Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1914 Page: 2 of 16
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JACKSBORO GAZETTE
Thursday, October 8, 1914
now whether fathers, sons and
brothers at the front are alive or
dad.
To praise the American idea of
diplomacy is 1;o exalt democracy.
—The New York World.
Prospects for Peace.
MASONIC SANITARIUM
CHARTERED THE 30TH.
Institution in San Antonio For
Masons and Families on Vol-
untary Contribution Plan.
Where
Cotton Bagging Will Be Used
to Encourage Use of Cotton.
not invincible” and that the tembec by the State Department j
back, said an orderly
Wall Street Journal: Two im- _
portant developments in the di-
rection of peace are to be noted. National Masonic Sanitari-
It has been demonstrated that llm Association of San Antonio
that the “invincible” British was chartered the 30th of Sep-
jvy is
invincible German army is not ^or ^ie purp°se of acquiring
Desired the irresistible fighting machine maintaining a sanitarium or hos-
popular imagination had suppos- pital for treatment of all Masons* ----
ed. The way to lasting peace is an(l their immediate families who
through disarmament; and if it may ^e afflicted with tuberculo-
has been shown that these enor- sis* ^be corporation has no capi-
mously powerful instruments of tal stock, the institution to be
J. L. Hill & Co., wholesale gro- war lack the qualities their mak-' maintained and supported by vol-
cers of Jacksboro, have received ers assumed, the world has made untarv contributions by Masons
the following letter from the a long step in the right direction. ancl Masonic bodies in the United
American Sugar Refining Co. of By its terrific losses alone the States.
New Orleans: war may be much
sation with headquarters. There
is no hint of the fulfillment of
the prophecies of French writers
to the effect that the German
soldiers were the victims of an in-
flexible system of rules which
were not adaptable to emergen-
cies; that their success was predi-
cated upon a given set of condi-
tions. These German rules, in
the words of a German officer,
“go into the brain” of the sol-
dier and he is not a mere untliink
not turn
at Beau-
‘#If he goes forward and is kill-
ed then there are others who will
take his place, but in the vocabu-
lary of the German there is no
such word as retreat.”
Comparable to Lincoln.
The term “Masons” as
„ . . _ , , Woodrow Wilson is Abraham
shorter than used, shall include only affiliated LincoIn with educational advan-
New Orleans, Sept. 30, 19l4. many critics suppose, even grant- Master Masons in good standing,
J. L. Hill & Co., Jacksboro, Tex. ing that the armies of the vari- anc^ the term Masonic bodies
Gentlemen:—In view of the ous combatants approach the es- shall include blue lodges, Rojal____
present condition effecting the timated figures by the liberal Arch chapters and commanderies or(jer
marketing of cotton, which js the margin of 70 per cent. No na- an(^ Scottish Rite bodies and
Shrines.
German Army Equipment
plete to Last Detail.
South's leading staple, this Com- tion, however powerful or nu-
pany has decided to encourage in merous with perhaps the excep-
every possible way the oonsump- Bon of Russia, can stand for any
tion of same ini channels hereto- length of time the terrific drain
fore not used, and to this end we on its manhood, and no Govern-
have arranged to supply those of ment would dare submit its peo-
our customers who desire 100-lb.'pie to such a test. When the French regiments pa-
bulk sacks, as well as those con- It is well enough to say that ra(Ied through Gemb eux, a rip-
taming 4-25 lbs., 10-10 lbs, and German foresight has provided a P*e on admiration ran through the
smaller packages, in double cot-Year’s supplies for an army of 5,-
tages—born and bred in a differ-
ent environment. The same prim-
itive virtues, refined and set in
the same directness, sin-
cerity, and tenacity of purpose;
the same self-forgetfulness in
thought for the country. Lincoln’t
Com- exterior characteristics ' were
picturesque because back of them
lived th man. elt is idle to eon-
tnde thal; had the rail-splitter
done his sums on a blackboard in'
a well-appointed school room, in-
stead of on the .back of a fireshov
el in the flickering light of. a
back-log, it would have been a
disadvantage. His life among
backwoodsmen and frontiersmen
Every Day First Monday With Ds
IN ADDITION to a complete stock of grocer-
ies, we carry; Men’s dress and work shoes,
shirts, overalls, jumpers, hose, belts, sus-
penders and underwear. Also, thread, but-
tons, tablets, pencils and many other small
articles too numerous to mention. Also A-1
good supply of 8 oz. Duck, and Binder twine.
4 Packages Arbuckle Coffee for............ 90^
4 lbs. Maxwell Peaberry Coffee..............90^
1 10-lb. Pail Snow Drift................ $1.25
1 10-lb. Pail Swift Jewel Lard ..............$1.0
1 10-lb. Pail Pan F. Syrup .................45^
Come let us show you our stock—and be
convinced.
Deliveries Made to All Parts of the City
FARMERS UNION SUPPLY GO.
SOUTH JACKSBORO
PHONE 120
almost hysterical Belgian popu-
ton bags. We will, of course, con- 000,000 men.. It has not provided. iace who had waited 80 tor
tinue to supply the usual burlap nor can it in the nature of things the promised support of France.
bags where desired, but we Ijope provide, even if it could foresee, AVith their bright blue and re fT uuuwwoui
pot only the jobber but the retail-the sustenance of an industrial uniforms, their gaiety, glitter and gaye him —ght to the character
er as well,'will substitute the out-[army far greater. The problem'8011" they made a c0 , Ul entry 0f the more primitive man, the
side cotton bag for the burlap!is not to feed the soldiers, but whlch <lulte fllled. one s concep- foundatjon strength of a new and
heretofore used, so as to assist ini the sixty-odd millions of people jt10n of the romantic spirit ot war. expanding country Missing this,
the consumption of that much!for whom they are fighting. |But it was noticeable tha;t except by study, imagination, feel
particularly . ,___„ ___,_______ „
BIG FALL FESTIVAL
Under Auspices Jacksboro Fire Department
WEEK STARTING
MONDAY
OCTOBER 12
Attractions Furnished by The
LACHMAN-LEWIS, Greater Shows
more cotton.
Please understand however that
it will be necessary for you in plac-
ing your orders to specify wheth-
er you desire the double cotton or
burlap. We will also ask that
you have your newspapers made
cognizant of tjiis effort on our
part, and give it all the publicity
possible. Yours truly.
The American Sugar Refining
Co.
doors of the
War-Making In the Dark.
Asking the question, “Can Eu-
rope ever again tolerate the ap-
palling peril of secret diploma-
cy?” the conclusion of the Lon-
don Daily News is that “the ex-
ample of the United States must
hereafter become the model of the
civilized world.”
It is early in the present strug-
gle to begin balancing the books,
but one such expression as this
gives us an accurate forecast of
some of the-accounts that are go-
ing to be settled, not by kaisers
and kings, but by the people,
when peace shall have been re-
stored.
. Dreams of world empire have ^d not march in
been abandoned again and again g°0(I order and the — -inen 0f rjie world,
in history, and one more has van- wagons in the baggage train flap- s^ance
ished into thin. air. Disarmament Pe<I an^ banged. _____ ^
by agreement :is not dishonorable; j When the Germans appeared on deve]0pment.
and change ia National ideals the outskirts of Brussels tney
from medieval militarism to mod- j might have been mistaken for a
ern progress is In true accord cloud of low-lying mist, ^heir
with feelings^ of the thoughtful gray-green uniforms mefSng
world, neutral or not. The way | against a neutral background,
to a settlement on this basis is
slowly opening up.
ing, Woodrow Wilson knows the
In neither in-
was environment, educa-
tion of opposite kind, able to keep
The quality
of manhood asserts itself and is
identical. — San Francisco (Ind.)
\Star.
Brownwood Pecan Orchard To Be
Highly Developed.
William Capps of Fort Worth
recently visited Coleman to in-
spect the famous Halbert pecan
orchard, Mr. Capps recently pur-
chased the celebrated seedling pe-
can orchard of Brownwood, know
as the Swindeit orchard, the larg-
est seedling orchard and the first
ever planted in the world for
commercial purposes. Mr. Capps
and Mp. Halbert are arranging to
combine their pecan interests to
the extent of 840 acres of fine pe-
can land, and forming a strong
corporation with a paid up capi-
Monarchy has always sneered!tal of $'10^000' Mr- Halbert wil1
at American diplomacy as m0Ve t0 Bpow“wood aod be8ln
The entry was not theatric, but
it throbbed with power and effi-
ciency. In place of the romantic
god of war there was a silent
gray-green colored machine
which was complete to the last
detail. Wagon doors, instead of
flapping, had patented locks and
bars.
Equipment Complete.
For three days the gray-green j
BAPTIST WORKERS'
MEETING AT SEBREE
Program for Workers’ Meeting
of Jack County Baptist As-
sociation.
The Workers’ meeting of Jack
of the
shirt-sleeve variety, Because it
was open, direct and honest, it
work on the Swinden
about Jan. 1. While
a
orchard
great
it refused
it was held
,, many of the seedling trees came
was pronounced uncouth. Because! ,
. . . true to the nuts planted and are
to engage in intrigue, ... .
. I growing fine gjseeimens of pecans,
skill. Because it kept faith, fcjyet the, ^ ^ ™1T1Tb1e
was pityingly regarded as ^J^p-worked to the celebrated Hal-
droif. But the worst of its of- b,ert Peef ’ rh,s wl11
fenses has always been publicity.1also,develop "lt‘ve f°ves by t0P’
The war now raging in Europe j 7°rkm8 “d develoP orfards
is the direct result of royalty’s fr0m seed "ut,i or traMPlanted
onmtr4. j- ti trees for others,
secret diplomacy. For a genera-
tion past the great armaments1
there have been falsely represent-! Hopeless Lung Trouble Cured,
ed as making for peace, when we
all know that they were making
Many recoveries from lung
soldiers marched through Brus- j County Baptist Association will
sels, part of an army of over a be held with the Sebree Church
million and a half that pushed Monday night and Tuesday after
through Belgium. In complete- the third Sunday in October,
ness of equipment it was like a Program,
traveling city: It had its postal j Monday night, 7:30—Sermon on
service, its telegraph corps, its “How Do I Know that I am Sav-
provision trains, miles in length ed, ’ by J. A. Newsom,
which provided for the soldiers aj Tuesday, 9:00 a. m.—Uevotion-
menu as satisfactory as they al, L. M. Ragsdale,
could have obtained in a first- 9:30—‘ ‘ Keeping House for the j
class restaurant. Six caissons Lord, ” Gus Mathews anc^ B. F.
with ammunition, each drawn by Dickenson.
s;x horses, followed each field 10:30—The faults of the preach
gun and there were processions er as seen by the layman, J. B.
of them two miles long. There1 Brothers, IT. C. Odell, Newt Ram-
were in addition many track and zy.
traction engines for the heavy 11:00—Sermon by II. M. Reed,
siege guns. And in all this col os- 2:30, p. m.—Devotional, Paul
sal train not a wheel squeaked, Christian.
not an accident delayed the for- 3:00—Do the words Kingdom
ward progress. and Church as used in the New i
The speed of the army is attest- Testament mean one and the same
ed by the fact that correspond- thing, J. K. Hicks, J. T. Strange. :
ents and carriages found it diffi- 4:30—The Apostle Paul as a!
cult to keep up with the German Missionary, Olin Ilarmonson and
advance. Daily marches of fifty John Riddell of Bridgeport. J
kilometers were the usual thing 7:30 p. m.—Sermon, “The Signs;
10-Splendid Attractions-10
FAMOUS GEORGETOWN MINSTRELS
18—Colored Performers—18
TEDDY,
Beautiful Equine Wonder,—the Horse With the Human Brain.
J. G. MILLER’S TRAINED WILD ANIMAL EXHIBITION
AND CIRCUS.
CAPTAIN ANDERSON’S
Fight for Life With Five Black Mane African Lions.
—SEE THE MOTORDROME—
The Greatest of All Spectacular Racers—Thrilling and
i j Entertaining! ,
—AMERICAN BEAUTY CHORUS—
Shapely Girls With Splendid Voices — Funny Commedian —
Clean, Snappy, Wholesome Comedy.
CONGRESS OF WORLD’S WONDERS, AND MUSEUM OF
> CURIOSITIES.
A TRIP TO THE MOON— glp
The Fun Factory Where All Laugh and Grow Fat.
jn
FREE ATTRACTIONS and
v j n
Band Concerts Twice Daily
ail know that they were making ,, -r 11 ’ an<* ^mes they greatly exceed-;of the Times,” Gus Matthews,
for war. Everything relating to pjne^lengthensthej"'ed that distanc,e’ . , -Dear I’rethren’ we do earnestly
*
lungs, checks the cough rind gives
relief at once. Mr. W. S. Wilkins,
Gates, N. C., writes: “I used Dr.
Bell’s Pine Tar Honey in a case
given up as hopeless and it ef-
Get a
ey. If your cough is dry
supreme governmental policies
has been secret except the exist-
ence of the colossal war machines
and the crushing taxes which
have sustained them.
In this way the censorships of, £ ,
peace have been almost as dras-j.ec ? a, ^omp ete cure.
tic as the censorships of war. A
handful of men in each country ... . .
knew what was going on. Hnn-'back,ng let ,t.ltr,ckl* down the
dreds of millions who are now ar-j tbrfat;7°U Wl11 surely get rchef'
rayed against each other in bat- c' ab your BruSf?Ist-
ties as secret as th§ diplomacy ' *
that led to them had no more ........■
knowledge of the true situation YOU are wafljm^j^the Gazette tracted telephone instrument from (dred tickets having
than their relatives at home have subscript^
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The physical stamina of the hope and pray that you will all
men is extraordinary. j come. Our workers meetings are
Minor evidences of thorough- just what we make them and as
ness were seen in the complete- to anthrax we havent’ had any
ness of each soldier’s equipment, i of that down in here at all, and
It was interesting that even the j don’t let that keep you away, or
bottle Of Br UlP,, PW TarTw soldier’s «uspenderg were protect anything else. Committee.
ed against emergencies and that ^ 1 * 1
his trousers carried an extra set ^or YireMen’s Benefit,
of buttons. I The benefit at the Opera House j
At Zone-Etat on the way from picture show last Friday night un-
Gharleroi to Aix-la-Chapelle, a der the auspices of the local vol-
man lying at full lengtth in the unteer Fire Department brought
station answered a suddenly ex-1 out a full house, over two hun-
been sold (
a flower bed and began a conver- that day.
BEST ON EARTH
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED Ai
OAR OF THIS YEAR’S PACK,
GOLD BAR, CALIFORNIA
CANNED FRUITS.
GOLD BAR FRUITS HAVE
BEEN USED BY KINGS,
QUEENS, CZARS AND EMPER-
ORS, AND PRONOUNCED THE
BEST CANNED FRUITS EVER
SERVED ON THEIR TABLES.
Try them and Be Convinced.
You can get GOLD BAR PEARS,
PEACHES, PLUMS, APRICOTS,
CHERRIES, BLACK BERRIES,
and ASPARAGUS TIPS, at ALL
Retail Grocers’ who cater to the
Best Trade.
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J. L. HILL & CO.
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Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1914, newspaper, October 8, 1914; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth863882/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.