The Meridian Tribune (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1924 Page: 4 of 8
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THE MERIDIAN TRIBUNE, MERIDIAN, TEXAS
The Meridian Tribune.
THE DUNLAP PRINTING CO. PUBLISHERS
LEVI A. DUNLAP—TEEL W. DUNLAP
Editors and Publishers
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
A Word of Caution.
We see in a government bulletin
that in numerous sections of the
country farmers, and even towns-
people who are getting ready for
gardening, have struck some inferior
seed. It is reported, for instance,
that in one western state tests re-
Half of Present Laws
Should Be Repealed
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Entered at the postoffice in Meridian, Texas,
as second-class mail matter.
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THINGS WE THINK
Things Others Think and What We |
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The Value of Credit.
Citizens of Meridian realize the
value of credit. Regardless of how
well they may be fixed financially, it
happens that, every now and then,
they are in position to ask credit. So
long as bills are paid when due, credit
is established and becomes a fine
thing. In fact, at least 75 per cent
of the world’s business is done on
credit. So in many instances credit
is an asset instead of a liability. It
must be kept good, yet how’s a man
to keep it good in his home town if
he asks credit here and sends away
cash when he buys from concerns lo-
cated in other parts of the country?
If the home merchant is willing to
sell you something when you haven’t
■ the cash handy, isn’t it only right and
proper that you should buy from the
same man when you do wish to spend
cash? Keep your credit good. You
may not need! it today, nor tomorrow.
But when you need it you’re going to
find it a valuable thing to have. But
buying from anyone except your
home merchants isn’t going to
strengthen it , very much.
Dry Up Washington City.
As if the oil scandal wasn’t enough,
Washington City is now to undergo a
liquor probe. In that city, if any-
where, the prohibition laws ought to
be enforced and obeyed. Yet, if re-
ports are true, there is no city in the
United States where the eighteenth
Amendment is more openly violated
by bootleggers and their patrons.
The principal reason for it there is
said to be the patronage bootleggers
receive from men in official life.
There ought to be a strong inquiry
into the matter, and cleaning up of
the national capital for the sake of
public decency and the setting of a
suitable example to the rest of the
nation. No one is surprised at re-
ports of “wet” orgies in such cities
as New York, - Chicago and Phila-
delphia. But it does sound' strange
to hear that in the city in which our
dry laws were made they are being
more openly violated than anywhere
else.
When old Tecumseh Sherman said
“War is hell” he proved that he
didn’t know anything about taxes.
At last the government has it ar-
ranged so that it is a genuine pleas-
ure for the farmer to get in debt.
Take the can-opener away from
some women and you’ll put their en-
tire kitchen out of running order.
Any man can fool a woman before
she is married, but it takes a genius
to do it afterward.
Senator Fall says he is through
with politics. But it doesn’t look as
though politics is through with him.
Now they’re calling bootleggers
“scofflaws.” We think a better term
for a bootlegger would be about 90
days.
Henry Ford is building Detroit a
hospital. Why be so stingy—is that
the only town in which people get
run over?
If you want to try something hard,
try to find a woman who doesn’t think
her husband was lucky when he mar-
ried her.
It’s mighty hard for some girls to
improve their looks—and this goes
for some pretty ones as well as
homely ones.
Every kid in Meridian knows that
if he was as good as his mother wants
him to be everybody in town would
call him a sissie. ‘
One kind of citizen we don’t like to
encounter on the streets of Meridian
is the fellow who enjoys telling others
what not to do.
Mr. Doheny, of California, says,
“there is no oil scandal.” We knew j
someone would get off a joke on that
oil probe but we didn’t know it would
be Mr. Doheny.
CHIROPRACTI
Excerpts from The Tribune, Issue of
March 25th. 1924.
The people of Texas are to blame
for the conditions that now exist. It
does not appear to have dawned upon
the minds of the people that the Gov-
ernor does not make the laws, but he
is considered as the chief executive.
Will Summers, of the Spring Creek
community, announces as candidate
for Commissioner Pre. No. 1.
* * *
Jack Boling and Miss Lillie Dotson
were married at the bride’s home
here Thursday evening, March 24th.
but to farmers around Meridian and| The truth is that we now have tool * * *
even to those in town who make gar-many laws, and rules and practices. The Citizens Club of Meridian is
dens it is worth considerable. The proper American citizens are thought considering a proposition from Iowa
former doesn’t care to spend good to be, and should be, “Best governed parties to establish a knitting mill in
money and a lot of labor in preparing when least governed,” and true patri-Meridian.
his acres for seeding and then get ots should act from principle instead
hold of something that will not come of from compulsion. | The Valley. Mills postoffice has been
up, or that will produce an inferior The people are derelict in failing advanced to the third class, effective
product if it does mature. And the to select, and then elect proper men April 1st. The salary of the post-
gardener, while not spedning so to serve as law makers for the state, master will be $1,000 per annum.
much, nevertheless wants his vege-men who are honest, and competent. T * * *
tables to be choice and as early as About one half of the laws now exist- In a case tried in county court this
those of his neighbor. Of course it ing. in the state should be repealed, week the defendant was found guilty
is hard for the gardener to tell what and substituted if at all, by some of the theft of a turkey and sentenced
the seeds will bring forth before they based on common sense. Unless to six days confinement in the county
are in the ground. He has to take some reforms are inaugurated, taxes jail.
the word of the man from whom he will have to be greatly increased, * * *
purchases them. That is why it is since too much, extravagance exists, In the county prohibition election
always a pretty good idea to buy and too many escape taxes, held on March 19th there were cast
them from someone who knows you, Qne big drain on the pe*op]e is the 1,085 votes for prohibition and 897
and who will take sufficient interest cost of the so-called “Judiciary,” for votes against, a majority of 188 votes
in you to help solve your gardening which appropriation of three and a for prohibition.
problems if any arise. But the farm-half million dollars was made by the * * *
er need not plant poor seed unknow-last legislature. The courts of apd Mrs. Eva Coulter, daughter of Mr.
ingly. Any state college or depart-peals, both civil and criminal, should and Mrs. L. J. Pedigo of this place,
ment of agriculture will test grain be abolished as a useless, senseless, died suddenly at her home in Denver,
efore it is put in the ground. In and costly incubus upon the body Colo., March 18th. The remains
fact, that, is one of the greatest bene- j politic. were brought to Meridian where in-
fits rendered the agricultural com- The people ought to require of terment was made., Mrs. H. C. Odle,
munities of this country, every candidate for the legislature sister of deceased, had gone to Den-
So in view of the fact that there is to deciare himself upon certain need- ver to visit Mrs. Coulter only a few
much to be gained by being reason- ed reforms, that is ascertain if he is days prior to her death.
ably sure of the quality of seed you in favor of and will have passed a * * *
are about to plant, it is a good idea law allowing nine jurors in both civil The Bosque County Republican
just now to heed Uncle Sam’s warn- and criminal cases to render a ver-l Convention convened at Morgan’ last
ing and demand, and see that you get, diet; if he is in favor of and will have week with County Chairman C. 0.
only the best to be had. passed a law requiring the holder of Nelson, of Clifton, presiding. The
----------every evidence of debt, such as notes, following were chosen to represent
Some Good News, bonds, mortgages, loans,, payable in Bosque county in the State and Con-
Announcement is made by miners Texas, or secured by property in kin and E. R. Pedigo, Meridian; M.
and operators in the bituminous coal Texas, to render the same for taxes, D. Townley, Valley Mills; C. 0. Nel-
fields that a wage agreement has and to pay the taxes, with penalty son, Clifton; I. M. Johnson, Kopperl;
been signed covering a period of three that failure to render forfeits the in-E. D. Wallace and J. K. Boone, Mor-
cently made of seed corn showed a
large per cent of it of inferior qual-
ity.
The state senators and representa-
To many these timely warnings by tives are the persons who make state
the government may not mean much, laws.
years. This will be good news to the terest, and failure to pay, will out-1 gan.
people who depend upon this kind oflaw it.
fuel, and who have had to suffer on Each candidate should also be re- Seventh Grade News.
more than one occasion by reason of jquired to declare hiself, and to seek! We enjoyed the Ninth Grade pro-
the inability of the unions and mine-to have passed a law revoking au-gram last Monday, and hope the pro-
owners to get together. In fact, it thority of the Governor to pardon gram to be put on by the Eighth
has about gotten around to the point convicts, and substitute a board of I Grade will be equally as good.
where this country couldn’t get Pardons consisting of three suitable Paul Bowman is in school again
through an entire year without a big pen selected by a joint committee of after a week’s absence.
coal strike, loss of wages to workmen five senators and five representatives,! Raymond, Fullerton, an ex-student
and reduced profits for business' men, appointed by the respective bodies, of this grade, was a visitor last Fri-
as well as blood shed and death in and to favor and seek to have passed day.
many instances. So it is to be hoped a law providing for said committee We are expecting a large crowd at
that the agreement just signed will or a like committee to make all ap-the County Meet. -
hold tight and binding, and that by pointments of the heads of the vari- A Kangaroo Court scheduled for
the time it expires both sides will ous state and elemosenary institu-last Friday afternoon was postponed
have come to see, as the consumer tions of the state, as at present, the on account of the absence of several
has long ago seen, that this thing of Governor has too much play. of the pupils.
constantly flying at each other’s I Such candidates should be required Frankie Coleman and Clarice Smith
threats is a money-losing proposition I to declare himself in favor of repeal-of the Seventh Grade, Clara Sonntag,
for everybody concerned, ing the present law providing for Dora Lee Howard and Anna Lois
courts of appeals both civil and crim-Pearson of High School were declared
inal, and substitute therefor three! the winners in the volley ball contest,
additional supreme judges to pass! Class Reporter,
upon appeals in capital cases only,
and all other cases, civil and criminal
to end with the trial courts.
Such candidates should be required
to declare himself in favor and to
seek to have passed a law, providing
for the selection of some suitable
place centrally located, with trans-
portation facilities, sanitary condi-
tions, local building material, upon
• Calling Names.
Calling names never decided an is-
sue and never won an argument.
Not long, ago officials of the prohi-
bition movement offered a prize for
the best name to designate a boot-
legger.
Someone coined the word
"scofflaw," and won the prize. Fol-
lowing it up, those who advocate the
sale of intoxicants sought a new
word, one to match “scofflaw” and
that could be applied to dry adher-
ents. They finally adopted the words
“spigot-bigot,” which they expect to
apply to those who oppose them in
their demand for abolishment of the]
Volstead amendment.
We haven’t heard either of these
words used to any extent around Me-
ridian yet, but we possibly will. But
we feel safe in saying in advance that
they won’t impress us very much.
Calling a bootlegger a “scofflaw”
won’t make us think any more or any
less of him, and calling a dry advo-
cate a “spigot-bigot” isn’t going to
change our opinion of him for good
or bad. Calling names has no effect
on this situation, any more than it
has in political aryuments. Calling
Frames only serves to increase bitter-
ness and as a general rule leads to
apologies later on when the blood has
cooled a little and the man who used
the names has an opportunity to
realize that he made more of a fool
of himself than he did of the other
fellow. Calling a man vile names
goes right in one ear and out the
other, if he is the right sort of a man.
We are not offering any prizes for
new-coined names, but we do think
the fellow who is satisfied to go his
way and let the other man “call the
names” is entitled to much credit for
his display of good sense.
which proper buildings should be
erected’, and machinery installed
suited to manufacture Texas raw ma-
terials, and skilled artisans and me-
chanics employed, wherein convicts
should be placed and put to work to
serve out their sentences.
England has the best laws of any
other country, the certainty of pun-
ishment, is the only deterrent for
crime.
N. R. MORGAN.
Seminole, Texas, March 23, 1924,
Rewriting the Bible.
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YOU CAN’T
YourKidneys
You may urge them on by stimulants to do
their work for a while, but they will soon begin
i to show their weakness and the body will suf-
j fer. The cause of most all kidney disorders
is due to pressure on the nerves supplying them
j at the point where they leave the spine. Be-
cause of this, the kidneys cannot get enough
j life energy to keep them strong.
Chiropractic Adjustments
remove the pressure and nature makes
j the kidneys strong.
BRING YOUR HEALTH TROUBLES TO
rneil 0. Brown
PALMER GRADUATE CHIROPRACTIC
Upstairs Over the Clifton National Bank .
CLIFTON, TEXAS
Hours: 9-12 a. m.; 2-5, 7-8 p. m.
Star Parasite Remover
given chickens in drinking water cer-
tainly rids them of all kinds of insects
—keeps them healthy and increases
egg production or money refunded.
Rexall Drug Store.
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Thos. C. Hart, M. D.
Office over Farmers Guaranty
State Bank
Tel.—Office No. 72; Res. No. 71
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The difference between a married
man and' a ball player is no matter
how mad a married man gets he
knows he doesn’t dare to argue with
the umpire. •
We serve them to suit. Try some
fish and oysters at the Meridian Cafe.
Coming to
HILLSBORO
Dr. Mellenthin
SPECIALIST
in Internal Medicine for the
past twelve years
DOES NOT OPERATE
WILL BE AT WEAR HOTEL
FRIDAY, APRIL 11th
Office Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p. m.
ONE DAY ONLY
Quite a few large papers over the -----
j country are now running daily in-NO CHARGE FOR CONSULTATION
stallments of the Bible as it has been ----—
rewritten by so-called scientists and Dr. Mellenthin is a regular gradu-
learned scholars. We have asked ate in medicine and surgery and is
several Meridian citizens if they are licensed by the state of Texas. He
taking a daily paper containing these does not operate for chronic appendi-
installments of the rewritten Bible eitis gall stones, ulcers of stomach,
. . 0tonsils or adenoids.
I and in each instance, whether they
were or not, their opinion was ex- He has. to his credit wonderful re-
n 1 7 suits in diseases of the stomach, liver,
pressed in these words: "The Bible bowels, blood, skin, nerves, heart,
my mother read and lived by is good kidney, bladder, bed wetting, catarrh,
enough for me.” Fads come and fads weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, leg
go, but this latest fad of trying to ulcers and rectal ailments.
add to or take from the Book of Below are the names of a few of
Books is about the limit. Why not, his satisfied patients in Texas.
if it is going to be rewritten, illus- John W. Hairston, Route 4, Cam-
trate it also. Dress Moses in evening eron, Texas, stomach trouble.
clothes, with his beard removed, and Mrs. B. E. Howell, Big Springs,
a monocle in his eye. Gown Deborah Tex-high blood pressure. ,
in knee skirts, bob her hair and pie-heart troubants, Point Blank, Texas,
ture her with a lipstick and a cigar- Mrs. T. p’ Gunnels, Gause, Texas,
ette. One is no worse than the gall stones;
other. We know we are living in a l T. E. Acker, Maydelle, Texas, ade-
pretty fast age, but we haven’t neg- noids. (daughter).
lected to build a few insane asylums Mrs. M. L. Long, Pilot Point, Tex-
as we went along. So why not start as» gall stones.
filling up the asylums before these
fellows who want to change or re-
write the Bible become too nu-
merous ?
Be sure to vote in the City Election.
Remember above date, that consul-
tation on this trip will be free and
that his treatment is different.
Married women must be accomp-
anied by their husbands.
Address: 211 Bradbury- Bldg., Los
Angeles, California. adv44p
Wanted—Men or women to take
orders for genuine guaranteed hosiery
for men, women and children; elimi-
nates darning. Salary, $75 a week
full time; $1.50 an hour spare time.
Cotton, heathers, silks. International
Stocking Mills, Norristown Pa. 43c
The girls of today learn a lot of
things, but handling a dishrag isn’t
one of them.
Why is it when some women go out
to spend a dollar they’ll waste $50 of
a clerk’s time before they buy any- f
thing? J
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All Work Guaranteed
Telephone No. 31
Office in First National Bank Bldg.
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The old-fashioned woman who
couldn’t go to sleep until all her chil-
dren were in bed would have to learn
to go without sleep this day.
LIBERTY THEATRE
MERIDIAN, TEXAS
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Dunlap, Levi A. & Dunlap, Teel W. The Meridian Tribune (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1924, newspaper, March 28, 1924; Meridian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1630716/m1/4/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Meridian Public Library.