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MERCEDES TRIBUNE
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1914, under the act of March 3, 1879.
THURSDAY, AUG. 23, 1917
MARRIED MEN WITH
CHILDREN ESCAPE DRAFT
“Feeding Corn”
“Shoveling out $1.60 corn is like
feeding dollars,” savs a correspondent
in Farm and Ranch, “but with good
judgment behind the scoop and
healthy pigs in front, it can be made
to pay.”
In last week’s Tribune we gave the
experience of one of our farmers with
growing and feeding stock beets to
his hogs, and as carefully calculated
by himself, he fed a herd of 63 hogs
for a period of about four months at
an expense of ^c per day per hog. If
these hogs weighed 150 pounds at the
^gfid-of the four month period then the
cost of feeding them had only been
75c per hog. We think the question
of cheap feed for hogs has been solv-
ed by the farmer friend quoted in the
Tribune last week, so that there is no
necessity to feed hogs $1.60 corn—at
least not in the Rio Grande Valley.
Another thing, this same farmer
friend is feeding his milk cows on
stock beets that he planted last No-
vember demonstrating that they can
be grown through the summer (some-
thing that had been questioned) and,
too, that they are a very good feed for
dairy cattle. He has fed his milk
cows nothing but stock beets and
sorghum hay, and the results so far as
milk production are concerned, have
been very satisfactory.
Select your seed corn in the field.
We are printing in another column
today the best known method of ^el-
ecting seed corn and hope all of our
farmer friends will read it.
About three weeks ago the Tribune
said that it believed there would be
more people coming to the Valley
this fall and winter to make their per-
_ -majTpnt homes here than ever before
in any one season since this country
was opened to American settlement.
This prediction is being verified
every day. The Tribune has just been
furnished with a list of thirty-six fam
ilies who have bought land on a single
proposition within the past three
months and will move here this fall.
Mr. C. H. Swallow, manager of the
Alamo Land and Sugar company, said
to a representative of the Tribune last
week that more than ninety families
had recently purchased homes on the
Alamo tract at Ebenezer and will re-
move there in the very near future
JThe J. C. Engleman Land company,
operatin'- at Donna, report the sale
of farms to forty-four families who
will come from the North within the
next few months to make their homes
at Donna.
Similar activity is reported by the
various other land companies operat-
V - in the Valley.
These new comers will need corn,
and corn, to make a satisfactory yield,
must absolutely be planted from seed
duly acclimated which means seed
grown here. •
Brother Farmer, select your seed
corn in the field; select it carefully;
select enough for yourself and then
enough more to sell some to the new
neighbors and friends that are to
come, among us and we are sincerely
confident that you will not only be
making a good profit for yourself but
will be rendering a decided service
to those who are to cast their for-
tunes with us this fall.
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ONLY A HAIRPIN, BUT
IT OPENED EVERY LOCK
WASHINGTON. — President Wil-
son is going to modify the draft reg-
ulations as applied to married men.
This was forecast by a source close
to the White House. From the same
authority it was learned that the pres-
ident’s ideas of how the law should be
carried out in this respect will be
made plain before the week ends,
probably in the form of a letter to
Secretary of War Baker.
The following modifications of the
regulations will be among those to be
suggested, it was said:
1— Men with dependent children
will be exempt in every case unless
they are men of wealth. At present
under Provost Marshal Crowder’s in-
terpretation, such men are not exempt
if the parents either of themselves or
of the wife are able to take care of
her and the children.
It is maintained that the present in-
terpretation of the law creates class
distinction. Under it laboring men
would be exempted in practically
every instance as their parents or
their wives’ parents scarcely would
be in a position to assume an added
burden, while on the other hand, bus-
iness, scientific and professional men
would bear the brunt of the rule.
2— Because a woman worked be-
fore the marriage, it would not follow
that the husband will be refused ex-
emption or that she can go back to
work and take care of herself. The
president is said to realize that this
view of the ruling, as now applied by
local boards on General Crowder’s in-
structions, works grave hardships in
many cases.
A woman’s health may not be good
as before marriage and what is still
more important, she may "ot be able
to get such a position as she had when
wedded. This applies especially to
women who were school teachers and
in other professional and semi-pro-
fessional emplovments.
3— Married men owning their own
business or engaged in professions,
such as doctors lawyers, architects,
in all probability, will receive exemp-
tion, as the president realizes that
hardship not alone would be imposed
during the period of the war, but af-
terward if these men were removed
from their homes and forced to re-
build their business.
In case, however, they have suffi-
cient funds to maintain their wives
during their absence, exemption will
not be granted.
The same is true if either the man
or wife has an income sufficient to
meet her needs, as those needs must
be restricted to the national sacrifice
or war.
Only twelve days remain before the
first increments of the drafted forces
will be on their way to the training
camps and an^ reversal or modifica-
tion of the present regulations will
entail a number of rehearings by dis-
trict boards on rejected exemption
claims. The president, it is believed,
will air his views in sufficient time
to allow at least ten days for such
work.
The White House until the last
couple of days has been flooded with
protests from all parts of the coun-
try protesting at the severity of the
draft regulations. His views have
been widely quoted and he was re-
garded in all sections as favoring al-
most class exemption for married
men. As a result, when the law did
not operate that way, protests began
to come in. Then after his letter to
Senator Weeks, explaining that more
leniency should be shown, a new flood
of messages came telling of cases
Where the writers thought they had
been subjected to injustice.
In the last day or two, however,
there has been a falling off in the
number of messages. The president’s
assistants view this as an evidence
that the country is satisfied to leave
the matter in the president’s hands.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
ordered a change in the time when
drafted forces shall proceed to the
training camps.
The first 30% will entrain Septem-
ber 5 as. scheduled, but the second
and third increments will not be call-
ed from their homes until September
19 and October 3 instead of Septem-
ber 15 and 25 as previously sched
uled.
Today and Yesterday
How We Have Progressed in Mat-
ters Musical as Relates to Matri-
mony Since the Town Was Young
The newly weds of the cantonment
have added much to the life of the
town and to the camp during the past
week or more. First to break the
monotony of the season was Lieuten-
ant Whittaker, adjutant of the regi-
ment, who brought his bride in on
Friday, August 10. The officers of
the regiment met him at the station
with the mounted band and a Ford
auto into which the happy pair clam-
bered and a parade through the city
was made. The car was properly la-
beled, of course, and the lieutenant’s
horse, following immediately behind
the car vore the inquiry, stenciled on
canvas, “Who Will Love Me Now” and
“All Alone.” The band played every-
thing from Chopin’s funeral march to
rag, and all the music embraced in
this wide range was played at the
same time. It was a great parade and
many of the lieutenant’s friends in
civilian life joined in and helped swell
the pageant.
On Thursday, the 16th, Joe Gross-
man, of Troop C and his bride occu-
pied the position of honor behind the
band upon their arrival from Browns-
ville. But instead of an auto a two-
wheeled cart drawn by a donkey, serv-
ed as the bridal car. The donkey was
ridden by a long-legged soldier whose
feet would have touched the ground
had he not held them up. Of course
the cars was properly labeled.
On last Saturday Sergeant-Major
Drake arrived from Brownsville with
his bride and was given an ovation.
The two-wheeled cart was again used
as the bridal chariot, but this time
the donkey was dressed up, having his
forelegs encased in somebody’s panta-
loons. The band, dismounted, led the
procession, which was augmented by
several automobiles of citizens of the
town. The parade, after making the
tour of the principal streets of the
city, drew up at the cantonment in
time for dinner.
And these remind us how the .town
has progressed and improved since
the first bridal couple arrived among
us. It used to be, in the early days,
when an officer of the land company
married and brought his bride to live
among us, they would be met by the
citizens and one of those old-fashion-
ed high-wheeled Mexican carts drawn
by a pair of oxen, and given a drive
through the town. We didn’t have a
brass band to play the wedding march
and “See, the Conquering Heroine
Comes” and all such appropriate mus-
ic as that. Instead we had a baile
orchestra which usually consisted of
a base drum and a squeaky fiddle.
The orchestra would follow immed-
iately behind the bridal car in a ram-
shackle wagon drawn by a typical
Mexican team, that is, a skinny horse
and a donkey.
Our last wedding of the good old
days, however, was an unusually im-
portant event, and we sent to Relam-
pago and brought in an acordeon so-
loist to help out the local orchestra.
But even that didn’t compare with the
parades the military is able to pull
off. We are progressing and improv-
ing along all lines, and here’s hoping
that every unmarried man in the can-
tonment will be safely tie down be-
fore he leaves Mercedes.
the tenderness of its starlight.
The program was one of unusual
merit, presenting some of the best that
is to be heard in music. The von
Suppe overture was given with the
breadth and understanding which the
piece requires, while Eilenberg’s de-
scriptive bit of writing was presented
in all the gladsome colors with which
nature endowed the scene.
The waltz “Pesos y Besos,” intro-
duced a motif Mexicana that was
readily understood and appreciated by
all, while Verdi’s Don Carlos pleased
everyone.
The saxaphone quartette, Messrs.
Balfang, Burdette, Grant and Your-
check, brought a demonstration of ap-
plause that would not cease until an
encore was given.
The concert was more than satis-
factory, it was pleasing; and the play-
ing of the band is recognized as one
of the most attractive features of the
town.
Concert for Sunday, Aug. 26
Opening—‘ America,” “My County, ’Tis
of Thee,” everybody is requested
to sing.
1— Tanhauser March.......R. Wagner
2— Medley Overture, “A Night in
New York” ................Brooks
3— Waltz, “The Belle of Arkansas”
.......................A. H. Knoll
4— Piccolo Solo, played by A. Machan
5>—Operatic Masterpieces... Sofranek
5— Tally-Ho Galop ........ Bernstein
National Anthem
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ALLIED CATHOLICS
TWICE TEUTON’S SIZE
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GARAGE
WILL
FOR
NOT OPEN
SALES ON
SUNDAY
Crawford’s Garage
In Mercedes
NEW YORK. — When Coney Island
police, on the search for the taker of
Mrs. Cascilia Sharer’s pocketbook, to-
gether with $3.16, one postage stamp,
one bread pudding recipe, one latch
key and one pocket mirror, ran into
a woman with four other pocketbooks
not her own, they wondered how she
Jiad been able to take them from the
bathhouses.
For she had no “jimmy,” no burg-
lar’s tools was on her person? and they
puzzled in vain until the police mat-
ron went through her pockets and
found a twisted hairpin. The twisted
hairpin turned out to be capable of
opening anything within sight. Every
locker in the bathhouse at the island
responded to a twist. Cells in the
Coney Island police station, though,
proved proof against hairpins.
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President Fixes Coal Price
^WASHINGTON.— President Wilson
announced the provisional prices for
bituminous coal at the mines. While
it is stated the prices are “not only
fair and just but are liberal as well”
it is declared bv men in close touch
with the coal situation the figures
would prove a severe blow to the pro-
ducers. The prices are fixed by states
and range from $2 to $3.25 for run
of the mine; $2.15 to $3.50 for pre-
pared sizes; $1.75 to $3.00 for slack
screenings.
These .prices affect the public as
well as the government. Although the
machinery through which the costs
are piling up through the middleman
may be cut down has not been select-
ed, this will probably be the next step
taken by the president. Authority will
be vested in a coal dictator who will
probably be named by the president.
PROF. KEASBY TO SPEAK
AT ANTI-DRAFT MEETING
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A mass meeting
in behalf of peace and in opposition
to the selective draft is to be held
here Tuesday night under the aus-
pices of the People’s Council of Amer-
ica, a socialistic organization.
Sneakers announced for the meet
ing includes Max Eastman of New
York and E. M. Keasby, former pro-
fessor of political science of the Uni-
versity of Texas.
“Mental Rupture” the Latest
NEW YORK. — A number of new
and rare diseases are being discover
ed daily by those who seek exemp-
tion. One man told the board he
would like to serve in the army but
felt that he should claim exemption
because of a “mental rupture” which
he said would be an obstacle to car-
rying a gun. The board ruled other
wise.
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HARRIS COUNTY RETAINS
SALOONS BY BIG TOTE
HOUSTON, Texas. — Prohibition
lost in the Harris County election
Tuesday by a heavy majority. Incom-
plete returns indicate the majority
will exceed two thousand in favor of
retaining the saloons. The vote is un-
usually heavy and for this reason all
returns are not complete. The cam
paign has been one of the hardest the
county has experienced, both sides
working right up to the final hour of
closing the polls.
Interest in the election on the con-
stitutional amendment was pushed in
to the background because of the pro-
hibition election. However, the vote
will favor the amendment, and it is
much heavier for that proposal than
it probably would have been had not
the voters been attracted to the polls
by the prohibition election.
Around the Cantonment
By orders of General Blocksom the
band went down -to Brownsville Mon-
day to play at the departure of the
recently organized company of na-
tional guardsmen who were sent to
Waco for further training.
Inspection of all the military at
Mercedes was held by Colonel Sayres
last Saturday. It was the first time
the entire squadron has been together
at one time since leaving Fort Sam
Houston last February. The com-
mand consisted of troops A, B, C, and
D, headquarters troop, supply troop,
motor, pack, and hospital detachment.
After inspection a practice march to
Llano Grande was made and shelter
tents pitched. Company L, Second
Texas, also participated in this feat-
ure of the day’s work. Major A. M.
Miller was in command_and Colonel
Sayre expressed himself as highly
pleased with the manner in which all
the work of the officers and troops
was executed.
Colonel Sayre left Tuesday for
Brownsville to assume command of
the Brownsville district, leaving
Major A. M. Miller in command of the
Mercedes post.
Lieutenant F. L. Whittaker of the
Sixteenth cavalry has recently been
promoted from second to first lieuten-
ant and made adjutant.
Major Short, who was here with the
cavalry some time aeo has been pro-
moted to colonel and is now in com-
mand of a regiment in the provisional
army.
Lieutenants Joseph Aleshire and
Cushman Hartwell of the Sixteenth
cavalry have recently been promoted
to captaincies.
Several of the officers who were
appointed temporary second lieuten-
ants from the Sixteenth cavalry some
weeks ago have been given commis-
sions as captains in the provisional
armf.
Major Kirkpatrick of the Sixteenth
cavalry, and for some time command-
ing officer of the Mercedes post, has
been promoted to colonel and trans-
ferred to Fort Pike, near Hot
Springs, Ark.
Company L, Second Texas, was
transferred Wednesday from the can-
tonment to the city and will occupy
the old power house of the American
Rio Grande Land and Irrigation com-
pany.
NEW YORK. — Pope Benedict’s
peace message to the belligerents
lends interest to the fact that Cath-
olics among the central powers are
outnumbered almost two to one by
persons of that faith in allied nations.
Roughly, the central powers have
55,900,000 Catholics and the entente
allies 100,000,000.
The pope is the spiritual leader of
about 287,000,000 souls. Catholics liv-
ing in the principal belligerent coun-
tries are divided about as follows:
United Kingdom, 5,600,000; France,
38.000. 000; Germany, 20,000,000; Aus-
tria-Hungary, 35,900,000; Italy, 32,-
500,000; Belgium, 7,500,000; Russian-
Poland, 12,000,000; Canada, 3,000,000;
United States, 17,000,000. Total, 171,-
500.000.
From this total allowances must be
made for the Catholics of overrun
Poland and Belgium, who are not in
a position to be belligerents.
This is certainly not a religious war
Not only do Catholics and Protestants
fight on each side, but Germany’s
Mohammedan Turkish allies are op-
posed by millions of those who pray
looking toward Mecca, owing political
allegiance to Great Britain and Rus-
sia. India and the Caucasus and other
southern portions of Russia have pro-
duced tens of thousands of brave
fighters against Prussian autocracy.
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Quantities of Liquor Going to Waste
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — So that
some practical use may be made of
the thousands of gallons of intoxicants
which are being confiscated by state
prohibition authorities, District At-
torney W. McCullouch has presented
a proposal to federal department of
agriculture heads that the liquor be
redistilled and the reclaimed alcohol
used in the manufacture of war mu-
nitions.
Large quantities of intoxicants are
daily being confiscated in West Vir-
ginia and poured into rivers or sew
ers.^.
THE CONCERT SUNDAY NIGHT
Attracted by the fine reputation
that the Sixteenth cavalry band is
making as a musical organization,
many strangers from a distance were
noticed among the large audience that
greeted the band at the city park last
Sunday night.
It was perhaps the best and most
successful that the band has given,
the night lending itself to the event,
bringing its refreshing breeze and
Mosquito Bite Causes Three Deaths
RICHMOND, Va. — The bite of one
mosquito communicating pernicious
malaria, is held responsible for the
quick death of three members of the
Skinner family. John A. Skinner Jr
died Tuesday and his brother and
mother died Monday; all died in vio-
lent hiccoughs.
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THE WAR IN EUROPE
5?
Ginning Three Days a Week
ONLY
Tuesday Thursday Saturday
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rades have been killed or wounded,
attacked all day with death dealing
valor. Death, taking up the challenge
reaped a harvest that rivaled his
“best” days of the war.
Again and again the Teuton storm
ing columns flung themselves forward
in the direction of the coveted citadel
now considerably from their reach.
Again and again their ranks were rak
ed by the murderous French machine
gun fire so that only fragments got
as far as the poilus first line, only
to be bayonetted.
In the Avoucourt wood the extreme
left of the French attacking front and
in the Caurieres wood, to the right
of the Meuse, these Teuton counter-
attacks were most desperate. “The
enemy suffered heavy losses without
result,” is the laconic way the Paris
war office sums it up.
A total of 116 officers and more than
5,000 men had been counted. Twenty-
one German airplanes were bagged by
French flyers and guns.
Berlin views the Verdun battle op-
timistically. “Our troops and leaders,”
says a German official report, “anti-
cipate a favorable conclusion.”
It is averred that while the French
admittedly made gains they were driv-
en back almost everywhere and suf-
fered heavy losses, every foot costing
them dearly in blood. The German
, war office adds that the battle is not
yet ended. /
3—Flanders and Lens: Unofficial
word from the front in northern
France said the fiercest fighting had
broken out near the shattered coal
city. The Canadians had made new
local gains near Lens. To the north
of Ypres-Menin road the British made
new progress. Meanwhile fighting
grew in intensity to the west of St.
Quentin, particularly near Epehey.
The Germans failed in a third at-
tempt to regain their lines here. The
British on their part executed success
ful raids on a wide front. It is on this
line that the Germans stopped in their
strategic retreat early in the year.
There is a strong possibility that
Haig will strike on this front which,
roughly, is the center of the Hinden-
burg line. British flyers did effective
work in raiding the important points
behind the German lines, namely,
Mir* *rk and Bourgeois.
BREAD’
THE
Gold Coin Kind
THE BEST LOAF EVER BAKED, and Made
by one who KNOWS HOW !
Fresh Every Day. Money back if displeased
TRY A LOAF TODAY!
Mercedes Cash Grocery
O. SEIBERT, Proprietor
Dr. Frank E. Osburn, Prop. ' C. D. Moody, Manager
The Rexall Store
All preparations are advancing. Some we are
compelled to charge the advance; others we
have bought at the old prices, as long as they
last you get them. Everything is the best and
we give it to you, both in quality and service.
We want your business.
Mercedes Drug Company
Rather than make a scene the bride
promises to obey.
Any man may make his mark in the
world, but it isn’t always a mark of
esteem.
The married woman who isn’t sure
of her own charms should employ a
homely cook..
Some men, after being married a
couple of years, think their unsuc-
cessful rivals ought to vote them a
pension.
It has been remarked that love
levels all things and the man who has
loved and lost knows that it leveled.
him.
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