The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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vol. xxxn.
COMMERCE, HUNT COUNTY,
TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1921.
No. 18.
1
Paris,
Texas,
was
he
action of
a ver-
4—The
Ft. Worth, Texas, May 2.—Job
of
civic
May
Wichita Falls, Texas.
May
the
next
receiving ,n<f grain and rice binders, shockers,
if town.—Mt. Pleasant Hustler.
| Sunday.
nor Neff.— Dallas Times-Herald.
<*
■is'.y.
era
I
I
I
NEFF STANDING BY | MUCH SPECULATION
HIS IDEA OF RIGHT GERMANY’S OFFERS
ORA THOMPSON
PLACED UNDER BOND
HIGHWAY REPORT f---------
AT B. OF T. MEETING CALLED JUNE 15 OR 201
J^J^5JJ^TOBE iNOT ABANDONED I PULP MILL STARTED 15
"* I PEACE TREATY OPERATING FRIDAY
IMMIGRATION BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
SHIPS DESERTED
IN GALVESTON
PRICES REDUCED ON
FARM MACHINERY
WILL OBSERVE
MEMORIAL DAY
noon at 3 o’clock,
others interested
present
and
thereon.
Move-
mo-
not feel the i
-J something
blow?
cotnpanj’
---...i ten
2.—Approxi-
job
to
2.—About
or
ich
Hit
cars
com-
the
was
came
good
| has been found
of El eration in
the Gov- gram. i;„
relative to the special session, abandoned
this I the
of
as
will be given free
Mexico, he said,
more than one-fifth of the
population of Texas would
home under the plan,
will include the i—:l*
Mexicans in North Texas
include i----- * ■
found employment in the
today stated they expected
settlement with the remaining shops.
I
j
The
Sena-
: to-
con-
2
I to
Aurora, Ill., April 28—Ag women'
to- I
new
AUSTIN, April 22.—It Is now T--------- --
virtually certain the special session adminstration has not reached
organ iza-
PRINTERS STRIKE
FOR MORE PAY
v-
consti-
the
course will
peo-
on
right in using his veto?
Also if i “ —
why not equal reason for
North or East Texas?
It is not pleasant to
on day to j
I found circulars calling
I ing men
of the United States by force.” down
I men.
United' ger force
, .. The bill.
tat.”
’’Millions of working
will parade the streets, marching I
revolution.”] week.
The amendment for reduction
through
’ at his
Saturday
shipped
home
morning
died
morning. The body was
Sunday to his former I
Louisiana for burial.
Justice of the Peace
held
diet that the deceased
death from a gunshot
flicted by an unknown
Thompson lived here but
colored Baptist church
Pittsburg, Pa., May
mutely 1.000 printers in 131
; printing shops struck here today
enforce their demand for a 44-hour
week.
€APTU/s STILL
NEAR MT. PLEASANT
un-
agreed
after enactment
passage was 78 to 1,
gave a very entertain-
experiences at
never
East Texas Bankhead Highway
sociation, which is to be held
Commerce, has been
Tuesday. June 21st.
. JI
fices being
morning.
turned out.
repara- band refused to side in with her
remained on
pastor and other members of
church as against the new church
faction, is held to have been at the
bottom of the trouble.
out 1000 and 15,000
cot
one more steam
to the Commerce or-
----1 factory whistles.
— -------i may not be
jazz,
for
get
the
Omaha, Neb., May
seventy job printer
'the grand jury.
, ___ ®ev- Thompson was shot
igure suggested in the long th<“ head Friday
home here and he
The body
his
, to fifteen
machines
wood and iron,
changes announced today
I total price reduction of 25
con- house following
At first cabinet today.
Republican leaders in the
to the effect that the
MEXICANS
TO RETURN HOME
DALLAS, April 23.—Bewteen 10
fl — I as* a a a
, J mevicans residing in
or the North Texas counties r
-----...x-J to their native land/
-- — announcement
-» representa-
government in
The first conting
are
teen days
vote on r*
tor Reed, Democrat, Mo., opposing
the measure.
demand by the printer’s-
America, known as the
‘ Typographical Union,
Saturday afternoon holiday
Pay, effective May 1st, has
many shops over
refus-
this s
i and
a cut-
that Ger- reapers, push machines, mowers, hay
tedders,
tedders,
pickers.
the international
However. President has „„„
-J the treaty, it was admit- Paper Mills and
I the
REDS” CIRCULARS DEMOCRATS FORCE
URGE OVERTHROW AMENDMENT; CUTS
OF U. S. BY FORCE ARMY TO 150,
Deputy Sheriff W. N. Gann direct-
ed and assisted by County Attorney
Allen Reed, captured a 60-gallon
< pper still and worm, destroyed 16
barrels of mash, brought in two gal-
lon of liquid roasting ear as evidence
and placed Marion, Davis and John
D. Amison under arrest yesterday
afternoon. The stm was captured on
Will Amison’s farm four miles north
ef town—Mt. Pleasant Hustler. '
I
WASHINGTON, May 4—The new The Commerce pulp
1 a defi- initial run Friday and
— J of its first batch of pulp, made from
as it stands ton linters. This is
wh stle added t
white chestra of mill and
the W hile this kind of music r*_
exactly classical, it is far from
and is popular the world over.
urge to
when
Congratula-
-—-■ Trinity
to Col. Lull, upon
succes thus far of this enterprise.
A demonstration r*_..
ence, in the Christian Education * M“y ’’ “the f<,stival of the p
Movement of the Methodist Episcop. — In EuroPe. the leaflet
al < hurch. South, have announced
the quotas for the various presiding
elders 'districts in the campaign to!
raise $33,000,000 for the colleges
and universities of the church.
The quota for the Sulphur Springs
This will be)
the pastoral'
of the Dis-1
Rev. J. P. Luton, the presid- j
-s of j
I ac-
cam-
of their
rakes, side delivery rakes,
combination side rakes and
loaders, com binders and
huskers and silo fillers.
On March 7th the same
announced price reduction from
per cent on their line of
principally composed of
Thia further price
makes a
per cent.
a college in West Texas,
one in
veto of their hopes. •”
aid has already expressed its
about the situation. If Governor
Neff felt it would be wasteful of
the taxpayers’ money to place such
a college in West Texas, was he not
DALLAS, April 25.—In view
reduction in steel prices
lie on April 13th a
turing company announce today-
straight ten per cent reduction
its products in which steel is
principal raw product used.
This reduction applies chiefly
, — --------- --..Js cover-
the ■
will
have
oil fields.
is furnishing
-a return the
native land, the
They are to be return-
— The contingent
sent from Dallas and <
--3 persons.
Mr. and Fred Ridley and children
----- ----- - —, and M™- Henderson of Campbell
” comfr<mting Gover-j visited friends and relatives here
l hind the red banner of
The circulars
era which
time last
the country.
: now was during the night.
...vmew a ana, ItAM, may Z
Failure of the employing printers
accept the 44-hour week without
wage reduction resulted in about fif-
teen printers in commercial job of-
locked out here this
We must give the employers no
peg on which to hang charges that
our con-
say w’hat will
i in
There was a good crowd at the
Board ofJl--ade meeting held Mon-
day nightie h‘ .r the reports by -------------- - v
Messrs. O, C. > ulkey and L. J. Cor- °f thc Le&islature is to be called by nulte decision regarding the future
bin of their <trip to the Bankhead ’’ . " - --------
I kj;*h*ay. meetin< at Greensboro, N.I’s the impression gained by
Th^Tj*?! presided’ of the Legislature who hi
The net result of the Greensboro
| meeting has already been published
and need not be repeated here. How-
ever, Mr. Mulkey related in detail
the changes madp in tha*
receive
one person or I
many persons; yet that is fre-
.,------* of the public offi-
toj cial not loath to do his duty as he
conceives it.
Such is the situation in which the
Governor finds himself. He doesn’t
seem to be worrying and The Times
Herald, likes, not a cynical indiffer-
ence to the desires of a part of the
! people, but a certain strength fol-
lowing conviction which this non-
worrying attitude of the Governor
seems to indicate.
It is better to be right than Presi-
dent.
It is better to do what one con-
siders right than to win the affec-
tion of even such splendid citizens
as West Texans are. This is doubt-1
which time the c~
ed veterans will
memorial wreaths
This custom is
throughout this splendid
tion in April. But having let April
pass, the 15th of May was agreed
ujlon. The program committee was
instructed to fill the program as
near as possible with the veterans,
that the citizens of Commerce may
be refreshed with the rich experi-
ence and wisdom of these men. The
chapter uieeta again Friday after-
All members and
•re urged to be
Lancaster, Pa., May 2.- Demands
for a 44-hour week were refused the
Lancaster Typographical Union by
employing printers here and as a
result 150 journeymen printers are
on strike today.
Union No. >>
----- —agreement,
trouble is expected in the printing
work week
the league
out that the
cuts was still
the Governor June 15 to 20 This t*le treatX of Versailles,
r members Thu"? 0,6 °f Natio"’’
This was admitted at the
e— -.L .r-A h“Ve COn’ house following a meeting of
ferred with the Governor. At first cabinet todav »
it was thought the Governor would hi . J Statements niade bv
call the sessfon earlier’ but this plan to the
seems to have been abandoned. I has been found the trea‘y who does r.„*
n . . . 1 nas Deen found impossible of consid- busv and
Representative Adrain Pool of El eration in the international pro- work whistles
aso, who conferred with the Gov- gram. However. President has not tions tn r
ernor relative to the special session/ abandon,..! ,a.. ns to Commerce, to the
said he felt certain it would be call- ted.
ed June 15, while Senator I. E. Clark'
of Fayette, who also had a confer-1
ence with the Governor, declared he
thought it would be about June 20..
The session will differ materially!
from previous special sessions in that
there will be no local bills submit-'
ted. The Governor, it is understood,!
has decided not to burden the law-
makers with local measures. Thia
decision will mean a great saving of^
time, as in the past probably half
of the time was consumed in the con- went to the doors of their homes
sideration and calling of rolls — ■ nomes
measures of purely local interest.
May 2.—All the
— ...j Ben-
| New York, May 2—The 44-hour
week has been franted the 15,000
printers employed in the book and
job printine plants in New York
City, the Employing Printers’ League
announced today.
As Typographical L
I (Big Six) approved the
! no I
,trades because of the
I question, officials of
I said, but they pointed
question of wage
pending.
I The wage arbitration board is
officially reported to have
I upon a 12 per cent reduction.
Le°n H. Rouse, president of Big
was placed under Qiw i
uer bix, has urged every man to “stand
with - - -
She
Thompson, colored, wls'placed und^r1 ShTha-Tur ed ---- -
I arrest Sunday charged with the fast to h^f'b ”C ' ’’rt
. murder of her husband. She was ” 9 J ’ asSert,nK:
--------1 bond, which she made, in the'
sum of 31,500 to await the action of ( we are not living up to
tract. No man can r„
happen in the printing situation
the next two weeks.”
war.
Education
tremendous
mentum, and the leaders feel confi-
dent that it will be a success.
of.
made pub-
leading manufac-
al
on I
the! seventy job printers from eight
| ten shops were out today because
tolof demands for a 44-hour week.
j John Martin, president of the union,
announced. Mr. Martin said the men
were not on strike but had been
locked out, having been told Satur-
day not to report today unless they
desired to work under open shop
conditions.
John B. Magruder Chapter Unit-
ed Daughters of the Confederacy,
’net at the Board of Trade rooms on I i u , r
Anril --I , °ms on iUrid condemnat on
April 29th, and reorganized, elect- of _____
AftarM7; Jennie KinSlOW’ Pr“sid--”Luently'thr’fat;
After discussion it was decided ‘ '
observe Memorial Day, May 15th at I
which time the graves of all depart-
be visited
placed
properly observe 1
District is 1115,595.
distributed along
charges and churches
trict. r ' ~
ing elder, and Mr. R. A. Greaves
Cumby, financial director, are
tively engageil in putting the
paign over in their section
territory.
Southern people are beginning to
.—1 very keenly the educational sit-
comparison
Southern
received in
one dol-
lar for every 1349 given to the col-
. ----J universities of the North.
It is not generally known, but it is
true, that the first college in the
world authorized to give degrees to
women was in the South. That col-
lege is Wesleyan Female College of
Georgia, and is one of the institu-
tions of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. The first woman to
receive a degree from Wesleyan is
still living. She is the mother of
, who held the high-
Navy
WASHINGTON, April 27.—The
German counter proposal of r-----
tions which is understood to include
an offer of two hundred billion gold
marks apparently has the approval
of the United States. Following the
receipt of offer today Secretary of
J sent for
ambassadors of Great Britain. France
Belgium, Italy and Japan. This ac-
tion is generally interpreted as re-
vealing a favorable attitude of this
government. In his note of April
21st to Berlin for an informal trans-
mission to German government Sec-
retary Hughes stated: “This govern-
ment reiterates its hope that the
German government will promptly
formulate such a proposal as would
present proper basis for discus’-* >n.
Should Germany take this c -se
this government will consider
br.nging the matter to attention of
the allied government.” The fact
that Secretary Hughes had sent for th« harvesting machine line-
allied ambassadors after
the above note indicates
many s proposal must present a
proper basis for discussion. Other-
wise this government would probab-
ly have taken no steps to communi-
cate to the allies.
traveled
was in a large party of deorated
’“ijil-les that made a trip from
Greensboro tv Highpoint, where a
big barbecue was given. The
paraded around the race track
peting fo ra prize offered for
best decorated car. He said he
delighted with the trip and
home a greater believer in
roads, if possible, than ever.
The question of building a better
r >ad across Sulphur bottom to thc
< ampbell br.dge was brought up and
discussed. It was suggested that
Commissioner Whitfield have an en-
gineer make a survey for a fill
-above high water and with sufficent
openings to carry the flood waters,
the fill to be surfaced with sand.
The Mayor i—
the purchase of r~
He stated that he
'---—
the matter and hoped to take
■definite action before
The only “little thing’
he said, was money, or rather
laek of it.
Secretary Corbin reported
work progressing nicely.
Mr. Mulkey called attention to l „llc
the fact that the meeting date of the( Admiral Benson, i ’ ’ ’” ’
K\aw* O_ — 1.L S ■ ■ ala. * ---
— As-/ est position in the American
be held in during the world
changed tof The Christian
At that time ment is acquiring
the summer normal here will be in
session and the visitors will have an
opportunity to see the East Texas
State Normal College at its best.
President Day expressed his great
satisfaction at the good work which
has been done relative to road mat-
ters and said that everything pos-
sible must be done to encourage the
buildtag in of gaps and the comple-
tion *of all proposed roads. He
added that the Board of Trade
would do its part towards entertain-
ing the road meeting here
month.
The
union of
are I International
‘"djfor a
cf with full r
I been granted by r
! the country, while others havZ
-j ed the demand, claiming that 1
O’ a time for more production
rather than
or increased
♦ver, Mr. Mulkey related in
the changes made in the constitution
of the Bankhead Highway Associa-
tion. As the constitution formerly
read, the states through which the
highway is to pass were named but
not the towns. As it now reads, the
towns are all named, and Commerce
is one of them. It would taky a
two-thirds vote to amend the
tution to change the road from
present route, which of
never be attempted unless the
pie refuse to build in the gaps
the route as it now stands.
The Bankhead Highway is 3,800
miles long, running from Washing-
ton, D. C., to San Diego, Cal. Of
this 1,035 miles is in Texas. From
Dallas to Texarkana there are only
three gaps to be built, and two of
them are in Hopkins county. A map
of the highway is now being prepar-
ed. It will show Ridgeway and
Commerce on the route from Sulphur
.'■■prings to Greenville. The word,
"Bankhead," was adopted as a
marker and all counties through
which the road passes are urged to
provide at once for the election of
these markers along the Highway.
Mr. Corbin
mg account of his
the meeting and said that he
-saw as fine roads in his life as the
part oft the Bankhead Highway
traveled over in North Carolina. He
au-
WASHINGTON, April 30.—Hold-
8et morning' £ “sp“!Xgh
"to “overtl^ WOrk-house t,,day a“ amendment to
to overthrow the govern ; the army appropriation bill, cutting
■fc- - “oS
I ■"» • “"I
^t_e’.!Waa, “‘^'“hed by force; it is The bill, approved by Seere-'
/’.u'.11.1 be d®n‘ary Wteks’ “,ade Prov>s’on for 168,-
men, or 12,UOO more than
printed signature. “Central Execu- number f xed by the measure passed
Communist; last session and vetoed
was no certainty, however,
j that the 1.>0.000 figure would stand, ,
w’as in commit-
i
may' .
l allowed
next
I
-----.1 of
•jliited strength to 150,000, the
lowest figure suggested in the long
debate, was offered by Representa*
tive Byrnes, Democrat.
_ r___ Galveston, Texas, May 2.—Union
tor of a colored Baptist church atlprinter9 were at work ’” except
Blossom, Texas, and had packed his one of the job shops in Galveston tn-
grip to take a morning train to fill day as the result of the Typograph-
ies Sunday appointment when he was ,cal Uni°n’s decision to establish
shot. His wife claims that he shot; 44-hour week in job shops,
himself accidently, but the officers'
case r ’ ”
were convinced otherw.se. The wea- j printing shops here reported that'aU
pon used was an automatic pistol. 1 - -
Some time ago Ora Thompson
turned out of the colored F
church along with a few others. The graphical
excluded ones refused to be recon-
ciled and took steps to organize a (under a 48-hour contract
church of their own. Rev. Thomp-
son was away from home at the time 1 u , ,
and when he came home his wife i h a ? 2 ~°n‘
told him what the church had done > and f,ve persons in eight-
to her. He replied that the church! 7 ar\ a'fected by ‘he allied’
did right, as she ought to have been! J" th’ b<>*an
The fact that her hus-1 -‘S „ Ornt*ng\ The mai°rity of
I firms in Houston have been operat-
r ■ Al r and|ing on a 44-hour scale and the men
friendly terms with the, today stated they expected ar. early
nisi J
St. Louis, Mo., May 2.—About
ln 550 union printers, employes of
seventy-eight job shops, were not at
work today. About 100 employers
agreed to the 44 hour week and their
shops are operating.
I
per cent
GALVESTON, May 1.—Seven
emergencV| shipping board vessels in port here
lmi«.ion of were practically deserted tonight as
each a result of a strike of engineers,
..;„J | cooks and stewards and seamen,’
i which began at midnight last night.
— ■----J and water tenders
$11535 IS QUOTO
FOR S. S. DISTRICT nia’iitaincd by force;
_____ , troyed by force.” Attached was the ' 000
I printed signature, “Central Execu- number fixed bv the
Rev. John E. Roach, secretary/ ‘'Ve Committee of ‘h* C
and John Wynne Barton, financial pa?y °f Amenca " There
director for the North Texas Confer ' - A demonstration was called for on; ’
Christian Education! .‘J*?, of the proletar-‘ for the vote today
In Europe, the leaflet said,, tee of the whole, and the house
men and women j demand a separate vote on
be- amendments in passing the billl
are similar to dodg-
were distributed at
year in various parts
Distribution then
to. a time for more
I greater efficiency
Mexicansl ting down of output
county would be sent! wages.
at least 500
Only those
Paris, Texas, -rtI1
printers and bookbinders of the
nett Printing Co. have left their jobs
because of a refusal to grant a 44-
hour week instead of a 48-hour week.
Bennett announces that he will op-
| erate an open shop and use non-
union printers.
mill made its
turned < ’
44
being returned t ” ’
according to the i---—
Consul Roberto Garcia,
tive for the Mexican
Northern Texas,
ent left Friday and others
follow in rapid order.
Garcia said at least 2000 1
from Tarrant <---
back to Mexico and that
will go from Dallas.
1*-?,X'.Cans. °Ut of work and destitute
transportation to
He estimated that
aiexlcau
be sent
He said this)
greater part of
— —-.^.5 and
many who heretofore
-----—lfI Vne
| The Catholic Church i_
a portion of the funds to
Mexicans to their
consul said. ”
ed via Laredo,
day was r ’
sisted of 106
West Texas naturally desirous of
securing for their section of the
state the advantages of an agricul-
tural and mechanical college are see-
ing red because of Governor Neff’s
The Times Her-
-----—i idea
I State Hughes immediately
feel
uation in the South in
with that in the North,
colleges and universities
large gifts last year only
was questioned about] leges and
• f an auto fire truck.
...' was working on
— somv
a great while.
in the way,
the
T. J. O’Neal
an inquest and rendered
came to his!
w-ound in-
person,
--t was pas-
- ------.1 at'
-----,™J packed his - one
morning train to fill day
... jool
was | ,
awhile.:
; of their printers were at work to-
was day and that none was on strike
Baptist Their contracts with the local typo-
.------1 union, they said, extend
until July 1. The men are working
WASHINGTON. May
Senate today passed the
immigration bill fixing admission
aliens to three per cent of <
nationality res dent in the United) cooks and
States in 1910. The bill is effective' which began
for fourteen months beginning fif-1 Firemen, oilers
who, lacking orders, remained aboard
ships, today received notice to leave
their vessels at once, regardless
whether they had signed articles
• after working on the
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