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By EDWARD EMERINE ip \
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0 NATIVE has ever seen all
of Texas and no visitor \
ever will.” V'c/vßoeNSPor‘f(K
A huge, incredibly rich piece of
real estate, with more cattle than V 2? iSft
human beings, and ranches de- £
scribed in square miles rather than
(acres! <
Texas derives its name from
“tejas,” meaning friend or ally. Six
great flags have flown over the state
—Spanish, French, Mexican, Repub
lic of Texas, Confederate and
United States. But no one nation
built Texas, or developed it. It was
built by the Texans, a breed apart
They conquered it, and they made
it over to suit their taste. They did
it with rifles, six-shooters and bowie
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San Jacinto Monument si
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knives; with corn, cotton, cattle and 1 S !
oarbed-wire; with books and Bibles, f 1
schools and churches; with sugar to
mils, gin mills, sawmills; with oil f r
rd [ s and °il refineries. b(
he fi rs t settlers found an acre- f.®
age ikat was unlimited, soil that 11,1
as fertile, a climate that was l e
t essin S. a land abundant in na- ./
IZ So they set to work
u gave Texas its traditions, its
Ule > Us costumes and customs, ~~
nf maaner of speech, its swagger, »»
h jr tation - They gave jt big hats . I
Tc^rSangS B b ° o,S ’ SherittS a ” d I
I s a mig hty empire of the 1
• i vest, a land of superlatives, fl
huge across the ™ a P. fl
Sen a eeZeS from the Gulf of 1
3nd ozone 'laden air from the S
nocky mountains. It has its coastal Si
hieh ni S cen t ra l plains, and western ih!
sea i i S| ran ging in altitude from K
PoLfnl t 0 4>7o ° f6et ~ and P eaks i
even higher. There are 800 P
rjn) B p mi e ® between the semi-tropi- 1 j||
borHor ° r . anc^e an d the northern ra
eam ’j and tbe greatest distance
4oT St iS 775 mi]es ' Water M
with nit 98 square miles of Texas m
ha- £ Cnty ° f dry land left - Texas H
lara„ counties, some of them Sm
A ge enough to be states! M
the !!! th , 6 Sabine river on the east, O
Paso h 1 ramfal] is 55 inches; El | ■
falls in 38 ° nly 9 inches ‘ Snow seldom jg
it las h m ° St i ° f the state; 3 feet of Hi
tudes n b f eBn kn ° Wn in tbe high alti ' ! H
in the W6St TeXaS - Wheat grows M
granef!f? Perat L e north - oranges and , HI
h- iuit m the subtropical south, 1
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Pecos Bill, Super-Cowbo%l^
bov IS.l S .K nat u ral that the Texas COW-
has known the feeling of
herd? dr | h and S * cy tending the
shnnu urmg r °und-ups and drives,
bov tn r f a * e e a mythical super-cow
w/p ° taL K about around the chuck
how P and „ t , he bunkhouse. That’s
ecos Bill came into existence.
Pefii« r p-n are u- various acc ounts of
will rf I s bmth, but any puncher
SL f? a * re , with a great deai ° f
hat tt>« hero was bom in
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and corn and cotton in between. No
one can predict when the “norther,”
a sharp cold wind, will strike
any part of the state. Nearly a mil
lion acres are irrigated, and such
cities as San Antonio, Houston, Gal
veston and El Paso get their water
trom artesian wells. There are 230
kiad ® nL fish in lakes and streams,
and 4,000 different wild flowers blos
som within its borders.
Between the twisted salt cedars
of the Gulf coast and the desert
reaches of ocotillo and sotol in the
west, there are 12 million acres o
commercial forests, 550 kinds ,
grasses and 100 varieties of ca
tus. There are alligators on tl
coast, horned toads in the desei
and rattlesnakes wherever you fi
them. Once 60 million buffalo graz?
m Texas, and it still knows
armadillo, chaparral bird and re
runner.
Here is a land of forest and i
ert, of fertile fields and jag
mountains, of rolling prair
sleepy rivers and wide Gulf be
es. And here Texans created H
ton with its 50-mile ship channe
the Gulf; San Antonio’s anci
houses with yard-thick ad<
walls and skyscrapers; Dalh
the city of the north; Fort Won
the cow town; Austin, the capit-
Galveston, picturesque port a
beach; El Paso, with American •
ergy and Mexican color. It is si
able that there should be adc
such as Randolph field, “the W~n
Point of the air corps,” and F
Sam Houston, the qrmy’s lan
post. Oil wells have brought see
3f El Dorados to the state,
Fexas natural gas is piped to •
)rado, Kansas, Wyoming, Ic
Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois. If
?as ever runs out, plenty of coa
nains.
Quotations like these tel!
itory of Texas: “Who’ll go w
Sen Milam into San Antonio?’
oing to Texas to fight f
ights,” a Tennessean on I^,
□ join Texas’ War for
nee. “The Americans were
orn that not one of them wc
endcr,” Gen. Santa Anna
ke Mexicans, shoot lik'
eans, and fight like the >
exas Rangers. “Them
s messenger of defeat;
id none,” inscription
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“Grapefruit
Texas. While his family
ing west, Bill dropped oiWsßSsSmSi
wagon. Since there were
other children in the wagi
ma and pa didn’t miss
or three days. Then it was! |
to turn around and go back'* - '*
for him. I
But Bill didn’t starve. The .
—so goes the legend—‘‘took tp
and raised him.” As he grew
became so terrific that whenevei
*arties Honor
Foster
Among the many pre-nuptial;
■aarties for Miss Frances Foster|
■whose wedding to Fernald Stan-;
ley Stickney of Caldwell. N. .I=l
iwill be a brilliant event taking
place April 30 at the Perry Bap
-tist Church was the musical teai
given by Mrs. Eugene King ard[
Mrs. Frank King April 17 at the,
Legion Home.
\ A variety of garden flowers in ;
pastel colors combined with pink
tinted ivy formed the artistic
l decorations. The tea table was
overlaid with a pink lace cover
and adorned with nose-gays and
'compotes of mints in pastel
shades.
Forming the receiving line
were the hostesses, the honoreej
and her mother, Mrs. A. I. Fost-1
er, and sister, Mrs. Magill Fost
er, and Mrs. James King of
Tallahassee, Fla.
Receiving at the entrance
were Mrs. VV. B. Roberts and
Mrs. John Williamson. The
guest book was kept by Mrs. C.
0. Grimes. Assisting in enter
taining were Mrs.H.E.Evans,Jr., !
Mrs. B. H. Andrew, Jr., and
Mrs. J. F. Bonner.
Presiding at the tea table were
Mrs. Emmit Akin and Miss'
Louise Davis. Serving were An-I
gela Anderson, Marilyn Hunni-!
cutt, Betty Nunn and Bennieta
Andrew.
The musical program was as 1
follows:
Vocal Solo —Mrs, Chas. Har
grove of Vienna with Mrs. J, B.
Ryner of Vienna pianist.
Violin Solo —Mrs. Chas. G.Har
ris with Mrs. G, C. Nunn, pi
anist.
Vocal Duet —Bess H. Nunn
and Joan Herndon with Miss Wil
lie Ryals, pianist.
Vocal Solo —Miss Juliette Me-!
Kinley with Miss Ryals accom
panying.
Mrs. Ryner played several pi
ano numbers during the tea.
160 guests called between 5
and 6 o’clock.
Lovely Tea Given
Another lovely affair for Miss
Foster was the tea given April
18 by Mrs. George E. Jurdan and'
Mrs. G. S. Riley at the Jordan
home. Victorian floral arrange
ments in antique vases enhanced
the beauty and were in keeping
with the style or the home.
A green and white color motif
was used in the dining room.
The lace-covered tea table was
centered with a bride’s bouquet
of silver moon roses. Silver can
dlelabra holding white lighted
tapers flanked the center piece 1
and silver trays of cakes and
mints were at intervals on the
table. The punch table was dec
orated with showered nosegays.
Receiving with the hostesses
and honoree were Mrs. A. I.
Foster and Mrs. Magill Foster.
Mrs. J. A. Davis and Mrs.
Eliza Massee received at the en
trance. Others assisting in re
ceiving were Mrs. John L.
Hodges, Mrs. H. T. Gilbert and I
Mrs. F. M. Houser, Assisting in
entertaining were Mrs. C. E. |
McLendon, Mrs. liene Eden, |
Mrs. C. G. Harris, Mrs. E. W. I
Traylor, Mrs. Mayo Davis and
Mrs. Eugene Beckham. Presid
ing at the punch bowl were Miss
Katharine Cater and Mrs. A. C.
Pritchett.
The guest list numbered 150.
Handkerchief Sohwer
Miss Foster was honored Sat-j
furday afternoon with a handker
chief shower by Mrs. H. T. Gil
bert, Mrs. E. W. Traylor and
Mrs. E. P, Staples. The gifts
were presented to the bride-elect
in an Easter basket by Mrs,
Staples. Mrs. Phil Anderson,
Mrs, Harris Rape and Mrs. i
Staples served the delightful re- i
freshments. A variety of garden
flowers was used in decorating
the Gilbert home. Thirty-five
guests enjoyed this affair.
Honors Shared With
Mrs. Byron Warren
Monday, Miss Katharine Cater;
and Mrs. Eliza C. Massee were;
hostesses at a lovely luncheon at
the New Perry hotel in honor of I
Miss Foster and Mrs. Byron |
Warren, a bride. The ten guests j
included Mrs. W. C. Massee of
Milledgeville and Mrs. Emmettej
Cater who has recently come to
Perry to live.
Wednesday, Miss Foster and'
Mrs. Byron Warren shared hon- ;
ors again at the tea given by;
Mrs. T, L. Warren and Mrs,Clif
ford Grimes at the American Le
gion Home. The hostesses, hon-, 1
orees, Mrs. A. I. Foster and
Mrs. H, E, Evans Sr, formed
the receiving line.
Mrs. W. E. Beckham. Mrs. A. !
C. Pritchett and Mrs, W. F. Nor- j
wood received at the door.
Assisting in entertaining were!
Mrs. W. C. Jones, Mrs. T. D. j
Mason, Sr., Mrs, Felix Daniel,
| Mrs. A. M. Anderson, Sr., and
i Mrs. C. E. Brunson. Assisting
!in serving were Mrs. Emmit Ak
jin, Mrs, Alton Hardy, Mrs. G. F.
I Nunn, Mrs. W. P. Brown, Mrs.
iEd Wilder, Mrs. Floyd Tabor,
I Miss Anna Lee Beavers, Miss
I Dorothy Avera, Claire Grimes,
Sherry Staples, Beth Daniel.
Anna Katharine Akin, Myra
Wilder and Marjorie Nunn.
Presiding at the two punch
| bowls were Mrs. Mayo Davis,
j Mrs. Magill Foster, Mrs. H. E.
'Evans, Jr., and Miss Dorothy
Jones.
The tea table, overlaid with a|
handsome linen cover, had an
arrangement of Sweeheart roses
as its centerpiece with silver
candleholders containing white
lighted tapers and silver com
potes of mints in pastel shades
on each end. Nosegays graced
j the punch tables. Mixed flow
jers in pastel colors were attrac
tively arranged in the reception
room and entrance hall.
200 guests were invited to this
lovely affair.
Other Parties
Miss Foster was complimented
with an informal tea Monday p.
m. by Mrs. J. A. Davis and
Miss Lula Hurst. The Davis
1 home was attractively decorated
with garden flowers. Sixteen
■guests wers present,
i As a courtesy to this popular
j bride-elect, Mrs. J. 0. Coleman
land Mrs. Stanley E. Smith were
| co-hostesses at a delightful
! luncheon Tuesday at the New
Perry hotel. Covers were laid
for eighteen.
On April 19, Mrs. Mayo Da
vis gave a luncheon at The Col
umns in Macon for Miss Foster
and Mrs. B. W. Bleckley of Fort
Valley, Twelve guests were
present at this elaborate affair,
SOROSIS ANNUAL MEET
The Sorosis Club held its an
| nual social meeting for the hus
; bands and friends of members at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. War
ren B. Hodge at Henderson last!
Thursday. About 75 enjoyed the
barbecue dinner,
' Geraniums Need Sun
Geraniums grow best in a south
window where they get the sun,
LUZIER’S
Individual Cosmetics
Made to suit your individual
requirements
Mrs. R. L. Roper
1 Phone 90-J Perry, Ga.
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