such a help that I
continued it until after the baby's
birth.
"I took eight bottles and I can
certainly say that it helped mo.
It is a fine tonic. It built me up
and seemed to strengthen me. I
grew less nervous and began to
sleep better.
"I can certainly recommend
Cardui to expectant mothers, fo? to
me it was a wonderful help. ... In
every way I felt better after taking
it and I think it is a splendid medi-
cine."
Cardui is purely vegetable, and
contains no harmful drugs.
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Our stocks are larger than ever before in all
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Wholesale Grocers
"Look at this picture of the holy
family. It's for our Chinese mission."
The Mary of the picture was a Chi-
nese woman, with dwarfed feet, trous-
ers and slanting eyes; Joseph was an
old fellow with a queue; the divine
child had the flat nose and oblique
eyes of China.
"Here," the colporteur continued, "Is
a holy family for the Congo."
Mary In the Congo picture was fat
aud black, with crinkly hair; Joseph
was a robust black warrior, a spear In
his hand, a girdle of feathers round
Ills loins; the Infant was black, too.
"Our holy families for missionary
use," the colporteur ended, "are al-
ways made In the likeness of the peo-
ple who are to study them. These
simple and childlike people would be
estranged and repelled by a white
holy family. Only this sort shows
them the deity's real kinship with
themselves."—Detroit Free Press,
"Thou Shalt Not Steal"
Women's skirts next spring are to
come 15 Inches from the ground, which
makes 10 Inches considerably over two
feet.
In the Record Thursday morning
you read that a youth in Eastland was
sentenced to five years in tho stato
penitentiary for the theft of $4.75.
Again Friday morning you read that
a Fort Worth man was sentenced to
four years for the theft of a type-
| writer and a suit case.
In that same issue (here was an
account of another trial which attract-
ed a great deal more attention than
the two already mentioned. But In
this case the sentence was a great
deal lighter, since the offense was
merely taking a human life, which
is becoming the least punishable crime
in Texas.
Of the two ommandments, "Thou
shall not steal,'' and "Thou shalt not
klU," ^e former seems to carry
more weight.—Fort Worth Record.
From the calf we get leather, gela-
tin, liver, veal and 02 per cent of the
chicken salad consumed awaj from
home.
We thought the age of miracles was
passed, but here comes the Soviet gov-
ernment and Insists that it's been In-
sulted.
Lee Bailey of Albion was In the
city Saturday.
/I • QfV For Gold, Platinum,
vA^H Silver, Diamonds, Mag-
neto Points, False Teeth, Jewelry,
any valuables. Mail today. Cash by
return mall.
Hoke 3. A R. Co., Otsego, iMIch.
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for building a new home or repairing an old
one? We are building more homes in
Clarksville today than all other loan com-
panies doing business in this city combined.
Cheaper money, better contracts and better
service.
F. A. ANTONE
Farm and City Loans, Real Estate, Insurance
City National Bank Building
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Show More Progress than
Seven Thousand
More Than five thousand years were
required to evolve illumination from
a burning fagot to a candle. The can-
dle grew into a lamp in seventeen hundred
more years. One hundred years after thai
lamp, gas came. About seventy-five year®
later great improvement was made in gas
lighting, and electricity arrived. Forty years
after electricity was first used for lighting it
reached its present amazing perfection.
The forty years that represent great progress
are those just passed. Far more has been done
in the development of lighting in that space
than was done in the seven thousand years
that went before. They brought the electric
motor along with the electric lamp.
The electric industry is improving every year.
We apply these improvements as they are
introduced so that you may have the best
power and light service that can be produced.
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Bryce, A. T. Red River County Review (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 90, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 7, 1925, newspaper, April 7, 1925; Clarksville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292768/m1/4/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.