C.V. Steed of Clovis was serving a four-year term on the state board of embalmers. He was appointed by Gov. W.C. McDonald. … Clovis Hardware Co. was promoting an “actual cost sale” on its entire line of buggies, hacks, refrigerators and ice cream freezers. … E.T. Jernigan & Co. was Clovis’ “official Santa Fe watch inspectors.”