Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1917 Page: 4 of 16
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MERCEDES TRIBUNE
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Entered as second class mail matter at the
postoffice at Mercedes, Texas, January 23,
1914, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Whether you can help in a personal
way or not, don’t forget to display the
flag.
Geography has now joined the ranks,
jf the speculative studies.
All those who wear a flag are, at
course, ready to do their bit.
Advice to the housekeepers to econo-
mize is no longer necessary. They just
have to.
Any young man who would marry
to avoid war is likely to get whatever
he deserves.
A man never gets too old to show up
the young fellows by trying to enlist.
To turn an empire into a near-re-
public within a week breaks the speed
records.
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1917
STILL TIME TO VOLUNTEER
For the nation conscription is much
better than volunteering, but for the
individual the reverse is true.
The man who shoulders the musket
of his own accord is the better man.
Not a more efficient soldier, perhaps,
but better in this respect, that he re-
cognizes personal responsibility and
lives up to it on his own initiative.
Such a quality distinguishes him
from those who have to be told, and
it will continue to distinguish him
after the war is over
Have you that quality, son?
Are you one of those who must wait
for the crowd to move before you can
make up your mind?
If you are, you will find yourself a
conscript in everything, for whether
a part of the organic law or not, con-
scription is, and always has been, a
principle of economic life.
There are, and always have been,
those who do things voluntarily, and
there are those who wait for circum-
stance.
The former may fail or they may
succeed, but they are invariably sus
tained by the thought they did their
best.
The latter are always whining about
luck, and even though they succeed,
by appearance, at least, they never
cease to worry and watch the clouds.
To which crowd do you belong?
If you don’t know now,, you will on
Juno 5.
If you wait to be registered, and
summoned to service by an officer, you
may well look upon conscription as
part and parcel of your career.
If you go now, and enlist on your
own initiative, you may claim the
right to believe in yourself.
You are still free to make the
choice, but the time grows short.
You have but a few days in which
to show whether you are one of those
who look upon life as a gamble, and
prefer to take your chance as a pawn
of fate, or whether you possess the
manhood and the mental ability to ex-
ercise will power in the shaping of
your own career.—Houston Chronicle.
Back-yard gardening will furnish a
fine excuse for barefoot fads to defeat
the high cost of shoes.
From the way the French are hold-
ing on to Hill 1248 it must be full of
potatoes.
Americans are peaceful folk. But
It is mighty unsafe for anyone to per-
sist in kicking their shins.
A newspaper needs about three
front pages these days to keep up
with the news.
Every householder who raises vege-
tables in his back yard this summer
helps to advance the war’s ending.
It needs no weather prophets to in-
form us that there are going to be hot
times this summer.
With all the college girls enlisting
for war service it won’t be necessary
to issue a call to arms to the men.
One drawback to raising the flag ev-
ery morning is that the price of wheat.
and hogs shows a tendency to follow It.
Still, the proposition that no man,
should enjoy an income over $100,000;
will leave the average person secure.]
Let every farmer remember that the
plow at work is equal to a machine
gun and a hoe in action is as good as
a rifle.
The banjo is coming into favor again
ud is believed to be putting more
gep” into the foxtrot.
The worst thing about a rolling stone
h not that it gathers no moss but that
ft always goes down hill.
An astute grocer explains that honey
has gone up because the bees cannot
get any more cheap sugar.
As a rule, we would rather hear bad
things about good people than good
things about bad people.
The young man who can’t decide
whether to join the army, the navy or
the marine corps can’t miss it far in;
any case.
A swat or two now may prevent
several million flies from spreading
disease this summer.
Already the well-meaning citizen
who undertook to read all the books on
the war has scored a collapse.
By the time the backyard garden j
calls for the third hoeing it will be<
difficult to find a citizen boasting of
his happy lot.
Still, something yet may happen
when the Russian peasant discovers
that a republic is not an edible.
This government is to loan Mex-
ico a certain number of millions to
promote agricultural experiments. The
idea is to relieve, in a measure, the
food shortage staring us in the face
next winter. Several millions would
make a garden of South Texas sec-
tions, and with but little prospect of
a Villalike band confiscating the re-
sults of labor for “patriotic purposes.”
—Kingsville Record.
There really does seem to be some-:
thing wrong with prices when the ln-i
dlgenous onion costs more than the far-
fetched orange.
The country editor doesn’t receive
an offer of a bag of potatoes for a sub-
scription as he may have done in
haughtier days.
Most objections against daylight
saving come from those whd seldom
use all of the present allowance.
There absolutely is no truth in the
statement that pet poodle dogs are
to be neglected to give place to pet
pigs.
The curbstone general staff should
lose no time in submitting plans "to
President Wilson to win the war in
the shortest time.
If you know some really conceited
person, why not ask him in company,
to name the Union’s thirteen original
states?
Every ounce of food that is saved i
from waste in the household means
valuable economy now and aids the
food supply next winter.
Among other roads which America
needs to improve is that of Economy,
the unpopular thoroughfare to
Wealth.
When you see the dainty feet of a
girl hitting the pavement in shoes that
have heels only an inch high, you may
know she is on a war footing.
The United States is now the rich-
est nation in the world, but unfortu-
nately that doesn’t mean that every-
body In the United States is rich.
The war lords have precipitated an
Incomputable curse upon mankind, but
the evil that the fools do unwittingly
is worse.
The man who wants bells hung on
cats to warn the birds of their ap-
proach, should suggest that Germany
hang forghorns on her submarines.
A Harvard experimenter says that f
an ape Is brighter than a child. It
would be Interesting to watch that
man’s fate as a judge at a baby show.
According to a lecturer, the “Moth-
er Hubbard” is becoming popular in
Hawaii, but it is hardly Ukely that
American musical comedy producers
will pay any attention to it.
German chemists have found a sub-
stitute for flour. After the war Ger-
many will not need its farmers and cat-
tle raisers, as the chemists will have
the people trained to live on synthetic
foods.
One man’s dream of riches is a J
steam yacht, a string of thorough-!
breds and a “garage.” Another man’s
vision is ability to finance a break-
fast table upon a basis of all o’ the
breakfast bacon you want.
An enterprising American has ca-
bled an offer to the deposed czar of
Russia to come to this country and
become a movie star at $5,000 a week.
,Why not extend the offer to all the
crowned heads of Europe and thereby
quickly end the cruel war?
There are few wives who ever be-
come so indifferent about their hus-
bands that they do not want to launch
the eternal question, “where have you
been?”
While you are asking how much an
American soldier gets let us say that
those French privates are fighting like
hornets for their country for just $20
a year and findings.
The clothing manufacturers, accord-
ing to a trade paper, are undecided
about the outlook. One thing is sure,
however: Khaki is going to be the
chief, if not the only, wear.
It is not a man’s war exclusively.
Every woman or girl who does not
fritter away her time in indolence and
self-indulgence has a part to play, and
she must rise to the occasion.
Where now is the old, familiar argu-
ment that war between this couhtry
md any European nation was absolute
impossible?
Women are doing carpenter’s work
in France, thus disproving that old
juirk about their being unable to hit
a nail on the head.
It may be a sign of great wealth, but
aevertheless it is still unpleasant to
have to sit close to an aristocrat who
nas been eating onions.
Another good thing about boarding
houses is that without them many
married men would have to cook the
family meals or starve.
A woman may be able to defend her-
self with simple jiu-jitsu tricks, but
loubtless most of them will continue
io rely upon the rolling pin.
Did you ever notice how few war
communications in the paper are
signed by those who go to the front
for their country in its time of need?
We hear nothing these days about
;he country editor being troubled by
subscribers who prefer to pay their
subscriptions in produce. They now
settle in cash.
Overalls and hickory shirts are be-
ing worn in Paris because the coal
shortage has closed the laundries.
We’ll probably be wearing these gar-
ments at the opera next season. -
Aside from the fact that it Is ex-
tremely unjust and does not answer
the purposes, the old volunteer system
3f military service has only a few
serious defects.
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I JUST ARRIVED
E Another shipment of Buicks, both Fours and
E Sixes. <HOur advise to prospective buyers is
E to place your order now, as we are expecting
= to hear of an advance of prices soon. f We
= will gladly comply with your request for a
| booklet giving the descriptions and all specifi-
5 cations of all late models of Buick cars.
Putting off until tomorrow that
which ought to be done today is pret-
ty bad, but not quite as bad as put-
ting off today what ought to have
been done last week.
A London oculist says that white
clothing on babies causes defective
vision. Gradually we learn that
everything from the cradle to the
grave Is all wrong.
It is said 80,000 English women will
take their places on the firing line in
France, and we are ready to bet 79,-
XHb of them will shut their eyes every
time they pull the trigger.
I Buick Auto Sales Co. |
E Cain Roberts SAN BENITO, TEXAS J. A. Graham 5
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The military authorities report that
the Panama canal is being carefully
guarded. It is to be hoped that the
measured tramp of the guards may
aot start another landslide.
A reader wants to know something
ibout submarines, but the styles la
submarines these days are changing
Umost as rapidly «K t&§ ettfgg ft
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The principal decisions yesterday
were:
Elimination of the general tariff
law of 10 per cent ad valorem on all
imports (estimated to raise $200,000,-
000) and substitution of excise or con-
sumption taxes on sugar, coffee, tea
and cocoa.
Reduction of the house increases in
tax on cigars, cigarettes and all other
tobacco products from about 100 to
60 per cent with no estimated reduc-
tion in the $78,200,000 designated to
be brought under the house rates.
Elimination of the house taxes of 5
per cent on consumers’ electric light
and power, gas and telephone bills,
estimated by the house to raise in all
$30,000,000. The committee, however,
proposes to retain the tax on tele-
graph and long distance telephone
messages.
Elimination of taxes on all insur-
ance, involving revenue loss of $5,000,-
000.
Addition of a new per pound tax
upon confectionery, estimated to raise
from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000, to be
paid by manufacturers.
Reduction of taxes on soft drinks
and their ingredients to make the to-
tal levy about $15,000,000 instead of
$20,000,000.
With these phases of its task decid-
ed upon, the committee arranged to
have' Chairman Simmons and treasury
department experts make a survey to-
day of its work to date to ascertain
whether further changes are neces-
sary to arrive at a bill roughly total-
ing $1,500,000,000.
Secretary McAdoo yesterday re-
quested Senator Simmons and other
committee members to bring out a bill
levying near the $1,800,000,000 total of
the house, but committee sentiment
was said to be virtually unanimous
against him and in favor of providing
through short-term bonds any money
needed in excess of $1,500,000,000.
The committee fixed the new excise
tax on sugar at half a cent a pound
and that on cocoa at 3 cents a pound,
estimated to yield respectively $45,-
000,000 and $7,000,000. Coffee and tea
rates were not definitely determined,
but it is expected they will remain at
1 and 2 cents a pound respectively as
fixed by the house bill. Taxes on
sugar, cocoa, coffee and tea will be
paid directly by importers or manu-
facturers.
Senators said that the house taxes
on public utilities, including those on
pipe lines, telephone, freight, express
and Pullman accommodations probab-
ly will be retained.
A tentative draft of the proposed
new federal license tax on automobiles
based upon their power was received
but not acted upon.
The revenue changes proposed by
the house bill follows:
Letter postage from 2c to 3c.
Postal cards from lc to 2c.
Excess profits tax, from 8 to 16 per cent.
Corporation taxi from 2 to 4 per cent.
Stock exchange transactions—on sale fut-
ure delivery for each $100, 2c ; each additional
$100 or fraction, 2c.
Capital stock on each issue of $100, 5c : on
transfers on each $100 face value, 2c.
Bonds, debentures, etc., each $100 face value,
5 cents.
Indemnity bonds. 50c: where premium is
in excess of $100, 1 per cent of premium
charge.
Drafts, checks, notes (and for each renewal
or extension not exceeding $100), 2c; for each
$100, 2c. I
Deeds conveying lands or realty, for first j
$100 to $500, 50c ; for each $500 or additional j
or1 fraction, 50c. j
Proxy ((except religious, charitable or lit-
erary societies or public cemeteries), 10c.
Power of attorney, 25c.
Life insurance policies (except industrial
or weekly), 8c on eacb $100.
Marine, international and fire, lc on each
$1 of premium.
Casualty policies, lc on each $1 of premi-
um.
Freight bills, 3 per cent.
Passenger tickets ((except initialcommuta-
tion) 10 per cent on tickets above 25c.
Steamboat tickets for foreign port, up to
$10, no tax; from $10 to $30, $1; from $30
to $60, $3 ; exceeding $60, $5.
Seats, berths or staterooms, rail and water,
10 per cent.
Express rates, 10 per cent.
Automobiles and motorcycles, 5 per cent
wholesale price.
Automobile and bicycle tires, 5 per cent.
Electrical power, 5 per cent on bills.
Telephone and telegraph, 5 per cent on bills.
Telephone (long distance) 5c on each toll
message over 15c.
Musical instruments, 5 per cent on those
costing over $10.
Talking machines, 5 per cent on those cost-
ing over $10.
Jewelry, 5 per cent of selling price. .
Cosmetics and proprietary medicines, 5 per
cent on wholesale price.
Amusement tickets, (theaters, baseball,, etc.)
except where maximum admission is 5c, tax
of lc for each 10c charged.
Moving picture film (not exposed) sold by j
manufacturer or importer Vac per lineal foot. :
Moving picture film (ready for projection) i
sold or leased by manufacturer, producer or j
importer, lc per lineal foot.
Chewing gum or substitute therefor, ,im- I
ported, 5 per cent of selling price.
Distilled spirits, doubled.
Beer, ale, $1.20 per every barrel. j
Still and sparking wines and cordials, j
doubled.
Grape brandy, product of fruit distilled, j
doubled.
Soda fountain and similar sirups, grape j
juice, mineral water, ginger ale and all soft j
drinks, carbonated water, 2c per gallon.
Natural mineral or table water (bottled), j
2c per gallon.
Carbonic acid, gas, 8c per pound.
Tobacco tax, doubled.
Cigarettes (lightweight) increase $1.25 per J
1,000.
Cigarette papers %c for each 25 papers.
(Continued on page 5)
SAY!
Did you kick in with your bit for the Red
Cross?
What! A Slacker?
Yes, There are a few.
Will probably print both lists next week.
Don’t You Need Some Seat
Covers For Your Ford.
In Mercedes
Crawford’s Garage
HARRIS & HERNDON
MEN’S WEAR
A Complete Line of Samples of the latest styles cf Men’s Clothes
SUITS HADE TO ORDER
AT PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT ~
PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED
Come In and Let Us Show You
Harris & Herndon
Two doors east of Postoffic *. MERCEDES, TEXAS
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I Independent Ice & Cold Storage
Company
Makers of fancy ice cream delivered to
| your door in packers containing one-half gal-
| ion at 65 cents; one gallon at $1.20; two
j gallons at $2.40 and five gallons at $4.25.
1 Call phone 131 or 139 and leave your orders.
1 Made from pasteurized cream; vanilla, straw-
E berry and chocolate flavors.*.
Also bottled soda water at 65 cents per
| case assorted flavors.
| Independent Ice & Cold Storage
| Company =
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THE PICNIC SEASON
Is With Us And We Have Every
Thing For The Lunch Basket.
BOILED SLICED HAM, PICKLES
CHEESE OF ALL KINDS, CHOW
CHOW, MUSTARD. WIENA WURST
LUNCH TONGUE, CRACKERS AND
CAKES, FRANK’S MEAT TREATS.
For the family trade we carry
the best and cleanest line of
groceries in the Valley and solicit
an inspection of our stock.
Prompt delivery is a feature of
our public service department.
PHONE NO. 4 FOR YOUR GROCERY NEEDS.
Mercedes Cash Grocery
O. SEIBERT, Proprietor
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Hoyt, L. T. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1917, newspaper, May 31, 1917; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1063205/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.