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sponsible for more than the cost of the advertisement.
R O. Wayne Evans, who has
just returned from the training
camp of the National Guard. says
that the training this year resem-
bled that of wartime activities_..
And flow gossip is playing about
two local young men who recent-
ly managed to see all the lights in
Dallas in one big, glorious even-
ing ..... The clergy of "The Lig-
nite City" in Saturday's election
helped to carry the local box for
the drys by going out after the
voters ..... The M. H. S. football
team is now in Rockport receiv-
ing their initial training at the
hands of two new coaches, Su-
joining farm, surrendered to of-
fleers immediately. The trouble,
it was said, arose over a lawsuit
between the twe men.
Ten Years Ago
Up to this week, according to
A. S. Pennington, public weigher,
1,017 bales of cotton have been
weighed in the varcl here.
Warren Burkett and Guy Mat-
thews were slightly injured Mon-
day when the car, in whicn they
were riding, ran into another
driven by Brack Anders. An-
ders was uninjured.
J. C. S. Sanders, superintend-
ent of the schools here the past
year, left with his family T.ues-
day for San Augustine, where
they will make their home.
CRIER AGAIN
HEARD ON CAPE COD
Provincetown Revives Cus*
tom of Puritan Days.
Washlngtnn. -- Provincetown. Mass..
down on tile tip of salty Cape Cod.
once again echoes to the ring of the
town otter's boll. The board of trade
ha8 revived fl custonl, dalhlg fronl
early I'aritan days, that had lapsed
with tile demise of the last crier a few
years ago. m
"Town criers have long served the
place of newspapers in many of tile
Next to Jackson's Garage
1 • ,q
We always carry a complete line of Cold Drink. , Candle ,
Pies, Cakes, Sandwiches, Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobaccos,
Paul's is the only place in town where you can get a
Genuine "Calf" Sandwich
We also handle several flavors of--
Velvet Ice Cream
--and serve the "largest helpings" in town.
remote settlements of the world," says
the National Geographic society at
Washh|gton, D. C. "Should a villager Notice Of Depository
wish to advertise the loss of a pig, the
m~ed of farm help, or the sale of fish, "T
thlu bell-ringing hawker is consulted
h e Trinidad Independent
• lad hired. Should he wish to hear ~chool District will receive, until
the latest news, however raucously September 1. 1935, depository
Iillnollnced, of curreilt domestic or for-
eign events, Im Joins the audlbnce with- bids covering the school funds
in earshot of the booming voiced town for the biennium 1935-37, begin-
crier.
"Sul~day, after church services, is an ning September 1, 1935."
Ideal time for the crier tn one Euro- BOARD OF TRUSTEES
peso village. In a communication to J.A. McUlwain. Sec'y.
tile National Gaogral~hlc society, Mar-
gery l{ae describes the nmthods of tim STOP TliAT I'I'CIilN(;
town crier In Mezokovesd. a village
not far from I;udapesL llungary. 'Two If you are bothered by the itctfing of Ath
letes Foot. Eczema. Itch or Ringworm---
genilal'nles took their places on oppo-
uite side~ of the large square In front PAYNE'S DRUG STORE will seP wm a
of the church and began to beat a jar of Black IIawk Oinhnent on a guar-
vlmwous tattoo on their drun|s. Fromantee to kilt the itch. Price 50c and $1.
the chtlrch the people gathered In two
crowds about these olliclals, who drew
forth hnportant-iooking docutaents and "Yankee Doodle"
began their reading. Tile words of the song "Yankee
Doodle" a.~ we know thelll were writ-
News and Want Ads. ten by an i,.h|glish army surgeon. Doc-
"'It Is an educath)n and a rev,qa- tor Shuckburgh, in 1755. in derision of
lion to hear the news of Mezokovesd.' the untrained American troops during
ti~e w|'il~q, continues. 'A cow was lost tile French war. It WflS Set~tO an an-
on "l'm,sday. If anyone has found l~er, uhmt tune which had been sung ill tile
let him report to tile town headqn:tr- v~etherlaads as early as 1500 with the
h:rs. There was a long list of farms .aealllngless words: "Yankee dude]
'"' to rent and sell; plow8 to rent, sere- doodle do;ell" The name. "'Y;lllkoc"
l£ead the &dvertlaementa. ltlJls to hire, The usual monthly wage became attached to the American Col.
perintendent Willis is alon , with ,, ,, , --,, ,---.. ..................... of tile servants Is seldom more than ~ onlsts as the result of the h~dian's at-
the party and is supposed to be dollar added to certain supplies and tenlpt to say "l,]|~glish'" or "Angh~Is,"
~-- =~-- - _ their needed clotlHag. It Is sufficient, according to the most widely accepted
the official fisherman .....One of ~ ~ ..... , no doubt; their wants are few. Any ttleory of its dcrlv,Jtton.
our customers suggests that the national news of hal;or(ante Is tohl;
better way to eradicate liquor THE GREATER ,e,Vly terse,hlWSclearare read.effort.,It is an anmslng- Read the Advertl.~emen~.
"Mannerlsnts of the stag"are part of
from the state is to make it as the crier's stock In trade. He imparts
plentiful and as free as water, dignity to his calling by various moth-
ods--standlng immobile with hands
The drys, he says will leave it thrust deep Into his pockets, awaiting
alone; the wets will soon grow sllen(.e among his hearers. A frown
of h|q~ortance nmy cross his forehead;
tired of it and quit drinking, and Athens, Texas .n lnlpatient gesture Is acMeved by
the drunkards will all soon drink pl,'lclng Ills hands on his hips as he
surveys the audio|lee that Is quRe at
themselves to death, and nobody " mmw,a " his mercy. Not until he 18 entirely
satlslled that the assenll)lage Is stllIl-
will then have any use for the TO-DAY cl(mtly
Impressed with his idgh office
stuff ...... Introducing "Pepper" d.es he begin to deliver Ills message.
llerbert Corey also describes a crier
Martin from Commerce, Texas, who announced the prcscnhtthn| of a
as the new coach of M. H. S ..... motion picture In the Spanish town of
l'ulgccr(ta :
The Board of Trustees is having
"'lie registere~l emotion. Ills voh,e
soared nnlll It reached an oratorical
some difficulty in completing the With Peter Lorre climax, and then dropped to low and
school faculty for the coming Also thrlllllig tone8 as he dwelt upon the
year. Last.minute resignations Popeye the Sailor Comedy imthos of the marveh)us lilm. who
waited fairly hul]g on his wet(Is. There
of elected teachers is beginning t ' ~A , 18 an art In town cryi~g.'
to become monotonous ...... Tom " Gathers an Audience.
Moore is enjoying his vacation Saturday, Aug. 31-- ". earhy, at See de Vrgel, the Span-
lsh diocese town of the tiny state of
from his duties at the Kilman James Oliver Curwood's Andorra atop the Pyrenees, the town
Hospital ...... Through the loud. crier gathers an audience by blowing
on his trumpet. 'Watermelons for sale
speaking equipment at the ball at the first house south of the church,'
park last Friday night, we have shouts the crier, In a small mountain
village on the Island of Sardlala. He
discovered that Malakoff has her With Kermit Maynard attract8 a quaintly garbed crowd by
own Graham McNamee ..... And blowing
a shrill blast on a brass horn.
"Among thousands of Engllshwomen
now that the wets "is got it" one wire carried on while their menfolk
Saturday Night 10:45 Show followed the colors In the Wm'ld war,
of our fellow townsmen offers to
And Sunday Matinee one took her father's place as the
trade for a milkcow, one first town crier of Tlmtford. Robin Hood's
bay, on the bold headlands of York-
class still shire, has Its town crier even today.
........... 'Walter Smith, who preceded the
Finds United States
Buyers Aid Japan's Army
Seattle.---Buyer8 of cheap Japanese
gpoods with which American markets
are flooded are contributing to the
n~ost dangerous military maclflne in
the worhl.
So dcciared E. P. (;e;iqlle, .qan l,'ran-
cis(o writer and ]ecELirer ~.YhH arriviql
In Seattle recelltly fr.m the Orhq~t.
l~,t, catlsc he sotl~llt to iz~ve.~ti~ate
Wollilllg colltlill,*l|s tllltlt'l' which .]'lip-
I/Ill'SO gt)Oll~ IL'O iH'c.~ttl('e(I. (]t'llqUC shill
he aml hi~ ~i~,. "?ere stlhJ,,chul to two
IIHH,~]i of p¢,rs~,cnth)n |)y IUili~:|l'y [*~)-
]'.,'. They w(q'e ibm:lily col~ll~t'lled to
cut their ~r:~y sh )rE all(I l:ll:.o tile lirst
Sl}~i) holl}O.
(~-e;Hltle S:lld :
"The ~' :ressive fight f()r commercial
mar',: :s all over the worhl is being
finaz~,,.ed at the exl)(,nse of Illl~gtlit|cd
Zai)ltnese %%',> kel'S. The .T:li)/lL('se gov-
erilIiiCllt ~:,':~.eclatrd the vi|hlC o|" tile
yell In lll[Ol'l]l!'iont|] excll:ill~(, to eIl*
able Japar.~,~',! goods to sell al)road
at h)w prices.
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