The Sherman Courier (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 99, Ed. 1 Friday, August 24, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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THE SHERMAN COURIER
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Grayson
(bounty’s Oldest
Newspaper.
Published Every Morning Except
Monday.
By a vote of 81 to 52 the House voted
to impeach the Governor. Now the
Senate will have the say. -
The Oldest Business Institution in
Grayson County. Devoted for Half
s Century to the Upbuilding of Gray*
son County and the Interests of Her
People. “Your Grandfather Read It,
Your Father Read It—So Should
You.1*
The Courier Is the Official Newspa-
per of the City of Sherman.
TEXAS IMMIGRATION COMPANY
Owners and Publishers
W. J. Minton, Editor. ,
Roy Minton, Managing Editor.
J. M. Harris, City Editor
Subscription price: Daily 60 cents
a month on a credit; 50 cents a
month when paid in advance. Sub-
scriptions paid by middle of the cur-
rent month or period subscribed for,
w 'U be considered as paid in advance.
A large and costly building in Bir-
mingham, Alabama, has been abandon-
ed because of the prohibition law ad-
opted in that State, which shows that
ruin attends the march of prohibition,
even if there is more liquor-sold after
the law is adopted than there is be-
fore. This great building was used as
a jail and after prohibition went Into
effect it was not needed for a prison.
It may have to be converted into a
library, or an auditorium or some
other nuisanefe, instead of being retain-
ed for prison purposes. Awful is the
work of prohibition, y
Senator Hanger is usually consid-
ered a good speaker and the poor show-
ing he makes in his defense of the
Governor is not from lack of ability
but lack of material. “Is it right,”
asks Mr. Hanger “that’a poor girl
should have to leave the University
broken-hearted because she was not
asked to join a secret fraternity?”
house and from that vantage point
plied his vocation for a season and
then made his escape, according .to
report.—Denison* Herald.
Quite wrong. He only went to the
basement to deliver the goods, mere-
ly having a bottle concealed on his
person. But you are right in one re-
spect—the liquor traffic holds noth-
ing sacred, church, home, school, court
house, womanhood, childhood, man-
hood, all must give way to itst insatia-
ble greed and lawless rule, if it hag its
way. '"x.; \j; -
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NEED NEW COURTHOUSE.
“Keep business going” is the
advice of the Washington govern-
ment. We hope the county cpij^
missioners will heed, the advice
and carry out the plans held up a
few months ago of improving the
court house. Conditions were
never mqre prosperous in Old Col-
lin County than they are at pres- *
ent.—McKinney CoUrier-Gazette.
Friday, august 24. i»it.
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GOVERNOR IS DEFENDED AND
ARRAIGNED IN HOUSE
YESTERDAY.
And Grayson county needs a new
Courthouse but will likely have to
wait. It was thought that McKinney tee who will be guided by
was going right ahead with the im-
Neither right nor necessary, would
Weekly (Sunday issue) $1.50 a year. \e a"y more ^an one'
“By the copy, five cents. Advertising ; 8 l0U ( ■ ®ave er ome town broken- provement 0f the building. How-
•ates furnished ur.cn request. j hearted^ because^ she was not asked to ever> perhaps, we’d better get the
road "bonds a little farther along.
international New* Serrk*.
Austin, Aug. 23,-—The speaking in
the impeachment proceedings opened
last night with a speech by W. R.
Harris of Dallas, who is* associated
with General M. M. Crane in the
prosecution. Mr. Haris spoke in part
as follows: e
“I feel very keenly my responsi-
bility. This is a momentous day for
Texans. It is a day frought with
wonderful consequences. It ought
not to be^ and I do not believe will
be, determined upon anything except
a sense of duty. I don’t believe there
wil be any members of tfcis commit-
anytfiing
American Bank and Trust Company
Sherman, Texas.
The Only Guaranty Fund Bank in Sherman ...
Capital $200,000.00
We can-do anything that a National Bank can do and
some things they cannot do. We want your business.
. f a wedding or other society event.
But
Entered at the Post Office ac Sher- i sensible girl, one with brains enough that Grayson comity ne(.da a new court
:r.an, Texas, a» second-class matter. ! to win admission to the University,
FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1917.
would not be seriously affected by
such an omission.
SAVE AND PRODUCE
Will R. Harris pays high and de-
served tribute to a Sherman citizen But'when he wcn'tVff oVatrfp he was
among strangers, and they did not
know whether he could afford better
clothes or not, And at home every
body knew he could have good clothes
a court-
in his speech Wednesday night in ref-1
erence to the University matters in
Again and again it should be urged the Fer^on investigation. Mr. Har-
on the farmers and even on the city r1s sa,d’ af^r readinS the messa?e of
dwellers to raise all meat animals and W' R' Brents in response W the mes-________________^
folws possible. There are few places saRe from Governor, that there j rj;fht ejt|jer at home or abroad to wear
in town where a few chickens cannot v,as 8 Ifan w ose examnle would m- (0]d cj0thes. Everybody knows
be raised. There are some, of course. spne ot men t0 rlgllt courses and ! Grayson county can afford
But if all who can will raise a few /j 0 wou d not be stayed by fear or house jf ,-t wants one
chickens it will help out and allow fPPr t0 do that which his conscience
meat to be used elsewhere that the declaPed was wron« and uniust Mr.
town people would otherwise consume. ;Iarr,s said that whlle Ferguson claims
The scarcity of meat will be felt > would lose the office of governor
before the winter is over. Concerted ibefore he 401(1 who loaned him that
action and energy in the effort to pro- n,0™y’ lt be that he would lose
duce will work'wonders. 14 1 ' ie tod'
Economy has been urged so often
that it begins to be tiresome/ but the;
slogan of “A clean plate” should never I ^
be forgotten. If all the people would
only adopt it and act up to it there
would be no scarcity. But they will
not Everyone who does helps his or WANTED—A good organizer’to go
her country that much. If only as to Austin to organize the Senate into5
much as is needed would be taken on a canning club to can the Governor,
every plate It would save thousands■ ...
of pounds of food ip every county ev- j The fall gardens already planted are!
ery day. Some restaurants are put- whooping right along. And the own-
ting up signs that they will charge ers will be. whooping with pride a lit-
extra for waste where the customer: tig later, if they work them properly,
helps himself, as in syrup on cakes, ! ■ * * *
etc. When that isydone at restaur-! It. is -believed that an organized band
except that sense, that word, the im-
mortal Robert SE. Lee said was the
mot sublime. In our language—duty.
‘ "V'e are cx peled to face several
■;p-"’.'stsk;'.b|e facts. One is that w?.'
house will hardly be questioned. It aid the Governor of lexas, your
will come some day. Maybe Grayson; Governor and mine, borrowing from
county is like the old man whose wife j unnamed friends $16.6,000 in curren-
wanted him to buy a new suit. He1CY- He says it was on account of
said if he went off on a trip he might. tbe publicity that had been given his
personal business affairs that the
banks would not lend him, and he
must per force go to friends. He
would not tell you how much of this
$156,000 in currency he received be-
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FAKIR AND VICTIM.
The man in New York who as
an expert testified to making
over an old $12 rug into one
which he sold for $12,000 as a
valuable Oriental, ought to have
the job of financier for the fight-
ing nations.—Bonham Favorite.
A fool and a financier seem to have
met in that trade. It looks strange
that a man'with sense enough to get
that much money together should have
so little idea of values as to pay it
for a rug for a floor. He probably
was made to believe that some richer
man wanted it but he was given the
first chance at the great work of
art and. now was^iis opportunity for
a great scoop, as it were, in the world
of art. Or it might have been a wo-
man bought it, a woman who would
believe anything a strange dealer
ants it will not be long before other bps urged Dallas negroes to file claims' would tell her in preference to taking
people will notice and act on it. 'ifof exemptions. There seems to be no the word of her husband or brother
It is no laughing matter. The war limit, to the activities of the frsitor-J She figures that her relatives might
and the food scarcity are serious mat-1 ously inclined.
ters.‘ How serious some of us will *
appreciate before the winter passes, i Lieutenant Governor Hobby has -fe-
Our boys will soon be going across the s‘£ned bis position with the Federal
sea and we shall hear of* casualties and tbe resignation has been ac-
ere many weeks. Then we shall begin ceoted" Mr- Hobby is now in position
to realize. There will be anxiety in A° 8ct Governor of Texas in case
many homes and we shall all be anx- 11(8 services ara needed. And the pros-
ious for the war to close. But if we Ptct at time is that they will be
can be brought to realize now how nef>ded'
every single act of ours counts in the f : ---—------.
sum -of the effort to bring it to an end ! * * *•* *•"* *2* -I* -J- v *!* *1' *1* *i*
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be interested and prejudiced but that
the noble fellow who had the rug for
sale is only actuated by philanthropic
motives.
save and conserve everything that |1
needed. But especially is it urged to
be saving with food and produce all
food possible".
There is no patriotism in striking1
now that our country is at war. Let
us-finish one task before we ^ begin
another and win the war before there
is a row raised over the wrongs of
labor. Labor, if patriotic now will
be in better shape to make demands
after the war is over.
The people are glad to see the con-
crete paying work started—as it will
be—-on North Montgomery this mom-
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THE PENSION SYSTEM'.
Some opposition is developing
against the plan to insure ,t,he Am-
erican soldiers against accident
and death on the ground that it
would upset pensions for 100
years. That'S an argument for
the plan rather than against it,
and if some of the pensioti frauds
with which this country is cursed
could be upset the whole nation
would be the gainer.—Denton
Record-Chronicle.
The pension business has long been dumb waiters at the club”
ing. But for the scarcity of cars there a nat*onal scandal and prolific source Link: “Wish they’d put itTdumb b;
would be rapid completion of the work, j0^ corruption and if there is any plan hers, too.”*
The car shortage is far more serious;PracGcable that will effect its abol- [ • 1
than most people realize. It is im-
possible to get gravel as fast as it'is
needed. * .....—-' ‘ ■
ition it should be adopted quickly, j The Answer.
There has been more perjury in con- A quack doctor was holding forth
nection with pensions than in any oth-1 bis medicines to a rural audience
er one phase of life in the United "Yes, gentlemen,” he said, “I have
The spectacle of the House investi- St*4®8- A few years ago a man in Vjf- 8°ld these pills for twenty-five years
gating the Governor and the sort of girda wa9 Anally persuaded to make and never heard a word of complaint,
testimony brought out cannot be grat^. affidavit for the purpose of securing . Now, what does that prove?”
ifying to a single citizen of the State'a Pens‘°n and back pay. He received
no matter what his position toward j s*veral thousand dollars and a regular
pension. The false statement he had
to make became a source of sorrow to
him and he went insane over the ques-
tion. Inrhis madness be was always
saying that “all the old soldiers are
going to hell because of perjury to get
pensions,”
the Governor. It is the* shame of Tex-
as held up to the view of the Nation
and a humiliating exhibit it is. No
true man but feels shame at the rev-
elations.
The Courier in this issue presents
excerpts from the speeches of attor-
neys on both sides of the Ferguson
investigation before the Legislature
The people will wish to
what arguments are advanced
sides. They were interested
s testimony and they will be in-
if he wanted to get them, so it was all f'.re. March,(’ wh('n. the investigation
of the regular session begun, or how
much of it he received- since. But
this we know, he deposited $11,000
of it in February and sixty odd thous-
and dollars of it in April. Now, whevt
manner of friend of the Governor is
it that wculld sit'silent-in such a case
as this? What friend would remain
silent under such conditions, unless
there is some good reason?
“I don't know who it is he got this
money from. I presume you don’t
know. It was passed in currency *o
that no man might know.
“The Governor’s attorneys will tell
you that it was a personal matter. I
don’t- think it is a personal matter
that, t,he. Governor of Texas should
be under obligation,.if $156,000 in
cash to iJome unknown person or per-
sons. The people of Texas have the
right to know. Why,? Because of
the powers of the Governor, 'Because
of his office, he possesses the power
of life or death over convicted crim-
inals; because by his office he pos-
sesses the power of appointment to
many .place* of honor and financial
reward: because he has ppwer exceed-
ing those of all the men of Texas
with regard to mutters of "legislation.
And so the people of Texas have the
right to know what manner of men
placed your Governor and my Gover-
nor under an obligation to them by
passing him $156,000 id cash.
“The Governor says this $156,000
that he received in cash had nothing
to do with legislation. Then why not
tell who it was let him have the mon-
cjr? Answer that, if you can. He
said ho had kept $25,000 in his pri-
vate office some time before deposit-
ing it. Why?
“Your Governor said I will lose
the office of Governor before I will
disclose the names of my friends to
whom I gave my word they would
not be known in the transaction.' If
that were true, it would be a Herbie
attitude. But suppose we take the
opposite of the proposition. Suppose
that if he did disclose the names he
would lose the office of Governor to-
night. What is your deduction?
What other deduction can be made
by' you, gentlemen of the committee-,
who are capable as I and mop,go,
to make the deduction from the facts.
I believe it is the only one you can
reach.
“The people of this State have the
right to know under whom the Gov-
ernor has placed him|elf in obliga-
tion. There is no difference of opin-
ion about, that. There can be no
difference of opinion upon such a
hifXf vital, compelling reason why
these men who have placed the Gov-
ernor under tbit obligation will not
allow him to tell.
“Now, proceeding to other charg-
es:' The Governor comes into office
and finds a fund of $101,000 belong-
ing to tKe Canyon City Normal. He
finds it in deposits that arc secured
and drawing interest. He transfers
■ ft to the Heidenheimer State Bank, of
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Ancient Rites.
But, my dear,” said his wife, after
he had complained about the dinner
the new-cook had served, “you know
during these terrible -times it is nec-
essary that we make great sacrifices.”
..“Oh, of course," lie agreed, “but
what I object to is that cook insists
in making'hers in the form of burnt
offerings?’
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I \ Wrong Man. '
! “The man 1‘recommcnd to you is a
person of unflagging industry.’’
“He won’t do. We want somebody
to stop trains.” «
Amen!
Bink: “I hear they are going to have
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LANGFORD
LUMBEk
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Lumbermen
TELEPHONES 83
614 E. Houston St. Phones 83.
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Dr. M. S. HUDSON
Dentist
REMOVED SINCE THE FIRE.
OVER TEXAS POWER &
LIGHT CO. OFFICE NORTH
TRAVIS STREET.
Location New and Clean
Voice in the crowd; “That dead men
tell no tales."
JOHN C. PANNEL
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Funeral Director
and Zmbalmer
Both Phones
SHERMAN, TEXAS
ASK FOR OUR “OWN MAID” BREAD-
— SANITARY 'BAKERY.
in the action of the House.
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HOLDS NOTHING SACRED.
Not even the sacred Temple of
Justice is safe from defilement at -
the hands of the despicable illicit
booze dispenser, It seems. In
Sherman a bootlegger stored his
ware in the basement of the cot
Automobile welding is s real spec-
ialty with us—we weld broken axles,
{housings,, crank, and. transmission
, ______ _________ propeller
. . |itol stock, and to the Temple State - haftot etc„ wlUl absolute accuracy
I was only count-1 ^ »hkb he owns 80 per cent >nd ep,endid( deiM.n(lahle re<Mll/8.
Ty before you «Hve ^ap,to stock am* to the Amer- . Have us saw, time, money and*
man National Bank of Austin. And
YOUtJg MAN!
Before going to serve
your country, leave a
good photograph with
MOTHER,
sister or sweetheart; a trea-
sure that money could not
buy. Those made at
WEAR’S STUDIO
—almost speak.
8afety First. *
Dentist (to patient who is opening
me to7dWeN”°’ ^ b°ther t0 P8y - SCh.h<?."" " V1? P'.r ** frame member^
Patient: “I
ing my mo
gas.”
YOUNG WOMEN CAN SAVE $30.
- In a Suffrage State.
Lawyer; “Don’t worry; the jurv will
disagree.” *
Prisoner: “Are you sure of it?"
lawyer: "‘Certain. Two of the jur-
are man and wife.” !------!------
in none of these hanks is security re-
quired or interest paid on these de-
posits, Amd whet next? Out of that
money was paid his private debt of
$5,600. That wa« Aug. 23, 1916.
and the Governor has admitted R
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Inquiries invited.
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it is an excellent investment.
Money back if not satisfied. Write
for particulars. H. A. IVY, Pres!
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Minton, W. J. The Sherman Courier (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 99, Ed. 1 Friday, August 24, 1917, newspaper, August 24, 1917; Sherman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth717397/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .