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JACKSBORO GAZETTE
VOLUME XXXVII.
JACKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1915.
NUMBER 28.
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OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS
W. A. Shown,
President
Sil Stark
J. R. Lilly
Vice Pres.
James Hayes,
Cashier
W. B. Mann
Asst Cash.
S. V. Stark
S. Castleberry
J. EL Timberlake
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T. Richardson
Kinder
L.T. Rich
JvW. Kir
IS JUST BANKING
::: No Side Lines :::
::: No Frills :::
Service within the bounds of
FAIR and CONSERVATIVE bank-
ing methods.
It is our purpose—to serve the
interests of our customers as
best we know—
May we not serve you on this
basis.
Jacksboro National Bank
Important Paragraphs
| From President’s Message
As summarized by Fort Worth
Star-Telegram the leading points
of the President’s Message are
as follows:
Our concern for the independ-
ence and the prosperity of the
states of Central and South Amer-
ica is not altered. We retain un-
abated the spirit that has inspir-
it would depend upon the pa-
triotic feeling of the younger
men of the country whether they
responded to such a call to service
or not. It would depend upon
the patriotic spirit of the em-
ployers of the country whether
they made it possible for the
younger men in their employ to
ed us throughout the whole life of respond under favorable condi-
FLOUR FRESH FROM THE
MILLS,
and ground from the best
wheat raised, is what we send
to your order, and what will
make the best bread and pastry Pc°ple is for peace;
that one can make. All of oui
food products are high grade,
and when you want flour, or
meal that you can rely upon as
pure and wholesome you will
always find it at rock bottom
prices at
JACKSBORO MILL &
ELEVATOR COMPANY
our government and which was
so frankly put into words by
President Monroe. We still mean
always to make a common cause
of national independence and of
political liberty in America. But
that purpose is now better under-
stood so far as it concerns our-
selves. It is known not to be a
selfish purpose. It is known to
have in it no thought of taking
advantage of any government in
this hemisphere or playing its po-
litical fortunes for our own bene-
fit. All the governments of
America stand, so far as we are
concerned, upon a footing of gen-
uine equality and unquestioned
independence.
We have been put to the test
in the case of Mexico, and we
have stood the test.
The passion of theij
dominion is not in their reckon-
ing nor agreeable to their princi-
ples.
But just because we demand
WAR COSTS BRITAIN
| , i J MILLION AN HOUR
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Half of the Population of Englanc
Engaged in Producing Muni-
j * nitions of War.
Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 4.—Half of
tions or not. I, for one, do not
doubt the patriotic devotion ei-
ther of oiir young men or of those
who give them employment —
those for whose benefit and pro-
tection they would in fact enlist.
I would look forward to the suc-
cess of such an experiment with
entire confidence.
If other nations go to war or
seek to hamper each other’s com-
merce, our merchants, it seems,
are at their mercy, to do with as
they please. We must use their
ships, and use them as they deter-
mine. Our independence is pro-
vincial, and it is only on land and
within our own borders. We are
not likely to be permitted to use
even the ships of other nations in
rivalry of their own trade, and
are without means to extend our
Commerce even where the doors
are wide open and our goods de-
sired.. Such a situation is not to
be endured. It is of capital im-
portance not only that the Unit-
ed States should be its own car-
own principles of right and liber-
ty, we resent, from whatever
quarter it may come, the aggres-
sion we ourselves will not prac-
tice. We insist upon security in
force statewide prohibition was prosecuting our self-chosen lines
upheld today by the state suprem*
court, which held that cities gov-
erned under special charter were
without authority to continue
traffic in intoxicating liquors af-
ter Jan. 1 1916, when state wide
prohibition becomes effective in
unmolested development*ancf the j*r*ei‘ 9n 86** enjoy the
undisturbed government of our econorn^e independence which on-
ly an adequate merchant marine
would give it, but alao that the
American hemisphere as a whole
should enjoy & like independence
and self-sufficiency, if it is not to
be drawn into the tangle of Eu-
ropean affairs.
There are citizens of the Unit-
of national development. We do
more than that. We demand it
also for others.”
But war has never been a mere
matter of men and arms. It is a
thing of disciplined might. If our
citizens are ever to fight effect-
a cloture rule should be quickly
adopted whereby one or two Sen-
ators may not defeat the will of
a majority by pretense of debate.
I favor the enactment of a Fed-
eral warehouse law through
through which expects could
grade and sample cotton and oth-
er non-perishable farm products,
not to interfere with State ware-
house laws.
I believe that the parcel post
system should be enlarged to in-
clude all express business and
that the Government should take
over the express company’s prop-
erty at a fair valuation, and at
the same time allow all worthy
express company employes to
pass into the postal service. For
the increased tonnage in mail
business the railroads should be
remunerated.
I am in favor of the constitu-
tional rohibition of the liquor
traffic throughout the United
States.
Merchant Marine.
For increasing the foreign trade
to Central and South America
and elsewhere I would favor the
building of merchant ships at
once: first, for commerce in peace
and, second, auxiliaries in time of
war.
I favor an immediate conven-
tion of neutral nations ont of
which may come a body of doc-
trine to be offered for joint sig-
natures of the European nations
at the close of the present war.
It will be my pleasure to sup-
port a rural credits bill to pro-
vide farm land loan banks and ru
ral credit associations, so that
tenants may acquire homes, hav-
ing payments extended by the
amortisation plan from five to
thirty-five years. ", '
Preparedness.
I am in favor ofprepar§,dness,
preparedness to care for our in-
terior and over-sea possessions
and to meet any and every
emergency as it may arise. I
would keep up the present effi-
ciency of the army and navy. In
HP COTTON MEN
CONFERENCE TO PERFECT
PERMANENT ORGANIZA-
TION AT NEW ORLEANSL
IVES FLU
Work to Reduce Acreage Ned
Year Expected to Be on T.hi»i
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Suggested by Hirsch. '
ed States, I blush to admit, born
under other flags but welcomed addition, I would have hundreds
under our generous naturalization aeroplanes manned ready for
Colorado, under constitutional ! ivel7 uPon a sudden summons, the
and statutory enactments.
At the request of Governor
George A. Carlson and W. H.
the population of England is en-, Sharpley, mayor of Denver, the
must know, how modern fighting
is done, and what to do when the
summons comes to render them-
selves immediately available and
gaged in producing war munitions supreme court took original juris- immediately effective. And the
to aid the 3,000,000 men in the | diction in the friendly suit to se- government must be their servant
fighting lines in a war which is cure a judicial interpretation of in this matter, must supply them
Great Britain $1,000,000 Colorado’s new prohibition, legis-
JFfcyp, R. H. Brand, lation. The action sought to en-
of David Lloyd- j°in the Denver city eommission-
of Munitions, ■ ers from issuing a saloon license
men at a luncheon to August Koch, extending be-
These present in- yond J an. 1, 1916. The commis-
laws to the full freedom and op-
portunity of America, who have
poured the poison of disloyalty in-
to the very arteries of our na-
tional life; who have sought to
bring the authority and good
esrvice, and many equipped sub-
marines and large storage maga-
zines full of ammunition for citi-
zen soldiers for any eventuality.
If, however, when the European
war is at an end, circumstances
with the training they need to
take care of themselves and of it.
name of our government into con-jseem it I would vote
tempt, to destroy our industries anJ und all sorts of enlargement
wherever they thought it effect-
ive for their vindictive purposes,
of the army and navy to meet
the demands Becessary to main-
Duke of Connaught,
Borden and Sir Wil-
” continued Mr.
titilraqi
sioners, in issuing the license, bas-
ed their action on the fact that
Denver is governed under a spe-
i war,” continued Mr. cial charter granted by the legis-
1 * will be a long one and lature and at the municipal elec-
can tell how much more tion last May the electors adopt-
Canada, and other parts ed a charter amendment which
Empire may have to do be-j sought to give the municipal offi-
successfully ended but! cials authority to continue the sale
things to be done to j of intoxicants,
operations are the -,
DR. BROOKS ANNOUNCES
PLATFORM PRINCIPLES
j New White Way for Haskell.
economy will win the
added, and he! Haskell, Texas, Dec., 3.—Work
to practice the j has begun upon the installation
economy in order to j of the new ornamental light posts
the greatest possible
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Britain He ex-
ition of Canada’s
make financial advanc
and promised that
would be repaid
the close of the con-
! of this city and when it is finish-
ed Haskell will ener the proces-
sion of cities having a white way.
The lights are being placed
around the public square and
along the street leading to the de-
pot and later on will be placed in
the residence section of the city.
Upheld.
Favors National Prohibition, Ru-
ral Credits and Improvement
of Waterways.
Waeo, Texas, Dec. 4.—In an-
nouncing his candidacy for the
United States Senate, Dr. S. P.
Brooks of this city includes the
following as among the principal
planks of his platform:
I favor reducing the mileage al-
lowance of members of Congress
to nearer the actual cost of trav-
el; the franking privilege should
be curtailed so that members of
both houses may not, when not
to strike at them and to debase j American rights before or
our politics to the uses of foreign aoaiust the whole world,
intrigue.
All Texas Soaked by Slow Rain.
Fort Worth, Dec. 7.—Every
part of Texas has been soaked by
a slow rain during the past thir-
ty-six hours, according to reports
to the weather bureau.
A fall of more than an inch had
been recorded in Fort Worth at
noon Tuesday. From a light con-
tinuous drizzle at Amarillo, the
rainfall ranged to heavy down-
pours at Houston and Galveston,
where a fall of nearly three and
a half inches occurred. All rail-
roads report general rains in all
directions out of Fort Worth,
from Shreveport to El Paso,
Brownsville to Red River and
Amarillo. Stockmen in west and
southwest Texas, some parts of
same.
I believe the United States,
where possible, should manufac-
ture all its warships and other
distinctly military goods not used
in the arts of trade; I would mak<
the chief Federal medical officer
and the United States Commiss-
ioner of Education members of
the President’s Cabinet; I believe
that child-labor laws for the pro-
tection of little children and child-
bearing mothers should be enact-
ed.
Rivers and Harbors.
On the question of rivers and
harbor:: I think that speedy im-
provements should be made of:
all worthy projects, particularly “ 7*.w‘‘
- m ,... , which have been suffering from
tnose of Texas, whieh hare been ,
, , , , . * _ (dry weather, will be the prmei-
too long delayed m favor of oth- , , . ,
pal benefactors.
er States.
I favor enactment
of legisla-
requested, send out tons of speech,tion "'hereby lands could be re-
cla'mcd for the
eg through the mails to points in
the r respective districts. Instead; wan?P an^desert, by
of garden seed being sent out by
people, both
drainage
members, I would favor placing
If you are looking for Quality | taf>ra jn charge of the Secretary
New Orleans, La., Dec. 6.—Al-
though the committees appointed
the initial session of the confer-
ence of cotton States bankera
called by Joseph Hirsch, pren-
ation, will not report until to-
morrow, the sentiment already de-
veloped renders it certain tha&
a permanent organization of
Southern bankers will be formed
to deal vigorously and upon a
uniform basis with the subject of
cotton, acreage, the financing and
marketing of eotton and other-
economic problems, as they may
arise. All of the 150 bankers
here representing every State
in the South seemed to be in
hearty accord and determined ttt
eQ^operate with the farmers in the
fullest degree.
To this course they are encour-
aged by Vice Governor Delana
and Mr. Harding of the Federal
Reserve Board and by the sever-
al presidents of the State Fans-
ers’ Union who are in attendance.
The work which the organization,
will cut ont for itself probably
will be that suggested by Chair-
man Hirsch; First, to conduct n
vigorous campaign for the mar-
keting of the unsold portion of
the cotton crop of this year at
satisfactory prices; second, to con-
tinue the campaign for more ware
houses in the country; and, thirds
to work unceasingly to overcome
the evident inclination to increase
cotton acreage next year. In-
deed, there is aconsensus of opin-
ion that this last-named branch ©f
the work should go on year altar
year. All of the bankers bear
testimony that farmers have great
ly advanced in prosperity this
year and that the improvement
is due largely to diversification
of crops.
Advance Due to Diversification
Indeed, they ascribe the ad-
vance in the price of cotton large-
ly to this cause, since as the far-
mers produced food and feed at
home, they automatically
strengthened their holding power.
In order to further repetition of
this experience, Mr. Hirsch sug-
gests that bankers shall urge
farmers to insure their loans by
diversifying their crops. In this
connection he urges the bankers
to require farmers applying for
loans to report upon their assets,
liabilities and operations upon
the farms some time ago proposed
by Dr. Bradford Knapp of tie
United States Department of Ag-
riculture.
He says that national bankers
are now required by the Feder-
al regulations to secure and fur-
nish abstracts of the credit of
merchants with whom they deal
and* he recommends that t* • Fed-
eral Reserve Board and the State
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and irrigation.
I believe that national bankers i spc<;ial high priced vaudeville
Angells Comedians at the Op-
era House all next week will give
you the biggest show for the mon-
ey ever in your town. Carrying a | Bank Commissioners shall make a
six-piece orchestra and using like ruling to farmers’ credit.
This idea was further amplified!
it The Jacksboro Guette.
violating the usury laws of the | between acts. Monday night, open by W. P. G. Harding of the Fed-
us; we dojof Agriculture, to be sent out|States in which they are. located jng play, “EVERY WOMAN’S eral Reserve Board in addressing:
upon request of those desiring should be punished; I think that ‘HUSBAND.
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